Travel

[dancerjodi]

I'm getting really frustrated trying to research/plan this supposed UK vacation we're taking in the spring. We haven't picked a date. We have a source for airfare (though, the price I saw didn't include fees, which costs as much as the tickets) which is good. We have a source for a place to stay in London which is good.

But, how long would we be there (and how long Scotland)? How the hell would we get to Scotland (more flying I'm assuming, to make best use of the time while we're there). Where would we go? What would we do? I'm trying really hard not to give in and do a tour where I just have to smile and give them lots of money. I know we can do this a lot cheaper on our own (and really, its hard to get myself to spend the cash on a weekend trip to NYC - you have no idea what its doing to me watch the numbers for international travel)!

This may come as second nature to a lot of you, but to this gal who has never even been to Disney World or driven over to Canada, its a bit of a task!

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[dionysia.livejournal.com]

You can take an overnight bus from London to Glasgow or Edinburgh. Or a train.

I would say that a big stumbling block is that you guys dont' want to drive over there. Fly-drives are really good for independent travel. That's what we did in Ireland.

Here are some land-only Scotland vacations from go-today.com:
http://www.go-today.com/site_gtweb/pub_search.asp?p=1019&t=p
(scroll down to the land-only ones)

They have a self-drive one; if you go before 3/31/05 it's only $850pp.

Self-drive which includes:
- 7 nights reserved hotel accommodations
- Scottish breakfast daily
- 8-day mid-sized manual car rental including local tax, unlimited mileage and CDW
- Helpful driving and sightseeing tips
- Michelin maps and guide
- All hotel taxes and service charges

There's even a sample itinerary on the page. You can upgrade to an automatic and extend your nights.

The others are 2 and 3 nights, though you can extend your stay.