Check this out.

[ysobelle]

I haven't booked this yet. I'm iffy on the day trip to Scotland, though I'd love to say I'd been there, if only for a few hours. But all this? Under $2,000. Which, as emalia said this morning, is more money to spend on other things. Like boots.



This is all through Expedia, btw. I'm still quite open to suggestions and advice.


Sat 29-Apr-06

Philadelphia (PHL)
Depart 6:55 pm
Terminal A to London (LHR)
Arrive 7:05 am +1 day
Terminal 4 3,546 mi
(5,707 km)
Duration: 7hr 10mn
BA
Flight: 66

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3Economy/Coach Class, Meal, Boeing 777


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Total distance: 3,546 mi (5,707 km)
Total duration: 7hr 10mn


Sun 7-May-06

London (LHR)
Depart 4:15 pm
Terminal 4 to Philadelphia (PHL)
Arrive 7:25 pm
Terminal A 3,546 mi
(5,707 km)
Duration: 8hr 10mn
BA
Flight: 69

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3Economy/Coach Class, Meal, Boeing 767


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Total distance: 3,546 mi (5,707 km)
Total duration: 8hr 10mn





Hotel summary

Sun Apr-30-2006 (7 nights)

Millennium Bailey's Hotel London Kensington

140 Gloucester Road
London SW7 4QH
United Kingdom
Check in: Sun Apr-30-2006
Check out: Sun May-7-2006


Hotel class: More lodging info

Room description: Standard Single

Activities & Services summary

Description Date Quantity
Heathrow Airport to Hotel Shuttle Details Sun 30-Apr-06 -- Sun 7-May-06 1 Traveler
Hotel to Heathrow Airport Shuttle Details Sun 30-Apr-06 -- Sun 7-May-06 1 Traveler
Les Miserables Show Only - 7:30 PM Details Fri 5-May-06 1 Traveler
Stonehenge, Windsor Castle, and Bath Tour Details Sun 30-Apr-06 -- Sun 7-May-06 1 Adult
A Day Trip to Edinburgh Details Thu 4-May-06 1 Adult

Comments

[deathwardegg.livejournal.com]

It was ingenious of you to take Flight 66 out and 69 back! (Respectively, the earlier arriving, and later departing flight - which naturally allows for more time there.) In some cases, one can squeeze almost another whole day into a trip with that savvy trick!

Also, you've clearly made the right choice with BA's Triple-7! You may unfondly remember the dreary, slow, cramped, loud, uncomfortable days of earlier aircraft (you probably took a DC-10 over last time?) - but the 777s that BA now uses exclusively are a roomy joy, and of course BA's food and service is close to the best, of the European carriers. (I simply don't fly on other than 777s, or sometimes, 747-400s - and if you think I'm being picky, you've probably never been on an eighteen-hour flight, much less the blink-of-an-eye six hours to Britain!)

Overall, your plan sounds great, if possibly a bit pricey - although I know it includes transfers, and I don't know how much the Edinburgh daytrip costs. I've always found Expedia to, quite distinctly and consistently, rank second to Travelocity. A fairly close second perhaps, but I've found over the past five or six years that Expedia tends to miss some flight options, is harder to use, and has always been more expensive than Travelocity, at least for my last five international flights for which I've made precise head-to-head comparisons.

Bottom line? After you check Travelocity and Sam's Club Travel, book it! But wait to decide on the Edinburgh trip until you're there - you can always reserve with only a day's notice for most of those type of things! (A few times in a fit of spontaneity, I've even reserved tours in Japan or Britain just by walking up to the concierge or bell captain's desk mere minutes before departure.) So have fun!!

[well-artesia.livejournal.com]

Aha! Here it is! I can't figure what you've picked and what you've not, but huzzah for going, and if you miss going to Scotland I'll kick your ass... but, as another friend said yesterday in a different context altogether, I'll have to get in line, because you'll be kicking your own ass. :)