The link says something about people getting errors and then you change it to Asian money. I haven't tried myself though
That will probably be the cheapest/less stressful option. But it might be tough to be very mobile in the rural areas away from the bus stops.
i stayed at a place called the "Hotel de Westertoren" it was not particularly nice, but it was in a good spot relative to the shit you'd want to see.
Also, I have an 8 hour layover in Seattle. I really want to get out of the airport with a layover of that length. Any suggestions dudes?
You can take the Monorail directly from the airport right to the smack middle of downtown, it spits you out only a block or 2 from Pike Place Market. Only costs a few bucks. I'd recommend taking the monorail there and just walking around Pike Place/Downtown, there's a ton of spots that could keep you busy for that amount of time.
Ireland isn't that big anyways so pretty easy to get around the island for day trips, we took a couple of tour vans of the countryside and to Belfast, it was like 30 bucks or so for the vans we made Dublin our base and then went over to Galway and did the same
Yeah they were 50 baht I think. Then those guys were so fucked up and didn't really give a shit and a couple of those nights just charged 50 a piece all night That first night we got lit over there on the booze/balloons/mushrooms was a doozy
We did one of those for County Wicklow. County is gorgeous. Got to see the Guinness estate, a few abbeys and a castle. BamaNug
what credit card do you guys use for booking trips? Might think about getting a new one if there are some really good deals. Looks like the best I'm going to do is ~$1675 for Chicago > Maui > Bangkok > Chicago. thoughts?
Chase sapphire preferred, citi thank you if you have that already. You'll get 55k from chase and 50 from citi sign up bonus wise
Capital one venture is my jam over the sapphire now since its 2 miles per dollar spent regardless of category
Yea, starting to get an itinerary together which is why I'm asking about transportation. Right now it's looking like: Wednesday: land in Dublin at 8 AM, got lunch reservations for a really nice spot across the River Liffey from Temple Bar. Try to do tourist shit this day, cathedral's, Guinness* and/or Jameson, etc. Thursday: St. Patrick's Day** Friday: Head North to Howth, fishing village on a big peninsula. Looks really awesome. Depending on how long we spend there, either further North to Malahide, or back to Dublin. Saturday: South to Dun Laoghaire and hopefully to Wicklow. head home Sunday AM *I've heard the Guinness tour takes like 3 hours. Anyone do it? That seems like a really long tour, may skip it unless it's really cool. Have heard the Jameson one takes like 30 minutes **What is the deal with St. Patrick's Day? Can you just walk out and find parades? Is it really hard to get a drink with how crowded it is? Or should we make specific plans/get somewhere early?
I did basically self tour of the Guinness factory basically just skimmed till getting to the top floor where u have an incredible view of Dublin and drank two pints then bounced, I think it's worth it for the view up too and beer
Agree. We had a lot of fun there and great views of the city. Most fun we had in Dublin was getting drunk with a bunch of students watching a cricket match on a perfect day.
Oh and sign me up as another Chase Sapphire supporter. Got the card this past summer and added the fiancee on. Our flights to Hawaii were paid for in points so it's making the trip much less of a financial burden on us.
The view (and fresh beer once you're up there)is really the only thing I liked about the Guiness tour, the Jameson one was much better IMO
Anyone been to Emerald Isle, NC? I might be going for a week with a few buddies and some ECU sloots . It seems like it's a pretty slow place, and Wilmington is the move for bars (I've been there a bunch.) (And did we lose the USA travel thread?)
Medium priced casual. Won't be dinner I don't think, as that'll be with our hosts/family. Somewhere to hang out for a couple of drinks and some quality food mid day
Buona Forchetta is my favorite place in San Diego. It's in south park. Whole staff is a family from Italy. Great, casual italian. There's always a wait though, but a couple places to drink in the general vicinity while you wait. Not sure if they're open for lunch. C level/ Island Prime is always good, on the water, over by the airport so a short cab ride from downtown. Barley Mash has really good food, and is downtown and more of a sportbar type atmosphere. The Blind burro is also downtown. Decent mexican food, but a good place to grab some drinks by the ballpark.
What is everyone's opinion on guides and tours? I absolutely despise them, sometimes irrationally so. My friend who I'm going to Ireland with has never been outside the US, and is really worried about figuring out what to do/getting into places without booking in advance and wants to do all these guided tours and hire vans and guides for the parks. I never hire a tour guide unless it's absolutely necessary, I like figuring out things on my own. For some things I understand you need them, like getting to Machu Picchu, but I research a trip so much before I go that I have a pretty good idea of what to do and what to expect by the time I'm somewhere. Have done plenty of excursions by myself where I had the option of hiring someone to help me. I just don't entirely trust foreign guides, I feel like they're just looking for money (versus giving you a genuine experience), and try to steer you towards their friend's establishments/ppl that give them some dough versus giving you genuine advice. Plus, my favorite thing to do is going into hole-in-the-wall, not well known places and meeting locals/others doing the same thing, or to just wander around city streets. I'm very anti-guided tours, much prefer to do my own thing. /rant
i trust the ones recommended to me buy people you meet/hostels you know know the ropes some cities i hear great things about the free walking tours.
I'm with you BamaNug, I try to avoid hiring guides unless there is risk of physical harm to me if I don't have professional guidance. I will hire a guide tho if it comes with equipment that I would otherwise have a hard time getting access to (like a boat, helicopter, etc.)
Main place I like Guided tours is when it's a place of historical significance and someone more knowledgeable on the subject can help me learn more. I tend to agree with you on most other things, although absolutely despise is probably too strong.
So I was at the airport to fly to San Diego tonight and it got pushed back to tomorrow morning... Odds that they'll cover dinner and drinks on the card insurance in the town of my billing address or do I need to be gone? Would be nice
I usually don't get guides but am not against it. I've done some free walking tours that were great and paid for some tours that gave me more info than I would ever learn on my own. I don't care if I do stuff or look touristy sometimes, which I think is some peoples aversion to them. One of the things I hate most is when people pull the whole "I'm a traveler, not a tourist" line. We're all fucking tourists when we visit a country to party, meet people, eat food and see the sights.
I'm definitely not too good to use them, and have used them in the past. But, if given the option, would prefer to go it alone, or with a group of friends. Definitely hate the 'traveler, not a tourist' line as well. I know I look touristy as shit when I go to the main attractions, and don't care. I would just rather explore on my own terms. I just want to:
Team guided tour for certain niche activities (kayaking in Thailand, wine tour in South Africa, etc). TripAdvisor hasn't steered me wrong yet. I tend to do the niche things with places that get "this was the best experience of our trip" type reviews.
There's also good info if you just Google it. I too am trying to go in may but need to figure some shit out in the next month and a half or so mc415
There are tons of charters from South Florida, NYC, some from LAX. They're not expensive and dozens leave every day.
I went in 2004 via Mexico City, was awesomeness! We basically used a Lonely Planet guidebook and it was nails. Yeah there is a ton of info but the fun part of Cuba is just kinda getting over there and figuring it out. When u decide to go let me know and I can pinpoint some fun stuff to do, my wife went in 2012 via a charter thru her grad school so she has some fresher info.
It might just be the days I've looked at previously, but everything for me is a 700-800 dollar total going through Mexico from atl.