The New Travel Thread: Now with write ups in the OP

Discussion in 'The Mainboard' started by Jax Teller, Apr 8, 2015.

  1. BayouMafia

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    it's a shame because both places have a shit ton of interesting stuff to see and do
     
  2. BP

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    Ive read about 6 or 7 different articles or sites from the past 2 years and on one has had any issues/problems . Just use common sense like usual.
     
  3. Arkadin

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    until a terrorist blows your plane up over the med, or sets off a car bomb in a market. or storms your hotel/tour bus and starts shooting people. or the egyptian security forces mistake your tour group for terrorists and drop bombs on you (yeah, that happened)
     
  4. BP

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    Actually read about that, crazy. But you could say a few of the things about Paris or Belgium too.
     
  5. Arkadin

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    sure, but its an every day reality in the egypt and jordans of the world. jordan has a great government and they're doing a lot to combat it, but they cant help being that close to the conflicts
     
  6. Room 15

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    Yea plus I'm on a tourist visa so I'd have to work illegally
     
  7. Arkadin

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    that how it works down there? i know basically everyone in thailand works on a tourist visa and just renews every 30 days
     
  8. Room 15

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    There are certainly jobs I could get because it's not enforced that heavily but yea
     
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  9. BP

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    Agreed. Although I dont know how active ISIS is in those places. Ill have to do some more studying up.
     
  10. Arkadin

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    Egypt and Northern Africa as a whole is a hotbed for multiple terrorist groups. Jordan had avoided a lot of the spill over from surrounding countries for a long time but it has gotten more difficult for them to stop there, but mostly on the border. It's a growing problem
     
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  11. rezy

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    Not sure how good the shark diving is in February near seal island, but worth looking into. We went during peak season in June. There are a bunch of places that will pick you up from Cape Town to do it. We booked it through our hostel with White Shark Projects.
     
  12. Where Eagles Dare

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    No idea about flights. I got lucky through virgin.

    Cape Town....winery, shark diving, rent a car and drive down to the southern cape, Penguins, Robben Island, Hike Lions head, drink at camps Bay for a day.

    Eat all the good absurdly cheap food and wine.
     
  13. Arkadin

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    So I've heard aeroflot blows, anyone have anything counter to that?
     
  14. FriendsofJtyler

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    Happy Monday afternoon

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  15. Arkadin

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    It's sunday at 8:38 pm dude
     
  16. Arkadin

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    #Airfare Deal: [DL] United States - Barcelona / Madrid, Spain. $386 - $406 r/t. Info: https://t.co/zvs71Ks4Wh Includes August 2017 avail
     
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  17. Arkadin

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    rv12 where are you flying out of/when are you trying to go? Where do you really want to go?
     
  18. enjj

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    We fly into Liberia and then head north west. Riu Guanacaste in Sardinal, towards Nicaragua.
     
  19. Arkadin

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    just booked two tickets to croatia from charlotte for 60k total united points

    12 hour travel time, pretty happy with that.

    Will book a return at some point
     
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  20. Arkadin

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    that point is now. fly back in to charlotte on may 14. figured why not get it out the way
     
  21. Arkadin

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    and officially so stoked

    10 days in costa coming up and this croatia trip. might have a couple smaller things but between work and school these are my big deals for the next 12 months or so probably
     
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  22. ohhaithur

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    Booked for April woot woot

    I'll think about it for the next 24 hours but I can't ever get from Indy to Europe under $800
     
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  23. Nug

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    Anybody subscribe to Scott Keyes flight deals? A guy that sends 2-3 emails with a lot of the same deals posted ITT.

    Just sent one re: flights from all over the US to Spain for sub-$400. I'm not on twitter, so this is what I usually follow. Easy to sign up.

    https://scottscheapflights.com/premium/


    Some amazing fares on Delta to Spain, especially from parts of the US like Dayton, Anchorage, and Honolulu that rarely see cheap flights to Europe! (If you don't see your home airport listed below, double check in Google Flights just to make sure I didn't eff up and miss it. Sadly this deal doesn't work from Delta hub cities :-()

    Cheapest prices are to Barcelona or Madrid, with elsewhere in Spain ~$25 or $50 more.

    These prices could be gone by this afternoon, so try to book ASAP.



    TO:

    Alicante (ALC)
    Barcelona (BCN)
    Bilbao (BIO)
    Ibiza (IBZ)
    Madrid (MAD)
    Palma de Mallorca (PMI)
    Valencia (VLC)

    FROM:

    Albuquerque (ABQ) - $410
    Anchorage (ANC) - $441
    Austin (AUS) - $406
    Birmingham (BHM) - $401
    Boise (BOI) - $410
    Boston (BOS) - $396
    Buffalo (BUF) - $405
    Burbank (BUR) - $410
    Burlington (BTV) - $406
    Charleston (CHS) - $406
    Charlotte (CLT) - $433
    Chicago (ORD) - $401
    Cincinnati (CVG) - $401
    Cody (COD) - $438
    Columbia (CAE) - $401
    Columbus (CMH) - $401
    Dallas (DFW) - $406
    Dayton (DAY) - $406
    El Paso (ELP) - $435
    Fayetteville (XNA) - $439
    Fresno (FAT) - $422
    Ft. Lauderdale (FLL) - $406
    Halifax (YHZ) - $ USD
    Hartford (BDL) - $406
    Honolulu (HNL) - $406
    Indianapolis (IND) - $401
    Jacksonville (JAX) - $406
    Kansas City (MCI) - $406
    Knoxville (TYS) - $401
    Las Vegas (LAS) - $406
    Lexington (LEX) - $406
    Little Rock (LIT) - $435
    Los Angeles (LAX) - $401
    Louisville (SDF) - $426
    Memphis (MEM) - $401
    Miami (MIA) - $406
    Milwaukee (MKE) - $401
    Montreal (YUL) - $ USD
    Nashville (BNA) - $406
    New Orleans (MSY) - $430
    New York City (NYC) - $391
    Oakland (OAK) - $406
    Oklahoma City (OKC) - $406
    Omaha (OMA) - $425
    Ontario (ONT) - $438
    Orange County (SNA) - $435
    Orlando (MCO) - $406
    Philadelphia (PHL) - $406
    Phoenix (PHX) - $406
    Pittsburgh (PIT) - $401
    Portland, ME (PWM) - $435
    Portland, OR (PDX) - $429
    Providence (PVD) - $435
    Raleigh (RDU) - $425
    Richmond (RIC) - $401
    Sacramento (SMF) - $435
    San Antonio (SAT) - $406
    San Diego (SAN) - $406
    Seattle (SEA) - $401
    Spokane (GEG) - $406
    St. Louis (STL) - $401
    Tampa (TPA) - $401
    Tucson (TUS) - $406
    Wichita (ICT) - $435

    WHEN: Scattered availability November through October 2017, excluding Xmas, NYE, and peak summer months

    NORMAL PRICE: $850+

    AIRLINE: Delta

    BUY BY: I suspect these fares will be gone within 6 hours if not sooner. Book ASAP.
     
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  24. Arkadin

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    Yeah that's a steal. Same reason for me booking both legs for Croatia now. The legs out of/to Charlotte without 20ish hour flight times had a lot of them at 65k reward points one way. Didn't want to wait and miss out on 60k round trip
     
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  25. ohhaithur

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    That's how I got this Spain deal just beforebefore Ark posted

    Love his stuff
     
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  26. bigdumbgreg

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    Any advice on getting from the Venice airport to Venice and vice versa? Have an 840am flight out of Venice so will likely need a private water taxi but don't want to get ripped off
     
  27. Arkadin

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    theres a 6 euro bus that runs 3 times an hour. ATVO express
     
  28. ohhaithur

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    United has all over Europe for $400 rn. From shit airports

    TO:

    Amsterdam (AMS)
    Barcelona (BCN)
    Belgrade (BEG)
    Bologna (BLQ)
    Bucharest (BUC)
    Budapest (BUD)
    Copenhagen (CPH)
    Dublin (DUB)
    Istanbul (IST)
    London (LON)
    Madrid (MAD)
    Manchester (MAN)
    Milan (MXP)
    Palma de Mallorca (PMI)
    Paris (PAR)
    Sofia (SOF)
    Stockholm (ARN)
    Venice (VCE)

    FROM:

    Albuquerque (ABQ)
    Anchorage (ANC)
    Atlanta (ATL)
    Austin (AUS)
    Birmingham (BHM)
    Boise (BOI)
    Boston (BOS)
    Buffalo (BUF)
    Burbank (BUR)
    Burlington (BTV)
    Charleston (CHS)
    Charlotte (CLT)
    Cincinnati (CVG)
    Cody (COD)
    Colorado Springs (COS)
    Columbia (CAE)
    Columbus (CMH)
    Dallas (DFW)
    Dayton (DAY)
    Detroit (DTW)
    El Paso (ELP)
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    Greenville (GSP)
    Hartford (BDL)
    Honolulu (HNL)
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    Jacksonville (JAX)
    Kansas City (MCI)
    Knoxville (TYS)
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    Lexington (LEX)
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    New Orleans (MSY)
    New York City (NYC)
    Oakland (OAK)
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    Omaha (OMA)
    Ontario (ONT)
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    Orlando (MCO)
    Philadelphia (PHL)
    Phoenix (PHX)
    Pittsburgh (PIT)
    Portland, ME (PWM)
    Portland, OR (PDX)
    Providence (PVD)
    Raleigh (RDU)
    Reno (RNO)
    Richmond (RIC)
    Sacramento (SMF)
    Salt Lake City (SLC)
    San Antonio (SAT)
    San Diego (SAN)
    San Francisco (SFO)
    San Jose (SJC)
    Seattle (SEA)
    Shreveport (SHV)
    Spokane (GEG)
    St. Louis (STL)
    Tallahassee (TLH)
    Tampa (TPA)
    Tucson (TUS)
    Washington DC (WAS)
    Wichita (ICT)
     
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  29. southside

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    Kruger is about 6 hour drive from Joburg. Absolutely worth spending 4 days within the park it was unreal.

    I did cage diving with marine dynamics. They picked me up in Cape Town, they are probably the most prominent group. Saw a total of 9 sharks in a couple hours which was awesome.
     
  30. FriendsofJtyler

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    This place is magical.

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  31. PJP3

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    Are you able to book Helicopter flights to Milford Sound while there? I don't really want to prebook and have bad weather, but I also don't want them to be sold out when I'm there.
     
  32. FriendsofJtyler

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    You can pre book flights which is what we did yesterday. Although we got very lucky because they cancelled all the rest for the day and likely the week because of bad weather.
     
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  33. BP

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    Just booked Tucson to Athens, Greece roundtrip for $480 (used rewards points) for Oct of next year. Stoked.
     
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  34. FriendsofJtyler

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    Just did the Nevis bungee

    :ohholkyfuck:
     
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  35. Nug

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    Dubrovnik is so incredible.

    Ark do a daytrip to Montenegro while there
     
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  36. Arkadin

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    I might, been looking at it. I have a Croatian friend who might come with and has a bunch of family/family friends over there so I'm waiting to see what his deal is before nailing down an itinerary. Might end up on a family farm while they sacrifice a goat in my honor
     
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  37. Nole0515

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    Found a flight to Rome for $425 next month out of Tallahassee. Hopefully I can make this work.
     
  38. Nug

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    Book it, and make it work after the fact
     
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  39. Nole0515

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    I have to figure out a schedule for my employees and have my parents approve it all cause they are my bosses.
     
  40. ohhaithur

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    If it's Delta they let you cancel within 24 hours very easily.

    I did it three times this week
     
  41. Nole0515

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    I cant do December, but It looks like I can do January
     
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  42. Arkadin

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    Amex gold is always 50k sign up right?
     
  43. Nole0515

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    no thats Platinum I think. 25k I think for gold
     
  44. tjosu

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    Currently sitting in the Club at LAS thanks to my Sapphire Reserve card. This is how traveling was meant to be
     
  45. Arkadin

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    I just got an email for a 50k gold sign up offer. Might do it if that's abnormal
     
  46. rv12

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    Arkadin how long should i book for Dubrovnik? That place looks awesome.
     
  47. Arkadin

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    How much time do you have? I'm road tripping from Zagreb through zadar and down through split to dubrovnik. A few days in dubrovnik itself is probably good, but make time to go up the coast, to national parks, etc.

    Renting a car is cheap and places to stay aren't bad either
     
  48. Jimmy the Saint

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    Anyone ever dealt with being accused of rental car damage? Got a shitty Jeep Compass from Avis when I landed Friday but took it back Saturday to get something with better gas mileage since I'm going up and down the east coast. I was in a rush when I did the exchange and didn't check out the exterior or document anything on the new vehicle. Noticed when I arrived in CT on Monday that there's a dent near the passenger side tire and the bumper has some paint scraped off. I'm 99.99% sure I had nothing to do with this but don't have any proof otherwise.

    I take it back on Friday and just plan on saying nothing as I believe this is the condition I was given the car in. I paid with the Sapphire Reserve so absolute worst case I have the primary liability coverage on it but that's a headache I'd rather not deal with, especially since I'm damn near certain this wasn't my fault.
     
  49. gordon bombay

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    50K is the norm, 60K I have seen but it is very random.
     
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