Trip Info

Not feeling well today so today's post is an email I sent yesterday.  PLEASE email me your email address if you did not get the email yesterday.  Email me at d.nicodemus@comcast.net.

Hello everyone, This is the first group email. If you do not want to be on the list then please drop me an email and I will take

you off.  If you know of someone who should be getting this email and isn't then let me know that also.

 

I don't always get a good response from my blog so I am turning to email. Is anyone interested in golfing while we are in Ireland? I am going to plan a golf outing in Waterford the morning of the vow renewal. That would be Monday May 30th. I am working with the hotel on all the details.

 

I have scanned several flights over the past couple of months and it appears if I do a search for airfare and include the Aer Lingus Dublin to Venice leg in my multi-city search it is about the same price as just buying the leg separate. The Dublin to Venice leg on Friday June 3rd has been running between 107 and 129 Euro with no bags. There hasn't really been a large fluctuation. The price that has held the longest has been 117 or 119 Euro. So if you don't have your money yet collected for the big ticket you might want to purchase this particular leg in the next month. It was 129 today so I am going to wait until 117 or 119 and buy ours. This is the only non-stop flight on Friday June 3rd to Venice from Dublin. I did find a cheaper flight on German Wings but it is 7 hours and 40 minutes travel time. On Aer Lingus you depart at 7:20am and arrive Venice at 11am. (with the time difference between Ireland and Italy it makes the flight 2 hours and 40 minutes) German Wings you depart at 12:00pm and arrive Venice 8:40pm. Normally we fly Ryan Air between the 2 cities but they are not flying that particular route on Fridays and Mondays.

 

Concerning the big ticket: I have been doing searches all different types of ways. For a time United had round trip tickets from Chicago to Dublin with non-stop flights both ways for $785. You could buy that ticket and purchase an Aer Lingus ticket back from Venice to Dublin. The only issue is making sure you have enough time to deplane - get through customs - go through customs in Dublin and catch your flight. In Dublin when you are flying back to the States you go through US customs and passport control before flying to the US. I typically always give myself 3 hours instead of the recommended two in Dublin. That is why I think it might be easier just to do Chicago to Dublin and Venice to Chicago. I also saw tickets under $1,000 on Air Canada using the Chicago to Dublin and Venice to Chicago route however there are layovers and the travel time is longer. I would rather pay $100 more per person and have non-stop flights.

 

I will email everyone when I find what I think is a good ticket price.

 

Las Vegas travelers - I have seen some really good deals on Norwegian Air. You can buy your flights in segments like Aer Lingus. They had the Venice to Vegas flight for 299 at one time and now it is 353.50. I have read last minute deals can be really cheap.

 

If anyone needs anything just drop me a note.