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Wife and I are going to Paris in May (arrive the morning of the 3rd, leave the morning of the 10th). We want to have a great dinner, do a wine tour/champagne tour, possibly a day trip to Normandy. I understand on the 8th most things will be closed down for V-E Day, so not sure what we should do then. Any suggestions for the dinner/tours?
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Sanity check please: I can use my Chase Sapphire Reserve in Paris just fine, right? I'm a bit confused on chip+sign and chip+pin and all that jazz. Also, best way to get euros is to just hit up an ATM?
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Apr 24, 2018 00:19
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I plan to use a debit card in the ATM to take out cash, I'm just not sure about using my credit card for other purchases. The Chase website makes it seem like you just can't use your PIN to pay for anything, other than cash advances from ATMs (https://www.chase.com/digital/fraud-security/security/faq-credit)
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Apr 25, 2018 00:30
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What's the best way to get from central London to Heathrow for an early morning flight (7AM) back to the US? From what I understand, the train won't be there early enough, so looking for another way
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May 1, 2018 03:12
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Julio Cruz posted:If your flight's on a Saturday or Sunday the Piccadilly line runs all night. Flight is on a Sunday morning, so it sounds like the Picadilly line is the way to go. I imagine an Uber is going to be crazy expensive
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May 1, 2018 22:27
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Going to Ireland for a week (36 hours in Dublin, then about five-six days driving around), and have 2-3 days at the end to go someplace else. Our options are Edinburgh, London, Paris Amsterdam, or Barcelona. The wife and I were in Paris and London in 2018, but my mom and sister (who are coming with us) have never been to either. We could possibly do something else as well (Prague? Monaco? Lisbon?) so we're open to other suggestions
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Jul 9, 2019 01:21
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Julio Cruz posted:"we're spending a week in Ireland, but also we want to go to Barcelona and Prague, that's reasonable right?" Not what I was getting at, but thanks. Just looked at the planned itinerary. Two nights in Dublin, two nights in Cork, two nights in Killarney, a night in Galway and a night in Achill. We can use the 2-3 extra days to spend more time there, but I'm struggling a bit to fill the rest of the time. We've got a full day to drive from Dublin to Cork, another day to hang out there/Old Midleton/Cobh, a day to drive to Killarney, a day to do Ring of Kerry related stuff, Cliffs of Moher on the full day drive to Galway, and then drive up to Achill so mom can feel as one with her ancestors. The plan after that was to fly out from Shannon to somewhere else for 2-3 nights then back to the US. I figured London would be easiest, Edinburgh is a very short flight, the others were more aspirational/something different. We can certainly stay longer
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Jul 9, 2019 19:59
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My Lovely Horse posted:With those full day drives I think you're somewhat overestimating how much time it takes to get around Ireland by car, even if you take the back roads. The full day drives are meant to be slow, with lots of stopping. So the drive from Dublin to Cork (2.5 hours on the motorways) will realistically take much longer, with stops in Kilkenny and Cashel, possibly even hitting up Glendalough beforehand. Driving from Cork to Killarney (1.5 hours) would go through Clonakitty, Bantry, and Kenmare. Then we would have full days in certain places to do other stuff: Cork (Cobh, Titanic Museum for mom, Old Midleton Distillery, maybe Blarney Castle and gardens), Killarney (Ring of Kerry full day drive), etc. The only thing we seem to be missing so far is Dingle and Aran Islands/Connemara, which we could do if we took a second night in Galway.
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Jul 9, 2019 21:09
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Saladman posted:As someone who just did this two months ago, you're really underestimating how much time you want at each place. It is really not enjoyable to go from Dublin to Cork and stop at both Kilkenny, Cashel, and Glendalough in a single day. That's a 5 hour drive, and each stop is minimum 2 hours for an even basic taste (well, I guess Glendalough is just driving through slowly). So yeah that's a feasible full day, assuming that lunch is just a bag of nuts while you're driving. Certainly you can do all of those things, but doing that for 6 days in a row is going to be exhausting and most people won't care about what they see after 3 days like that unless they're literally crossing off a checklist. Seems there's a bit of confusion, sorry if I wasn't very clear. Day 1: Arrive in Dublin, walk around, relax Day 2: Dublin sights and such Day 3: Dublin to Cork, stop in Kilkenny and Cashel (for Hore Abbey) Day 4: Cork (Cobh, Old Midleton, whatever else we feel like) Day 5: Cork to Killarney (stop randomly on the way) Day 6: Killarney: Ring of Kerry Day 7: Killarney to Galway, Cliffs of Moher Day 8: Galway to Achill Day 9: Achill to Shannon or Dublin to depart. Only two of the stops are one-night stays (Galway and Achill). The driving days are meant to hit up those random things you're talking about. We're not trying to do the top 10 other than like Ring of Kerry and Cliffs of Moher. The suggestions I've seen are Glendalough (which would add in a night in Kilkenny before we get to Cork) and an additional day in Galway to do Connemara or Aran.
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Jul 10, 2019 00:54
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Saladman posted:Ah, yeah that actually seems okay the way you have it written out there. I’d still recommend spending more time in Ireland with your extra 2-3 days unless you can’t get a direct flight home from Dublin or Shannon. Awesome, thanks for the suggestions! I'll be doing like 90% of the driving, not sure how I'll feel on those rides, but we'll see. Kilkenny is almost solely for some Smithwicks Experience
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Jul 10, 2019 20:24
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Ireland/Dublin question. Traveling with myself, my wife, my sister (all mid-30s) and my mom (65). We arrive Friday at 11AM. I think we need that Friday plus all day Saturday and Sunday to see everything without running my mom ragged; my sister says we're fine with just the half day Friday and all day Saturday, and then we can head out to Tullamore. What is the good consensus? The stuff we want to do is traditional Dublin stuff: Guinness Storefront, Grafton Street, Trinity College/Book of Kells, etc.
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Oct 4, 2019 01:13
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greazeball posted:You're both right. It's about a day and a half of stuff you've listed but you might be jet lagged depending on where you come from and how often you deal with it. First day, check in to the hotel, then do Guinness and go to bed early. Second day, Trinity, Grafton, Stephen's Green should be ok at an easy pace. I never sleep as well the second night after a long flight so Sunday could be a good recovery day to see some other stuff and then head out on Monday. It also depends on how much time you have and whether you're doing the driving yourself. We will be renting a car at the end of our Dublin time, head towards Galway for several days, a few days in Killarney and then over to London. Our time in Killarney is set (Thursday night and Friday night), as is our departure from Shannon (Saturday), so it's either Friday-Sunday in Dublin and Sunday-Thursday in Galway, or Friday-Monday in Dublin and Monday-Thursday in Galway. I go abroad every year or so; my sister hasn't been abroad (other than a cruise in Mexico) since 1992, same with my mom. We'll be coming from the eastern US. If it was just my wife and I, and my sister most likely, I'd do the shorter version of Dublin and get out to the country. But this is my mom's trip, so I want her to be comfortable and enjoy it, which is why I'm thinking about slowing things down but I also don't want to short-change the rest of it. It's tough
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Oct 5, 2019 01:14
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My Lovely Horse posted:I liked Galway quite a bit more than Dublin and even so I'd say five days in the area is a lot of time to fill. I mean you're gonna want to take all the day trips you can in the greater Galway area, it's fantastic, but still roughly as much time in Galway as in Dublin sounds about right. Zachack posted:It all depends on what you want to see in Dublin, we had 2.5 days and did stuff without feeling over-rushed but saw a lot. Certain things may have set times, too - Kilmainham Gaol (very good) requires a tour booked in advance and was a bit of a walk for us to get to, same if you want to do a walking tour or something. If you don't care about museums then that changes things, but we move really fast and I was pretty happy to "relax" when we left Dublin and I had hours of driving instead of pounding concrete. Plan right now is: Friday: Arrive in Dublin Saturday: Dublin Sunday: Dublin Monday: Drive to Galway, stop in Tullamore on the way Tuesday: Drive up to Achill Island for a day trip Wednesday: Connemara? Aran Islands? Thursday: Drive to Killarney, stop at Cliffs of Moher on the way Friday: Drive the Ring of Kerry Saturday: Fly to London from Shannon Airport If we can knock out what we want in Dublin Friday and Saturday, we can leave on Sunday and have an extra day in Galway to actually hang out in the city or do something else. Or we take our time. Sounds like both are good options.
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Oct 8, 2019 01:02
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Should I do three nights in Killarney/two nights in Galway, or two nights in Killarney/three nights in Galway? We're doing Dublin (two nights) -> Killarney -> Galway (with a day trip up to Achill as one of the activities). Not sure which makes a better base for the longer portion of the stay between Killarney and Galway
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Jan 8, 2020 01:56
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pointsofdata posted:Killarney is a less nice town than Galway, but both have excellent day trips available so I don't think it matters much. One of my favourite things in Ireland was staying in the many excellent BnBs, have you considered stopping at one in-between? This trip is for my mom, I'm trying to avoid having to constantly check in and out of places, so I figured two home bases outside of Dublin would be best. Saladman posted:^^** with only five nights he doesn’t really have the option to stop overnight in more than two places. Most Airbnb’s have 2 or 3 night min stays anyway. Agree that Galway is nicer but in any case both towns are miniature. We are going in late May, and we will have a car. Her must-dos are really just Cliffs of Moher, visit Achill Island where her family is originally from, and then just visit different pubs and listen to music/talk to people. Everything else is gravy for her. We leave Dublin Sunday morning and have a Saturday afternoon flight out of Shannon. I know we can't see all, or even most of the stuff on the usual lists, and I don't want to be running around trying to check off a bunch of things on those lists. Option A is to spend the three nights in Killarney: Arrive Sunday, do the Ring of Kerry Monday, then Gap of Dunloe or something like that Tuesday, drive up to Galway on Wednesday with a stop at Cliffs of Moher, Thursday drive up to Achill, Friday is a whatever we want day, then drive down to Shannon and fly out Saturday. Option B is to spend the three nights in Galway: Arrive in Killarney Sunday, do the Ring of Kerry Monday, drive to Galway with a stop in Cliffs of Moher Tuesday, then between Wednesday/Thursday/Friday we can do Achill/Connemara/Aran Islands/whatever else.
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Jan 8, 2020 21:11
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Same question, but for Ireland. I'll be using my phone for navigation while driving, and the paltry amount of data AT&T offers as part of their Passport offering for international travel won't cut it. It's an iPhone Xs, bought through Apple and on the AT&T network.
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Feb 20, 2020 01:26
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It's taken nearly a decade for the planets to align and get my mom's bucket list trip to Ireland planned and booked. We leave for Dublin on 5/21 so hoping this is all better by then, otherwise we will need to move it to next year
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Mar 13, 2020 16:10
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Saladman posted:Just don’t book anything that is not 100% refundable. Cancellation policies are liberal now but only for stuff booked before March 2020. I don’t expect things to be suitable for foreign tourists before summer at this point, based on Chinese response times. I mean, we booked our flights (via miles) many months ago so hindsight and all that. We can cancel all of our hotels and the car rental, and if it comes to it we can get our miles back I believe. It's more that it sucks, a lot, and we likely won't get to go until next May, and she ain't gettin' any younger
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Mar 14, 2020 21:11
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LOL AutoEurope is charging a $30 administrative fee to cancel a voucher on a rental car, due to high cancellation volume. Or, you can keep the voucher and they'll add 10% of the value onto it, supposedly to get a better car? Another day?
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Apr 14, 2020 20:14
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If you could spend four days in one of the following cities, which would you pick? - Vienna - Rome - Stockholm - Munich - Amsterdam - Prague - Dubrovnik This would be two adults, relatively experience travelers, in late September
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Jan 23, 2022 23:15
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Doctor Malaver posted:Dubrovnik is too small for four days so only consider it if you're willing to travel around the area. Interesting, I figured four days would barely be enough, good to know. We're pretty typical; like to check out museums and other sites, explore neighborhoods, go up in tall buildings, eat and drink great food and cocktails/beer/wine. My favorite city in Europe is London; not sure if that makes me boring, or if I've just not been in enough places. My main hesitancy with Rome was that my wife was there in 2019 taking her mom on a bucket list trip. She'd obviously love to go back and take me, since her mom is getting up there in age which limited some options. All of the others are places either neither of us have ever been, or I was there when I was a little kid.
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Jan 24, 2022 00:20
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Thanks for all the input; the fates have decided we're going to Rome. We know we won't see even a portion of everything, but if we wait until we have more time, it could be years. Now, where to stay? One recommendation was near Campo de' Fiori (particularly the Boutique Hotel Campo de' Fiori), but I've also heard that that area can be party central at night. Since we're short on time we'd like to be pretty close to the main stuff, so definitely open. Bonus points if I can use Marriott/Hilton/Hyatt points
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Jan 26, 2022 16:27
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Losing a day is possible, but not necessarily so. Fly out in the morning and you'll have half a day in Dublin to explore and get your bearings. Drop off your bags and check in to the hotel, walk around, eat dinner, hit up a pub for a pint, etc.
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Aug 13, 2022 22:10
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OK, we finally booked our flights to Ireland for a wedding, with the plan to tour a bit beforehand with my mom (late 60s). She has a long list of 'things I want to do' but when pressed, but I want to avoid constantly switching hotels every night or two. East side we'll be stationed in Dublin for the first two days upon arrival. For the west, I was planning on using Killarney as our base, since there's a lot to do in the national park, and there are lots of day trips. Galway is an option, but I feel like that would make the Ring of Kerry drive a very, very long day. Am I off base in using Killarney for this purpose?
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Feb 19, 2023 23:16
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Hit me with what I need to know about London and either Munich or Amsterdam in late November/early December. We want to see some Christmas markets, and will be meeting up with my dad for about a week in London and then spending 3 days or so in another city.
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Apr 11, 2024 16:04
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Bollock Monkey posted:Where are you travelling from and what sort of tips are you after? Weather (likely to be a bit poo poo in all of those places)/activities/national holidays..? What do you like doing? We're coming from Florida; we've been to London before (May 2018), and this one is primarily to spend time in London with my dad, see some of the Christmas stuff, maybe do Highclere Castle (big Downton fans here), pubs, cocktails, etc. My wife would like to do Buckingham if possible. Pretty much the same sort of stuff in the other country, fully understanding that 3 days isn't nearly enough, we just want to tack on something and maybe see more markets or what not.
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