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<blockquote data-quote="my2cents" data-source="post: 262088" data-attributes="member: 1287"><p><strong>Re: Around the world with Traveller</strong></p><p></p><p>Good on ya for writing these tour summaries Traveler. It was a pleasure to read them and the posted pictures brought the text to life. I don't think I need to ask if you guys had a good time. How many days was this itinerary for? My guess is between 10-14 days. If you wish to keep writing travel logs for future trips, I know I will read the entries. We can all learn from each others travel experiences. Your passport must be full of stamps. What happens when you run out of blank pages?</p><p></p><p>Did you like flying Qantas? IMO, they have the long international flights down to a science. I didn't suffer any jet lag going either direction. They also keep you well fed with timely meals and snack bags. I also like the GPS feature on the seat-back television. I would periodically check it to see when the plane was crossing the International Date Line, the equator, or just to see where the plane was at the moment.</p><p></p><p>Were you charged a $25 NZ departure tax when leaving New Zealand before boarding your international flight? It's one of those little things that can catch you off guard, if you didn't account for it beforehand. For Australia it's the ETA visa, which I have already taken care of. The only item which I'm debating about with my upcoming trip is a long layover in LAX at the beginning of my itinerary. If my domestic flight lands on-time, which is around noon, I'll have about a ten hour layover in LAX. I really don't want to hang around the airport, although at the same time I don't think it's worth the hassle of renting a car and going into LA for half a day. I'll probably check myself into a hotel so I can refresh myself, although I'm somewhat reluctant to even commit myself to that in case my flight out of the northeast is delayed due to bad weather. Decisions. Decisions. </p><p></p><p>Although somewhat off the immediate subject, has anyone ever traveled on Skybus? They fly out of small city airports with rock bottom fares as low as $10. I can't vouch for them one way or the other because I have never flown with them before.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="my2cents, post: 262088, member: 1287"] [B]Re: Around the world with Traveller[/B] Good on ya for writing these tour summaries Traveler. It was a pleasure to read them and the posted pictures brought the text to life. I don't think I need to ask if you guys had a good time. How many days was this itinerary for? My guess is between 10-14 days. If you wish to keep writing travel logs for future trips, I know I will read the entries. We can all learn from each others travel experiences. Your passport must be full of stamps. What happens when you run out of blank pages? Did you like flying Qantas? IMO, they have the long international flights down to a science. I didn't suffer any jet lag going either direction. They also keep you well fed with timely meals and snack bags. I also like the GPS feature on the seat-back television. I would periodically check it to see when the plane was crossing the International Date Line, the equator, or just to see where the plane was at the moment. Were you charged a $25 NZ departure tax when leaving New Zealand before boarding your international flight? It's one of those little things that can catch you off guard, if you didn't account for it beforehand. For Australia it's the ETA visa, which I have already taken care of. The only item which I'm debating about with my upcoming trip is a long layover in LAX at the beginning of my itinerary. If my domestic flight lands on-time, which is around noon, I'll have about a ten hour layover in LAX. I really don't want to hang around the airport, although at the same time I don't think it's worth the hassle of renting a car and going into LA for half a day. I'll probably check myself into a hotel so I can refresh myself, although I'm somewhat reluctant to even commit myself to that in case my flight out of the northeast is delayed due to bad weather. Decisions. Decisions. Although somewhat off the immediate subject, has anyone ever traveled on Skybus? They fly out of small city airports with rock bottom fares as low as $10. I can't vouch for them one way or the other because I have never flown with them before. [/QUOTE]
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