Day 01: Arrive Sydney (o/n Hotel Ibis, Sydney Airport)
Day 02: Air NZ 104: 1130 Depart Sydney - 1630 Arrive Auckland / Air NZ 8: 1915 Depart Auckland (o/n Flight NZ8)- Int Date Line - 1230 Arrive San Francisco - BART Rail to Downtown (o/n San Remo Hotel)
Day 03: 1100 Pick up Dollar Rental Car - Yosemite National Park (o/n Motel 6 Fresno)
Day 04: Fresno - Sequoia National Park (o/n Motel 6 Bakersfield East)
Day 05: Bakersfield East - Las Vegas / Return rental car / Jetblue 484: 2355 Depart Las Vegas (o/n Flight 484)
Day 06: 0754 Arrive Boston (o/n Oasis Guesthouse)
Day 07: Jetblue 1211: 0900 Depart Boston - 1035 Arrive Buffalo / 1100 Pick up rental car / Niagara Falls / Return rental car / Jetblue 1218: 1850 Depart Buffalo - 2015 Arrive Boston (o/n Oasis Guesthouse)
Day 08: 1000 Pick up Dollar rental car - Mystic Seaport Museum (o/n Days Inn Mystic)
Day 09: Newport - New Plymouth - Sth Boston (o/n Motel 6 Braintree)
Day 10: Boston - return rental car (o/n Oasis Guesthouse)
Day 11: Jetblue 1007: 1145 Depart Boston / 1253 Arrive New York, JFK / Air Train to Manhatten (o/n Chelsea Pines Inn - 7 nights)
Day 18: Jetblue 1305: 1100 Depart JFK / 1220 Arrive Washington DC, Dulles - 1300 Pick up Dollar rental car - Williamsburg Historical Museum (o/n Motel 6 Williamsburg - 2 nights)
Day 20: Return rental car - Jetblue 1306: 1430 Depart Dulles / 1600 Arrive Fort Lauderdale, Florida / Pick up Dollar rental car (o/n Family - 3 nights)
Day 23: Jetblue 810: 0725 Depart Fort Lauderdale / 0949 Arrive Washington DC, Dulles / Bus&Train to downtown / Jetblue 309: 1725 Depart Dulles / 2006 Arrive San Diego / 2030 Pick up Dollar rental car (o/n Motel 6, San Diego Harbour)
Day 24: San Diego / Southwest 2587: 1620 Depart San Diego / 1730 Arrive Las Vegas / 1800 Pick up Dollar rental car (o/n Sahara Hotel)
Day 25: Commenced 5 day car tour of National Parks & Monuments in Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Utah $ Nevada (o/n Various local Motels)
Day 30: Hollywood / Red Train to downtown LA (o/n Motel 6 Hollywood)
Day 31: Paul Getty Museum / Venice Beach (o/n Ramada Motel Marina Del Rey)
Day 32: Santa Barbara / Beverly Hills (o/n Ramada Motel Marina Del Rey)
Day 33: AirNZ 2: 1640 Depart Los Angeles (o/n Flight NZ2)
Day 34: 1100 Arrive London Heathrow / Tube to Russell Square (o/n Generator Hostel - not recommended)
Day 35: London / Easybus: 1810 Depart Gloucester Place / 1930 Arrive Luton Airport (o/n Ibis Hotel Luton Airport)
Day 36: Ryanair 3506: 0600 Depart Luton / 0835 arrive Marrakech, Morocco / Marrakech (o/n Riad Dar Tamlil, 2N)
Day 38: Moroccan Rail MF3: 0900 Depart Marrakech / 1640 Arrive Fez (o/n Ibis Hotel Fez, 2N)
Day 40: Morroccan Rail FM2: 0700 Depart Fez / 1238 Arrive Mohamed V Airport Casablanca / Easyjet 7882: 1420 Depart Casablanca / 1800 Arrive Madrid Barajos/ Madrid Metro: Barajos-Gran Via (o/n Hostal Metropol)
Day 41: Avis Rental Car: 1230 Depart Madrid / 1700 Arrive Granada (o/n Funky Backpackers Hostel 2N, we cannot recommend this hostel)
Day 43: Avis Rental Car: 0600 Depart Granada / 1100 Arrive Seville (o/n Novotel Seville, Sunday, Bull Fight Evening)
Day 44: Avis Rental Car: 1500 Depart Seville / 1600 Arrive Carmona Village (o/n Hospederia Palacio Marques de Torres)
Day 45: Avis Rental Car: 0900 Depart Carmona Village / 1100 Arrive Cordoba (o/n Santa Anna Hostel)
Day 46: Avis Rental Car: 0800 Depart Cordoba / Visit Toledo / 1600 Arrive Avila (o/n Hotel Palacio Valderrabanos)
Day 47: Avis Rental Car: 1200 Depart Avila / 1700 Arrive Bilbao (o/n Fomule 1 Bilbao, 2N)
Day 49: Avis Rental Car: 0800 Depart Formule 1 / 0830 Arrive Airport (return car) / Easyjet 3474: 1035 Depart Bilbao / 1125 Arrive London Stansted / Easyjet 3005: 1420 Depart Stansted - 1625 Arrive Amsterdam (o/n ETAP Schiphol Airport,2N)
Day 50: National Rental Car: 0800 Depart Schipol - Keukenhof, Arnhem Open Air Museum, Kroller Muller Art Museum - Schipol (return car)
Day 51: Easyjet 2156: 0835 Depart Amsterdam / 0845 Arrive Stansted / Thompson Air 3451: 1620 - Depart Stansted / 1910 Arrive Prague (o/n Hostel Rosemary, 4N)
Day 55: Thompson Air 3452: 1950 Depart Prague / 2045 Arrive London Luton (o/n Ibis Hotel Luton)
Day 56: National Express Bus LJ767: 0825 Depart Luton Airport / 0930 Arrive Stansted Airport / Iceland Express FHE154: 1230 Depart Stansted / 1430 Arrive Iceland / Airbus to Reyjavik / Avis Rental Car: 1730 Reykavik (o/n Guesthouse Egilsborg)
Days 57-62: Avis Rental Car: Drive around Iceland staying at Youth Hostels(6N)
Day 63: Avis: 1730 Return Car, Reykavik Downtown (o/n Guesthouse Egilsborg)
Day 64: Airbus: 0545 to Airport / Iceland Express FHE153: 0750 Depart Reykavik / 1140 Arrive London Stansted / Easyjet 3107: 1800 Depart Stansted / 2110 Arrive Nice / Eurocar Rental Car: 2200 Nice Airport (o/n ETAP Nice Airport, 2N)
Day 66: Eurocar Rental Car: 1000 Depart Nice / 1230 Arrive Avignon (o/n ETAP Avignon)
Day 67: Eurocar Rental Car: 0800 Depart Avignon - Pont du Gard, Nimes - 1700 Arrive Carcassonne / 1730 Return rental car (o/n Astoria Hotel, 2N)
Day 69: TGV(Railway): 0725 Depart Carcassonne - 0900 Arrive Toulouse / Easyjet 4116: 1200 Depart Toulouse - 1320 Arrive Paris Orly / Bus to centre / Metro to Montmartre (o/n Le Village Hostel, 2N)
Day 71: 1000 Train to Charles de Gaulle Airport / Easyjet 2454: 1350 Depart CDG / 1405 Arrive Luton / Easybus: Luton-Victoria Station / Tube: Victoria Station-Heathrow / AirNZ 38: 2115 Depart London Heathrow (o/n Flight NZ38)
Day 72: 1700 Arrive Hong Kong - Airbus to Kowloon (o/n Booth Lodge, 2N, cannot recommend this)
Day 74: 0530 Airbus to Airport / Northwest Airlines NW2: 0830 Depart Hong Kong / 1355 Arrive Narita Japan / Validate Exchange Orders for Japan Rail Passes commencing Day 75 for 14 days / 1545 Depart Narita Air Terminal by train, extra tickets purchased for this trip locally / 1615 Arrive Narita Town (o/n Comfort Hotel)
Day 75: Commence 14 day rail trip through Japan: visiting Gora, Kakunodate, Hiraizumi, Nikko, Yudanaka, Tsumago, Magome, Takayama, Kanazawa, Kyoto, Nara, Osaka, Himeji and Tokyo
Day 88: North West Airlines 1: 1830 Depart Narita Airport / 2200 Arrive Hong Kong - Airbus to Kowloon (o/n Booth Lodge, cannot recommend this)
Day 89: 1000 Airbus to Hong Kong Airport / Air New Zealand 38: 1300 Depart Hong Kong (o/n Flight NZ38)
Day 90: 0945 Arrive Auckland / Air New Zealand 719: 1300 Depart Auckland - 1430 Arrive Sydney
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END Of Trip A
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ACCURATE COSTING (@ April-July 2007
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For 2 Travellers (food, museum entries, airfares, rail fares, car rental, fuel, accommodation, etc - all included
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1. Travel costs = $ 118 AUD per day
2. Other Costs = $ 200 AUD per day
3. TOTAL Cost = $ 318 AUD per day (or $AUD159 per person)
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OTHER DETAILS
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1. Total distance travelled = 86,000 km
2. Air travel = 73,526 km
3. Car Rental = 8,515 km
4. Train Travel = 3,957 km
TOTAL COST (all inclusive) = $AUD28,620 (or $AUD14,310 per person)
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Number of travellers = two adults
DAY ONE
Monday 13.01.03QF317
1600 Dep Auckland (Polynesian Airlines)
http://www.polynesianairlines.co.nz
$NZ1451/$US pp
DAY TWO (gain a day crossing date line)
Sunday 12.01.03
2230 Arr Papeete (5.5 hrs flight)
Phone Raimana 584243/777999 for transfer
$NZ30/$US15
o/n Pension Armelle B&B
http://www.pension-armelle.com
7000cfp dble($NZ54/$US27 pp)
DAY THREE
Monday 13.01.03
Explore Tahiti Island
o/n Pension Armelle B&B
7000cfp dble($NZ54/$US27 pp)
DAY FOUR
Tuesday 14.01.03
am Public Bus to Papeete
600cfp dble($NZ5/$US2.50 pp)
pm Papeete-Moorea Island (Aramiti IV Catamaran)
http://www.thetahititraveler.com/islandguide/tahititransferries.asp
6000cfp dble($NZ50/$US25 pp)
Public Bus to Waterfront Bungalow
600cfp dble($NZ5/$US2.50 pp)
o/n Itti Bungalow
http://www.lestipaniers.com
9990cfp dble($NZ80/$US40 pp)
DAY FIVE
Wednesday 15.01.03
o/n Itti Bungalow
9990cfp dble($NZ80/$US40 pp)
DAY SIX
Thursday 16.01.03
o/n Itti Bungalow
9990cfp dble($NZ80/$US40 pp)
DAY SEVEN
Friday 17.01.03
o/n Itti Bungalow
9990cfp dble($NZ80/$US40 pp)
DAY EIGHT
Friday 18.01.03
am Transfer to Tipaniers Beach Hotel
http://www.lestipaniers.com
Local public bus.
600cfp dble($NZ5/$2.50pp)
o/n Beach Hotel Garden Room
8325cfp dble($NZ133/$US67)
DAY NINE
Saturday 19.01.03
o/n Beach Hotel Garden Room
8325cfp dble($NZ66/$US33 pp)
DAY TEN
Sunday 20.01.03
o/n Beach Hotel Garden Room
8325cfp dble($NZ66/$33 pp)
DAY ELEVEN
Monday 21.01.03
o/n Beach Hotel Garden Room
8325cfp dble($NZ66/$US33 pp)
DAY TWELVE
Tuesday 22.01.03
am Moorea-Papeete (Aremiti IV Catamaran)
6000cfp dble($NZ50/$US25 pp)
pm Explore Papeete
Public Bus Transfer to B&B from central bus station
600 cfp dble ($NZ5/$US2.50 pp)
o/n Pension Armelle B&B
7000cfp dble($NZ54/$US27 pp)
DAY THIRTEEN
Wednesday 23.01.03
0630 Transfer to airport
1000cfp dble($NZ15/$US7.50 dble)
QF3344
0845 Dep Papeete (5.5 hr Flight)
DAY FOURTEEN
Thursday 24.01.03
1335 Arr Auckland
We also give you a total fixed costing at date of preparation.
Cost of this completed report = "Three short adult public bus trips in Tahiti".
"Thankyou for your interest"
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Number Of Travellers = Two Adults
DAY 1
Sunday 23/02/03
Virgin Blue Flight DJ209
www.virginblue.com.au
$AU100/$US50 pp
0800 Depart Sydney (daylight saving)
0825 Arrive Brisbane(non daylight saving)
Airtrain Transfer
www.airtrain.com.au
$AU9/$US4.50 pp One Way
0917 Depart Brisbane Airport (Train destination sign is "Roma Street")
0943 Arrive Roma Street Station (One block from hotel)
o/n Ibis Hotel
www.accorhotels.com.au
$AU94/$US47 double, Room Only ($AU1/US50c breakfast deal available seasonally on internet)
DAY 2
Monday 24/02/03
At Leisure Brisbane
o/n Ibis Hotel
$AU94/$US47 double, Room Only
DAY 3
Tuesday 25/02/03
Airtrain Transfer to Brisbane Airport
$AU9/$US4.50 pp One Way
1239 Depart Roma Street, Platform 7 (Train destination sign is "Nambour")
1241 Arrive Central Station, Platform 3.
1300 Depart Central Station, Platform 3 (Train destination sign is "Äirport")
1322 Arrive Domestic Airport
Virgin Blue Flight DJ919
www.virginblue.com.au
$AU130/$US65 pp
1430 Dep Brisbane
1555 Arrive Mackay
Complimentary Transfer from airport to Resort(phone 49549666 on arrival)
o/n Whitsunday Waters Resort, garden view room, B&B
www.whitsundaywaters.com.au
$AU90/$US45 dble
DAY 4
Wednesday 26/02/03
At leisure, Whitsunday Waters Resort, garden view room, B&B
$AU90/$US45 dble
DAY 5
Thursday 27/02/03
At leisure, Whitsunday Waters Resort, garden view room B&B
$AU90/$US45 dble
DAY 6
Friday 28/02/03
1000 Complementary Transfer to town bus station
Greyhound Bus Lines Coach
www.greyhound.com.au
1400 Dep Mackay Bus Station
$AU59/$US29.50 pp
2025 Arr Gladstone
Complementary Transfer to B&B (phone 49724907 on arrival)
o/n Auckland Hill B&B
http://babs.com.au/auckland
$AU110/$US55 double B&B
DAY 7
Saturday 01/03/03
Complimentary Transfer to Marina
1100 Dep Gladstone Marina (P&O Launch)
$AU82/$US41 pp
1300 Arr Heron Island Reef Atoll
www.poresorts.com.au/hplus
o/n Heron Island Reef Atoll, Double Turtle Room, Full Board
$AU158/$US79pp
DAY 8
Sunday 02/03/03
{etc, to end of trip}
We also give you a total fixed costing at date of preparation.
Cost of this completed report = "One third of a night for two at the Ibis Hotel".
"Thankyou for your interest"