Transylvania to Pennsylvania - and beyond! - July 2019

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East to West – Bucharest to Phoenix - July 2019
July 2019

Cast (it’s the usual one!)
Me: Shaun, 50’s, loves travelling, eating and drinking (not necessarily in that order!)
Alison: 50’s, ditto to the above!
Well,

Here we go again as we snapped up another bargain fare and this time we are off to Phoenix, Arizona.

Going direct this time? If you up to speed with how we roll, not a chance!

Our routing is: -

Outbound: -

Heathrow to Bucharest

Bucharest to Philadelphia

Philadelphia to Phoenix


Inbound: -

Phoenix to San Diego

San Diego to Heathrow

Heathrow to Bucharest

Bucharest to Heathrow


Outbound we’ll be spending a short time in both Bucharest and Philadelphia. Inbound we have a couple of days in Bucharest.

Wacky routing again but as always it maximises our BA Executive Club Tier points and shed loads of Avios.


Anyway, I started to look around for accommodation in the Phoenix / Scottsdale area and found it to be incredibly cheap so I thought I’d investigate why. One minor thing we’d overlooked was the weather – usually up to about 40 degrees when not many people go so it’s technically their low season.

Looks like we’ll need gallons and gallons of factor 50 to save our pasty complexion.


So – what’s booked?

Apart from the flights we only have the following hotels booked


• Ramada Bucharest Majestic Hotel

• Loews Philadelphia Hotel

Currently reviewing locations, hotels and attractions in the Phoenix area – lots of bookings left to do!