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NOTE -> This trip occurred pre-COVID-19 and feels like 100 years ago We didn’t do a great job planning activities for this trip. We knew many people who had been there and asked everyone we could for their advice and suggestions... but we never made any firm decisions about what we were actually going to… Continue reading Spain 2020: Activities Planning
NOTE -> This trip occurred pre-COVID-19 and feels like 100 years ago In most of our trips to Europe we try to use public transportation to get around. It’s usually the cheapest option and can give you a great view of the real city you might not get from a taxi or tour bus. We… Continue reading Spain 2020: Getting Around
NOTE -> This trip occurred pre-COVID-19 and feels like 100 years ago I had placeholder reservations in all three cities, but I wasn’t happy with any of my selections. I felt I could do better and I continued to try to find a solution I was more comfortable with. I had been going back and… Continue reading Spain 2020: Hotel Planning (Continued)
NOTE -> This trip occurred pre-COVID-19 and feels like 100 years ago I almost always book refundable rates for hotels because our plans are always changing and I'm always looking for the best deals. For this trip, the hotels were more challenging (and changing) than most trips and I utilized the refundable rates to our… Continue reading Spain 2020: Hotel Planning
NOTE -> This trip occurred pre-COVID-19 and feels like 100 years ago The kids get a week in February from school. In 2019 we went on a n epic and memorable trip to Dubai. This year we weren't looking to go quite as far but didn't have any specific destinations. Our bucket list is long… Continue reading February 2020: Where to Go?
NOTE -> This trip occurred pre-COVID-19 and feels like 100 years ago As stated in the previous post, the flight dicated the destination. I had used Google Flights and had happened upon a great price for flights going into Barcelona and returning from Madrid for less than $300 per person. At that price we'd find… Continue reading Spain 2020: Flight Planning
A Pre-COVID-19 Trip in a COVID-19 Era It’s been awhile since I posted anything. We went on a trip in February, which is more than 7 months ago at this point. It would be an understatement to say the world has changed since then and it's been hard to get motivated to write or think… Continue reading Spain 2020
We've got four destinations planned in our California "road trip". We've been to all of them before with the exception of Palm Springs so we have some idea of things we want to do, but there was still a lot of research to do. San FranciscoThis was by far the easiest to plan for. I've… Continue reading Christmas 2019: Activities
My wife's brother had agreed to let us buy him a ticket to visit us in San Diego for Christmas. He lives in New York City and had only been briefly to San Diego once before. He was excited to spend the holiday with us and the boys were super excited to have him with… Continue reading Christmas 2019: Planning – Tio’s Flights
We're going on a "California Road Trip" but we didn't have a car. Since we aren't actually driving from San Francisco to San Diego, we realized we didn't need a car for the San Francisco portion of the trip. Using Lyft and public transportation would be perfect and help us avoid the $60/night parking fees… Continue reading Christmas 2019: Planning – Transportation
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