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Forum: Trip Planning Florida 8 Feb 24, 01:30 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 1,028
Posted By GLJ2
We always use the Premier Inn, it’s always been...

We always use the Premier Inn, it’s always been cheaper for a family room than any of the other airport hotels.
Forum: Social Groups 18 Dec 23, 10:30 PM
Replies: 717
Views: 40,530
Posted By GLJ2
Hire Car - 1st real price drop

Just booked an intermediate SUV for 14 nights, mid Aug 24 from Melbourne through DFCH for £763 with Sat Nav. Been tracking prices since summer and they’ve fluctuated between £900 and £1100. This is...
Forum: Car Hire & Transportation 18 Dec 23, 10:26 PM
Replies: 82
Views: 11,471
Posted By GLJ2
Just booked an intermediate SUV for 14 nights,...

Just booked an intermediate SUV for 14 nights, mid Aug 24 from Melbourne through DFCH for £763 with Sat Nav. Been tracking prices since summer and they’ve fluctuated between £900 and £1100. This is...
Forum: Trip Planning Florida 28 Sep 23, 11:38 AM
Replies: 215
Views: 30,919
Posted By GLJ2
Scottish airports are always cheaper mid august...

Scottish airports are always cheaper mid august onwards as Scottish schools break up earlier go back earlier than England.
We’ve used Edinburgh and Glasgow for this reason for years.
Forum: Trip Planning Florida 28 Sep 23, 11:34 AM
Replies: 215
Views: 30,919
Posted By GLJ2
Have you considered Tui from Glasgow? We’ve...

Have you considered Tui from Glasgow?
We’ve been tracking virgin flights from Man and they’re pushing £5K for 2A2T in economy in the summer holidays with no sign of any drops. We wanted the 15th...
Forum: Trip Planning Florida 11 Sep 23, 10:27 PM
Replies: 33
Views: 3,646
Posted By GLJ2
Thanks for the quick response, much appreciated

Thanks for the quick response, much appreciated
Forum: Trip Planning Florida 11 Sep 23, 10:22 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 1,826
Posted By GLJ2
We’re considering Tui out of Glasgow next august...

We’re considering Tui out of Glasgow next august and hoping to hire a car providing the prices drop by then.

We don’t fancy using coach transfers but are there other options available if we don’t...
Forum: Trip Planning Florida 11 Sep 23, 10:14 PM
Replies: 33
Views: 3,646
Posted By GLJ2
Evening all. What’s people’s experiences with Tui...

Evening all. What’s people’s experiences with Tui out of Glasgow and in particular Melbourne?

We initially ruled MLB out due to the extra distance etc but looking at prices for Aer Lingus and...
Forum: Trip Planning Florida 9 Sep 23, 06:31 PM
Replies: 176
Views: 30,962
Posted By GLJ2
We’re expecting them to be around the £4K mark...

We’re expecting them to be around the £4K mark but the further into the summer holidays we get, the prices are touching £5K
Forum: Trip Planning Florida 9 Sep 23, 09:03 AM
Replies: 176
Views: 30,962
Posted By GLJ2
I’ve been checking direct Virgin and Aer Lingus...

I’ve been checking direct Virgin and Aer Lingus flights from Manchester to MCO daily for the past couple of weeks. Both coming in well over £4K for 2 adults 2 teens once you get into the summer...
Forum: Social Groups 7 Sep 23, 06:45 AM
Replies: 717
Views: 40,530
Posted By GLJ2
I’ve been checking direct Virgin and Aer Lingus...

I’ve been checking direct Virgin and Aer Lingus flights from Manchester to MCO daily. Both coming in well over £4K for 2adults 2 teens once you get into the summer holidays.I haven’t seen any real...
Forum: Trip Planning Florida 22 Aug 23, 01:57 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 349
Posted By GLJ2
We’ve just came back from Rhodes and use Short...

We’ve just came back from Rhodes and use Short Stay car park 2. It was £95 for 10 nights and got 10% cash back. I wouldn’t park anywhere else at Glasgow as it’s literally opposite the terminal...
Forum: Social Groups 30 Jun 23, 08:14 PM
Replies: 717
Views: 40,530
Posted By GLJ2
Hi all. We’ve booked to go back August 2024 after...

Hi all. We’ve booked to go back August 2024 after having our 2021 trip cancelled.

We’ve booked 14 nights at Cabana Bay in a family suite exterior poolside room for the extra space; 14th - 28th...
Forum: ADR's, Dining, Food and Restaurants 30 Jun 23, 06:05 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 2,081
Posted By GLJ2
We used it on our last trip in 2018. Loads of...

We used it on our last trip in 2018. Loads of places accepted it that weren’t even on the official list. We definitely used it twice in 2 different TGI’s (seaworld & I-drive) and possibly even...
Forum: Theme Parks Florida 15 May 21, 10:45 AM
Replies: 31
Views: 2,704
Posted By GLJ2
Great news. It’s still only mid May too. Have...

Great news. It’s still only mid May too. Have faith, they’ll be gone by Summer.
Don’t forget there’s a lot of politics involved too. Biden will want to be seen as the hero who vanquished COVID...
Forum: Theme Parks Florida 15 May 21, 10:41 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 2,136
Posted By GLJ2
Aquatica was our kids fav park. Especially Ihus...

Aquatica was our kids fav park. Especially Ihus Breakaway falls; just remember to cross your legs!
Forum: Theme Parks Florida 15 May 21, 10:35 AM
Replies: 31
Views: 5,071
Posted By GLJ2
Absolutely not. If someone is vaccinated then why...

Absolutely not. If someone is vaccinated then why do they care about whether others have been? What about screening out those with AIDS, Hepatitis, etc too?
Or better still ban the obese. That way...
Forum: Trip Planning Florida 14 May 21, 08:37 PM
Replies: 37
Views: 5,905
Posted By GLJ2
Don’t give up on your dreams and don’t give in to...

Don’t give up on your dreams and don’t give in to these people. No one had a right to question you’re reason for not wearing a mask; it’s actually against the law (Equalities Act 2010). I’ve never...
Forum: Theme Parks Florida 6 May 21, 04:34 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 1,450
Posted By GLJ2
Excellent news, another hurdle out of the way...

Excellent news, another hurdle out of the way. Fingers crossed it masks next.
Forum: Trip Planning Florida 6 May 21, 04:23 PM
Replies: 34
Views: 3,871
Posted By GLJ2
Hear hear. Do your own research, make your own...

Hear hear. Do your own research, make your own mind up. It’s scary how many people blindly accept what the BBC and politicians tell them. The vaccines are unlicensed and have Emergency Use...
Forum: Trip Planning Florida 6 May 21, 04:18 PM
Replies: 34
Views: 3,871
Posted By GLJ2
Biden has already ruled out federal vaccine...

Biden has already ruled out federal vaccine passports and De Santis has signed a statewide mandate to say they will not be implemented in Florida. Going by that I would assume LFT or PCR.
Forum: Accommodation 6 May 21, 11:57 AM
Replies: 25
Views: 3,946
Posted By GLJ2
Sounds fab, cheers

Sounds fab, cheers
Forum: Accommodation 6 May 21, 07:03 AM
Replies: 25
Views: 3,946
Posted By GLJ2
Thankyou, I suppose we can’t complain if they’re...

Thankyou, I suppose we can’t complain if they’re free.
Forum: Accommodation 5 May 21, 08:14 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 3,946
Posted By GLJ2
We booked through Virgin. Does anyone know if the...

We booked through Virgin. Does anyone know if the tubes are for the duration or you just get them as and when required. I’d rather not have to faf about lugging them back and forth to our room every...
Forum: Theme Parks Florida 3 May 21, 11:01 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 2,983
Posted By GLJ2
We got lucky and they forgot to charge us for...

We got lucky and they forgot to charge us for parking! I think it should have been $25 per day.
Forum: Theme Parks Florida 3 May 21, 07:09 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 2,983
Posted By GLJ2
Correct. We checked in at 06:30 to take advantage...

Correct. We checked in at 06:30 to take advantage of early park entry too
Forum: Trip Planning Florida 27 Apr 21, 09:54 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 2,818
Posted By GLJ2
Same here, Virgin pushed ours back 6 weeks to the...

Same here, Virgin pushed ours back 6 weeks to the 2nd July without arguing.
Forum: Theme Parks Florida 26 Apr 21, 07:41 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 4,842
Posted By GLJ2
Yet Universal still have a mask mandate, even in...

Yet Universal still have a mask mandate, even in the open air. Hopefully there are more events like this throughout Florida that persuades Universal to change their policy.
Its been three weeks...
Forum: Trip Planning Florida 14 Apr 21, 06:42 PM
Replies: 7,296
Views: 855,778
Posted By GLJ2
Instead of having to fork out for a PCR test when...

Instead of having to fork out for a PCR test when we get home, whats to stop us just putting the kettle on, unpacking, then phoning the NHS and reporting that we have symptoms?
Voila, free PCR test...
Forum: Trip Planning Florida 13 Apr 21, 04:54 PM
Replies: 7,296
Views: 855,778
Posted By GLJ2
Hopefully we won’t need to get tested to return...

Hopefully we won’t need to get tested to return to the UK full stop. However if we do I wonder if Virgin have considered incorporating testing facilities into the Disney Springs check in? We didn’t...
Forum: Trip Planning Florida 13 Apr 21, 04:41 PM
Replies: 657
Views: 86,611
Posted By GLJ2
We booked with Virgin Holidays. No issues from...

We booked with Virgin Holidays. No issues from them at all. They’ve had some bad press since all this started but we can’t fault them.
They moved us from the Glasgow to Manchester flight too with...
Forum: Trip Planning Florida 11 Apr 21, 05:28 PM
Replies: 657
Views: 86,611
Posted By GLJ2
Thanks for the heads up. Just moved our payment...

Thanks for the heads up. Just moved our payment date from May until 2nd July. Ironically the same date that we need to pay our Attraction Tickets balance by!
Forum: Trip Planning Florida 3 Apr 21, 07:57 PM
Replies: 7,296
Views: 855,778
Posted By GLJ2
We’re on the same flight. Just tried to check our...

We’re on the same flight. Just tried to check our seats and I’m getting the same message as you. Return flight on the 27/08 has changed to an A330-200 too
Forum: Trip Planning Florida 30 Sep 20, 09:09 PM
Replies: 63
Views: 9,496
Posted By GLJ2
Glad everyone’s getting sorted. One less...

Glad everyone’s getting sorted.

One less thing to worry about:d:
Forum: Trip Planning Florida 30 Sep 20, 07:25 PM
Replies: 63
Views: 9,496
Posted By GLJ2
Virgin Glasgow Update

Hi Guys, just an update re. Virgin Glasgow flights. We were due to fly from Glasgow on Fri 13th Aug 2021 returning Friday 27th August booked through Virgin holidays. Today was the day we could select...
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