Who's going to Dublin, Ireland on September 21, 2019?

[LIPH]

I checked to see how many miles I needed to fly for free. I have enough to get dropped somewhere in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean on the way over.

I hope you're a good swimmer.

I don't know how to swim.

[karat]

9 months!!!

[karat]

Well I just booked our Tour prior to the concert! Flying in to Shannon (west coast), touring for 6days, ending in Dublin. Added two days on to the tour, Currently staying at the Harding, but doing research to see what else is recommended on the St Stephen's Greene side.

Drop me an email if you have any questions!
holly_travel@outlook.com

[dnw]

238!!!!!

[karat]

Since there is no really tailgate overseas. Who would be up for a Noonish tour of Jameson? I can see if we can get a group tour/rate. I will be using my Travel Agent Powers

[dnw]

Since there is no really tailgate overseas. Who would be up for a Noonish tour of Jameson? I can see if we can get a group tour/rate. I will be using my Travel Agent Powers

We are not going to tour Jameson or Guinness, but some others are on Wednesday and Friday.

[karat]

Since there is no really tailgate overseas. Who would be up for a Noonish tour of Jameson? I can see if we can get a group tour/rate. I will be using my Travel Agent Powers

We are not going to tour Jameson or Guinness, but some others are on Wednesday and Friday.

I'm confused on your post...You don't want to do it, correct? Well ask the others if they would like to go on Saturday afternoon. If not, not big deal. I have a Guinness Dinner and Tour on Friday. I won't be in Dublin until Friday, make my way from one side to another

[dnw]

Since there is no really tailgate overseas. Who would be up for a Noonish tour of Jameson? I can see if we can get a group tour/rate. I will be using my Travel Agent Powers

We are not going to tour Jameson or Guinness, but some others are on Wednesday and Friday.

I'm confused on your post...You don't want to do it, correct? Well ask the others if they would like to go on Saturday afternoon. If not, not big deal. I have a Guinness Dinner and Tour on Friday. I won't be in Dublin until Friday, make my way from one side to another

We are not going to tour either. My friends that are going to tour Jameson and Guinness are touring on Wednesday and Friday.
Thanks for the invite. See you on Friday in Dublin.

[ScarletB]

Since there is no really tailgate overseas. Who would be up for a Noonish tour of Jameson? I can see if we can get a group tour/rate. I will be using my Travel Agent Powers

I'm waiting on the details for Scott Kirby's tour, it may change most of what I'm planning!

[LIPH]

I just got a low fare alert for Dublin. Going there isn't too bad - 2 stops, both with 2 hour layovers. The return flight is a nightmare. Dublin to Halifax, 21 hour layover, Halifax to Toronto, 23 1/2 hour layover. I don't care that it's $400 cheaper than any other flight I've seen so far, that's f'n nuts.

[Dr.Corona]

I just got a low fare alert for Dublin. Going there isn't too bad - 2 stops, both with 2 hour layovers. The return flight is a nightmare. Dublin to Halifax, 21 hour layover, Halifax to Toronto, 23 1/2 hour layover. I don't care that it's $400 cheaper than any other flight I've seen so far, that's f'n nuts.

Upon further review....maybe that layover in Halifax could be "doable"......
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[karat]

Travel agent note. You want MINIMUM 2 hour layover. A bit longer is always better. For some airports more than others

[SeattleParrotHead]

We have/had tickets for Pisa to London to Seattle with an hour and 25 minutes between flights in LHR. I was a little concerned about the timing when I made the reservations, but the BA reservations person told me that it wasn’t a concern. Then BA changed the LHR-SEA flight to leave 5 minutes earlier and so they summarily changed that flight to the next day and didn’t tell me until after the fact. I guess 85 minutes doesn’t concern them, but 80 minutes seems to! (The last time went thru LHR it took about 30 minutes from plane to plane.) Since we don’t want to spend a night in London on the way home, we changed the PSA-LHR flight to an earlier Bologna-LHR flight (with a 2 hour layover) and now everything is OK.

[ScarletB]

I just got a low fare alert for Dublin. Going there isn't too bad - 2 stops, both with 2 hour layovers. The return flight is a nightmare. Dublin to Halifax, 21 hour layover, Halifax to Toronto, 23 1/2 hour layover. I don't care that it's $400 cheaper than any other flight I've seen so far, that's f'n nuts.

Yup, I"ve been able to find really good fares on the way over but coming back from Paris is hideous so far. I may just go BACK to Dublin from Paris and fly home from there, seems cheaper but I'm still going to wait a bit.

[karat]

We have/had tickets for Pisa to London to Seattle with an hour and 25 minutes between flights in LHR. I was a little concerned about the timing when I made the reservations, but the BA reservations person told me that it wasn’t a concern. Then BA changed the LHR-SEA flight to leave 5 minutes earlier and so they summarily changed that flight to the next day and didn’t tell me until after the fact. I guess 85 minutes doesn’t concern them, but 80 minutes seems to! (The last time went thru LHR it took about 30 minutes from plane to plane.) Since we don’t want to spend a night in London on the way home, we changed the PSA-LHR flight to an earlier Bologna-LHR flight (with a 2 hour layover) and now everything is OK.

Don't trust the airlines when they say "that is enough time". The have what they call legal connections. Just remember you are counting on all planes to be on time and weather to be perfect! If you want your luggage to be with you, you better give enough time. Just because it worked out once, does not mean it will work out every time. I have 9+ years booking travel and 4 years all I did was travel for work.

[SeattleParrotHead]

We never worry about lost luggage... 'cuz we never check it! Mrs SPH learned the hard way about 10 years ago when she and one of our she-keets went to Paris and then on to Rome but her suitcase took a 3 day side trip to Zurich.
I traveled for work for nearly 40 years and only had 1 real problem... on a trip to Dayton I flew from Seattle to Cincinnati and my bag went Seattle to Philly to LV to Chicago to Dayton (where I got it the next day after attending a meeting wearing jeans and a polo shirt while everybody else in the room was in suits or Air Force uniforms with shiny buttons.) I had a carry-on bag but they encouraged me to check it because the flight was full. Never again!

[karat]

We never worry about lost luggage... 'cuz we never check it! Mrs SPH learned the hard way about 10 years ago when she and one of our she-keets went to Paris and then on to Rome but her suitcase took a 3 day side trip to Zurich.
I traveled for work for nearly 40 years and only had 1 real problem... on a trip to Dayton I flew from Seattle to Cincinnati and my bag went Seattle to Philly to LV to Chicago to Dayton (where I got it the next day after attending a meeting wearing jeans and a polo shirt while everybody else in the room was in suits or Air Force uniforms with shiny buttons.) I had a carry-on bag but they encouraged me to check it because the flight was full. Never again!

Mine was lost due to a short connection in Amsterdam on my way to East Africa. Not exactly a place you can find a clothing store, the hut was closed for the night. Got it a 1.5 days later, but packed my backpack well!

Things are not on the up swing for one time anything. It is alway better to have more time then to be shut out

[SeattleParrotHead]

Amen! More time is always better than not enuff time. Then again, I remember once way back in the 60's when I spent 3 days in the Anchorage airport trying to get a flight out during a pilot's strike.....

When my wife finally got her bag back in Rome, it was held together with duct tape. She'd put a TSA approved lock on it, but I guess they don't like TSA locks in Europe and instead of cutting the lock off, they cut the zipper!

[Wino you know]

Only thing keeping me from booking the trip is being able to find hotel accommodations.

[dnw]

Only thing keeping me from booking the trip is being able to find hotel accommodations.

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