I am going to Memphis and Nashville in September http://www.cosmostourama.co.uk/content/product-detail.php/496/13/0/1/2/69

I have also toured 2400 miles round California, seen the pyramids and cruised down the Nile, and last year we went to New York, Washington and Niagara.

I have my holidays planned for the next 10 years, mostly in the US. Anyone coming?

Jen, are you going to 'Elvis' 30th Anniversary Special Memorial Departure 13 August'?
In ten days I will be in Kilmurry McMahon...( )

Unfortunately not Ritz, it was booked up months ago. We are going on September 12th.

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Originally posted by Jenny Roberts:
I have my holidays planned for the next 10 years, mostly in the US. Anyone coming?

On the one hand, I admire your sense of organisation Jenny, to know what you are doing that far in advance. On the other, I wonder if you do anything spontaneous, when it comes to traveling. Even my trips to the UK are rarely planned more than a couple of months in advance.

When I am in the UK, I see the travel agents' windows are full of last minute deals to Europe, and I have to say I have been tempted to buy one of these. Has anyone had any success with these cheap, last minute trips?

The only thing that gets planned here more than a couple of months in advance, is the trip to the cottage.
This is at Sauble Beach on Lake Huron in Ontario. It's about 3 hours north of here.

Sauble Beach

By far my favourite place in this province is

Pelee Island, Ontario
If I'm not mistaken, it is the most southerly inhabited part of Canada.
Map

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When I am in the UK, I see the travel agents' windows are full of last minute deals to Europe, and I have to say I have been tempted to buy one of these. Has anyone had any success with these cheap, last minute trips?

We locals (in Britain)have a different approach, by and large. We hit the website of easyJet or Ryanair and pick a flight.These airlines work on the principle of the price being dictated by the state of the bookings on the flight: the price goes up as the plane fills up. So you'll find a big variation in fares between flights on different days in the week and also the same day to the same place.Anyway, they can be very cheap indeed, even at the last minute.You can normally book as late as two hours before the flight: then you just have the problem of getting to the airport in time to check in The fun thing to do is to pick a place you've never heard of: it could be anywhere and you may not be able to guess which country it is in! They often have destinations which have hitherto not been touristy but which are nonetheles well worth seeing. That's because the local airport can be had cheaply by the airline and the local government is keen to have the business. A result has been that some areas which nobody visited are now popular destinations.As to accommodation, you should be able to book online through one of the big agents or though the local tourist office.

We do use last minute deals too. Websites like lastminute.com offer packages like that. They are fine for city visits in particular because they can get good discounts on the top hotels.I have, occasionally, used them for this and they've been fine. Mostly though they offer deals for holiday resorts in such places as Majorca and Greece.

I've used agents on last minute deals but for much further away than Europe's mainland. They are great for last minute trips to Egypt, Kenya and the like.

The typical high street travel agent has suffered a lot from the internet and airlines like Ryanair.All ABTA (the trade association ) agents can be trusted to provide a reasonable service and their packages are good value.

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'On the one hand, I admire your sense of organisation Jenny, to know what you are doing that far in advance. On the other, I wonder if you do anything spontaneous, when it comes to traveling. Even my trips to the UK are rarely planned more than a couple of months in advance'


I never do anything spontaneously DG! Everything I do is planned meticulously down to the last detail. It's the way I am.
We book the next years holidays the minute we come back from the previous one. That way we have something to look forward to and can pay off the balance at our leisure. Also, because of the different jobs we all do, we cannot just 'go' at a couple of weeks notice.

Jenny,
Please come to Canada and organise my life. Slot me in between vacations will you? I really need help here.
I suspect you may just throw your hands up in dismay after an hour or two, and hightail it back to England.

Jenny, when you decide to visit Yellowstone, let me know, I'll be glad to play tour guide around Southwestern Montana

Thanks Mrs S, that will be next years holiday!

http://www.titanhitours.co.uk/holiday-itinerary.asp?pc=NPT

DG, you will be so organized when I have finished with you, you will not dare breathe without asking!

Can I also sign up for the JPOM course? (Jenny please organize me).

Just out of curiosity (since you seem to be quite a world traveler), what places have you visited so far?

Don't forget to include Chicago on one of your trips.

Leppi, I just love to travel.
I have visited lots of European countries, Greece ( and the Greek Islands), Spain, Cyprus, Italy, France, Belgium, Austria, Switzerland, Holland, Portugal
Have also been to Tunisia, Cairo and the pyramids, cruised down the Nile to Aswan and visited Valley of the Kings at Luxor. In the Usa have been to New York, Washington, Niagara Falls, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Yosemite, Las Vegas, Grand Canyon, Phoenix, Sedona. This year, in September, we are going to Memphis and Nashville.
It's all I work for. All my wages go on our fantastic holidays( and Ritz's extortionate music lesson fees of course!)

Animator, Chicago is on the agenda for 2009 when we travel across the USA by train coast to coast!

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All my wages go on our fantastic holidays( and Ritz's extortionate music lesson fees of course!)

Just to point out that my extortionate fees are taking me to Ireland for a week to stay with my daughter, son & two kids, then, if there is any money left, a few days in Adswood (for our American friends, it is a bit like the Bowery, but smaller, & without the glamour...

Wow, Jenny- That is one heck of a tour! You'll be enchanted, as May is one of the best moments of the year throughout this region, and West Yellowstone is only a long stones throw from me- I'll make sure I'm in town.

Adswood Ritz?
You mean the Stockport Adswood I take it? God help you!
I used to work round there when I was an area manager for the Co-op. I got my car pinched twice!

Mrs S, I really am looking forward to this one. My husband and I take it in turnes to choose where we are going on holiday. Memphis was his choice, next year's is mine!

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Adswood Ritz? You mean the Stockport Adswood I take it? I used to work round there when I was an area manager for the Co-op. I got my car pinched twice!

Yep, the very same. They will not pinch mine though, have you seen the state of it???

I have, they would bring it back within the hour!

See, method in the madness...
...however, if I put my prices up so as to be commensurate with the quality of the lessons, I could afford a second one, almost as posh!

Don't even think of it! You know how much money I have just laid out, I am well and truely skint now!

'Truely skint'...goodness, which part of the wide world are you from?
(Dear Readers, I think she means has ' truly exhausted the elusive sponduliks')...