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14 Sep 19, 10:49 AM |
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I am not a shopaholic
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Glad it all went smoothly. The wait in pre clearance would have been giving me palpitations.
I’m always fascinated by duty free shopping... I’ve never got into it , maybe I should ! Amazed how you managed to keep going when you got there , it is such a loooooooong flight. What a lovely start though, sunset around the pier area and Bubba Gumps. Excellent start to the trip.
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15 Sep 19, 09:37 AM |
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Great travel day. We’ve been stuck in those pre clearance queues in Dublin before but all worked out and definitely worth it going straight through when you Arrive. I’m currently on the look out for flights and car for next August to California. Can I ask when you booked yours for this year?
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18 Sep 19, 01:10 PM |
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Hey Abby
We eventually saw the funny side of it but I could have strangled him at the time It was so tempting to just crawl into bed but then I knew I would be wide awake at 1am like I was in Vegas. Not making that mistake again Thank you for reading! |
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25 Sep 19, 08:24 PM |
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Great start, apart from the rushing around in Dublin San Fran looks amazing already, definitely a bucket list place for me. I love those "pinch me, I'm here" moments, they always make me cry .
You all did so well keeping going to get out for a wander and some dinner.
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26 Sep 19, 05:47 AM |
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Helen and I were seriously freaking out at one point thinking the plane would go without us. We couldn’t believe how much busier it was than 2 years ago!
Oh you should Amanda, doesn’t feel like I’m going on holiday unless I’ve bought something in Duty Free 😂 The flight is so long isn’t it, the last 4 hours drag by, quite happy we’re doing the East Coast this year 😬 Thank you for reading |
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26 Sep 19, 05:54 AM |
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Thank you 😃
It was crazy busy but I guess they’re used to it and try and get as many people through as possible, they need to employ more IO though! Was such a great feeling to just get off the plane and get our suitcases. We booked these flights in January. There had been a really cheap indirect price with Virgin/Delta in October but stupidly didn’t book those. Again around Christmas the price was a bit less than what we paid but more than what we were hoping for so again waited. We ended up paying £2800 for the flights plus Group D car. We then upgraded nearer the time to a Group S for £220. Taking the cost of the car off it makes the flights about £550-600pp so not bad really for the school hols |
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26 Sep 19, 05:58 AM |
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Thank you 😀
I can highly recommend San Fran, as soon as we arrived I just knew I would love the city! It was a real lump in the throat moment, just couldn’t believe all the months of planning and we were here We were like zombies by the end of the meal, no one could string a sentence together 😂 |
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26 Sep 19, 02:13 PM |
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Hi Alicia, thanks for coming back on this When I first looked, the price including that indirect flight via Dublin was over £5200 for the four of us . Seeing what you had paid made me decide to forget about it for a while. Just checked again and with good (time wise) direct BA flights into SF and out of LA plus upgrade to group F car it was at £3080 today so I just booked it .
Thanks again for the help. So glad to have the flights booked as I’d already booked a couple of hotels . Now just need to go back to the drawing board on the rest of the plans as I’ve changed my mind on a couple of places after doing some more research. Can’t wait to read the rest of your report for inspiration and guidance .
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4 Nov 19, 04:35 PM |
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So excited to see this!
What a great travel day you had, a long one but it all went well. What a trick to play with the announcement. Dinner looked really good and you did so well to keep going for so long! Cant wait to read about the rest of your trip |
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7 Nov 19, 01:23 PM |
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We also stayed at Columbus Motor Inn, great location and with free parking too, you can forgive it being a bit dated - great trippie!
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