US-AU itinerary/price

We're looking at an early November trip to Australia, departing from
Los Angeles. After giving the travel agent a list of items my wife and
I would like to do, he set up an itinerary that includes:

AIR: roundtrip LA-Australia on Quantas, flights within AU (Sydney to
Cairns, Cairns to Melbourne)

HOTEL: four nights at Rendezvous Stafford in Sydney, four nights at The
Lakes Resort in Cairns, four nights at Medina Grand in Melbourne

ATTRACTIONS: afternoon Captain Cook coffee cruise on Sydney Harbour,
Blue Mountains 4WD group tour, Harbour Bridge Climb, snorkel cruise on
Oceanspirit Michaelmas Cay, Colonial Tramcar Restaurant dinner

Total cost is $3500 US per person. Does this seem reasonable? The
only prices I'd seen were at australia.com and the air/hotel packages
started at $1900 during the low season, which is when we're aiming to
go, so I was somewhat surprised to see the price end up where it did.
Just curious if anyone has knowledge of prices and could give me an
idea if this is a good total price.

Thanks!

On 7 Mar 2005 14:17:50 -0800, wrote:

We're looking at an early November trip to Australia, departing from
Los Angeles. After giving the travel agent a list of items my wife and
I would like to do, he set up an itinerary that includes:

AIR: roundtrip LA-Australia on Quantas, flights within AU (Sydney to
Cairns, Cairns to Melbourne)

HOTEL: four nights at Rendezvous Stafford in Sydney, four nights at The
Lakes Resort in Cairns, four nights at Medina Grand in Melbourne

ATTRACTIONS: afternoon Captain Cook coffee cruise on Sydney Harbour,
Blue Mountains 4WD group tour, Harbour Bridge Climb, snorkel cruise on
Oceanspirit Michaelmas Cay, Colonial Tramcar Restaurant dinner

Total cost is $3500 US per person. Does this seem reasonable? The
only prices I'd seen were at australia.com and the air/hotel packages
started at $1900 during the low season, which is when we're aiming to
go, so I was somewhat surprised to see the price end up where it did.
Just curious if anyone has knowledge of prices and could give me an
idea if this is a good total price.

Thanks!



seems pretty expensive to me. Why don't you do a search on each of the
properties and tours and see what they offer an as online price. This
will give you a good idea of the total vs. what the travel agent is
quoting you.

On the other hand, it does give you a good sample of tousr in each of
the cities, so it is well planned. Maybe more for Melboure, have a
look at doing trip to Phillip Island to see fairy penguins. Not to be
missed.

Tom

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We're looking at an early November trip to Australia, departing from
Los Angeles. After giving the travel agent a list of items my wife and
I would like to do, he set up an itinerary that includes:

AIR: roundtrip LA-Australia on Quantas, flights within AU (Sydney to
Cairns, Cairns to Melbourne)

HOTEL: four nights at Rendezvous Stafford in Sydney, four nights at The
Lakes Resort in Cairns, four nights at Medina Grand in Melbourne

ATTRACTIONS: afternoon Captain Cook coffee cruise on Sydney Harbour,
Blue Mountains 4WD group tour, Harbour Bridge Climb, snorkel cruise on
Oceanspirit Michaelmas Cay, Colonial Tramcar Restaurant dinner

Total cost is $3500 US per person. Does this seem reasonable? The
only prices I'd seen were at australia.com and the air/hotel packages
started at $1900 during the low season, which is when we're aiming to
go, so I was somewhat surprised to see the price end up where it did.
Just curious if anyone has knowledge of prices and could give me an
idea if this is a good total price.

Thanks!




Seems a lot to me too! If I were you I'd get the cheapest airfare I could
find, book your own accommodation at www.wotif.com.au (you can only book up
to two weeks ahead, but November shouldn't be too much of a problem unless
you hit Melbourne for the first Tuesday. The Harbour Bridge Climb is
expensive (at around AUD160 per person) - just walk across the bridge and go
up Pylon Lookout for around $8.50 each, so is the Colonial Tramcar
restaurant, just get a day ticket to travel around and have a good evening
meal at Southbank with great views across the river for a fraction of the
price.

Regards

David Bennetts

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wrote in message
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We're looking at an early November trip to Australia, departing from
Los Angeles. After giving the travel agent a list of items my wife and
I would like to do, he set up an itinerary that includes:

AIR: roundtrip LA-Australia on Quantas, flights within AU (Sydney to
Cairns, Cairns to Melbourne)

HOTEL: four nights at Rendezvous Stafford in Sydney, four nights at The
Lakes Resort in Cairns, four nights at Medina Grand in Melbourne

ATTRACTIONS: afternoon Captain Cook coffee cruise on Sydney Harbour,
Blue Mountains 4WD group tour, Harbour Bridge Climb, snorkel cruise on
Oceanspirit Michaelmas Cay, Colonial Tramcar Restaurant dinner

Total cost is $3500 US per person. Does this seem reasonable? The
only prices I'd seen were at australia.com and the air/hotel packages
started at $1900 during the low season, which is when we're aiming to
go, so I was somewhat surprised to see the price end up where it did.
Just curious if anyone has knowledge of prices and could give me an
idea if this is a good total price.

Thanks!




Seems a lot to me too! If I were you I'd get the cheapest airfare I could
find, book your own accommodation at www.wotif.com.au (you can only book
up
to two weeks ahead, but November shouldn't be too much of a problem unless
you hit Melbourne for the first Tuesday. The Harbour Bridge Climb is
expensive (at around AUD160 per person) - just walk across the bridge and
go
up Pylon Lookout for around $8.50 each, so is the Colonial Tramcar
restaurant, just get a day ticket to travel around and have a good evening
meal at Southbank with great views across the river for a fraction of the
price.

Regards

David Bennetts
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Gotta agree , some good advice there . I personaly wouldn't pre book tours
and stuff , arrive , check the place out for a day , ask hotel staff about
the best tours , restaurants , things to do , and then make your decisions .
I gues though my question would be , you live in great city so why are you
spending so much holiday time just looking at more city ?
Cheers
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