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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! |
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wrote in message ups.com... 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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"David Bennetts" wrote in message ... wrote in message ups.com... 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 .................................................. ...... 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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