Price advice

[Toria_dee]

Hi all.

Our trip next May/June is a little unprecedented so I'm looking for some info/advice regarding this price.

There are 2 adults, 3 children (13yo, 10yo & 7yo).

20th May flying GLA>LHR>MIA
Chevrolet Suburban (or similar) for 41 days
2 nights at Rosen Inn Int Drive
1 night a Hilton Miami Downtown
30th June MIA>LHR>GLA

Both long haul legs are with AA so no seat reservation fees.

£4766

TIA for any advice/info.

xx

ETA: the price is a create your own package with BA.

[joanna23]

I only travel in the summer holidays but we come for a longer trip like yours (36 nights) and I know that car hire is working out really expensive especially for a big car like that. We did the indirect with BA Man to Mia and added in 7 nights at the Portofino Bay (Club Level) which gave us a good price - 2 adults & 2 children plus one infant was £3300. Have you tried playing around with other hotel options for your middle section or are you doing a villa?

[Toria_dee]

Originally Posted by joanna23

I only travel in the summer holidays but we come for a longer trip like yours (36 nights) and I know that car hire is working out really expensive especially for a big car like that. We did the indirect with BA Man to Mia and added in 7 nights at the Portofino Bay (Club Level) which gave us a good price - 2 adults & 2 children plus one infant was £3300. Have you tried playing around with other hotel options for your middle section or are you doing a villa?

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We've got onsite from 22nd May to 5th June then a villa from 5th June to 29th June.

The hotels I've taken on the BA site are the cheapest.

Without the hotels the price is £4362.

xx

[joanna23]

Originally Posted by Toria_dee

We've got onsite from 22nd May to 5th June then a villa from 5th June to 29th June.

The hotels I've taken on the BA site are the cheapest.

Without the hotels the price is £4362.

xx

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Surely the hotels don’t cost that much of a difference if you paid for them outside of the package?

I’ve just checked the prices elsewhere and only slightly cheaper than you’d get from the package.

[toonarmani]

Also check your home insurance as some don't provide cover if left empty for 30+ days.

[joanna23]

Originally Posted by toonarmani

Also check your home insurance as some don't provide cover if left empty for 30+ days.

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Also travel insurance can be a pain as they have a maximum number of days. I know we’re just under the maximum on ours.

[Toria_dee]

Originally Posted by joanna23

Surely the hotels don’t cost that much of a difference if you paid for them outside of the package?

I’ve just checked the prices elsewhere and only slightly cheaper than you’d get from the package.

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Would work out at £4560 ish taking the 2 cheapest hotels on booking.com.

Gah, I hate this part of planning. The whole to book or not to book 😂😂😂

[joanna23]

Originally Posted by Toria_dee

Would work out at £4560 ish taking the 2 cheapest hotels on booking.com.

Gah, I hate this part of planning. The whole to book or not to book 😂😂😂

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I know I feel your pain. Work out each section individually and your max comfortable figure for each and then see how it falls. The car hire alone for a vehicle that size was coming in at around £2000 for me when I was trying to book for this year. However I missed the early booking deals as left it until we had the money saved.

[Toria_dee]

Originally Posted by toonarmani

Also check your home insurance as some don't provide cover if left empty for 30+ days.

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My niece is moving in for half of the time to look after the dogs so they don't have to be in the kennels for that long, but it was something I hadn't thought of.

Originally Posted by joanna23

Also travel insurance can be a pain as they have a maximum number of days. I know we’re just under the maximum on ours.

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We have an annual policy with the bank, H called them when we started discussing the idea of an extended trip and they quoted £99 for the 5 of us for the same cover we have (including all the pre-exsisiting conditions).

xx

[Weirdo19]

Indirect flights out of school hols should be less than £500 return. Have a hunt around for car hire, I’m sure someone says on another thread that there are great deals around, have a look on car hire forum. Then you’ll know if it’s a good deal!