International travel?

[macpyro2]

Wife and I are taking our honeymoon here in the near future. UK destination, specifically London. Having been around the world with the Air Force I have no problem traveling except when it comes to logistics as it was taken care of for us. I am wondering who everyone goes through for this? Flights, Hotels? I am currently looking at typical travel sites like Travelocity and Expedia. I am wondering if there is a better way, better deals?

[SRTurbo04]

Alot of people book through a AAA agent. Seems they take care of every detail. No idea if there good as 8ve never used them .

[Turbs3000]

My uncle is from Europe and travels back and forth to the states a few times a year. He swears by find the cheapest flight from the US into anywhere over there and then getting from country to country and place to place once you are over there is dirt cheap vs trying to fly directly into a large main place like London.

[macpyro2]

Alot of people book through a AAA agent. Seems they take care of every detail. No idea if there good as 8ve never used them .

 

Actually at AAA now seeing what they have.

[Mojoe]

We did our Honeymoon through AAA. It was pretty easy going. We did get the insurance on our trip to cover us if there was a weather cancelation or other unforeseen issues.

[Berto]

Meh. I've traveled to london for pleasure, and i've worked in the UK. I usually plan every aspect of our trips. We just did 2 weeks in Hawaii. I liked the flexibility of my own planning, researching reviews on VRBO, etc.

 

Recommendations for London:

Don't get a rental car. Its a disaster and not worth it. Though when in other parts of the UK I drove with no issues, however I did get the UK maps for my GPS which helped tremendously.

 

I usually search for deals on hotels on the normal sites. Though with London being expensive, i found the best deal was cashing in my Holiday Inn Points.

 

For flights i'm increasingly fond of Google flights.

 

We only had 3 days there. I mapped out all the places I wanted to see and organized them by relative location and open times to try and maximize what we do. If you wait to get there and plan you will waste a ton of time. Also buying tickets in advance is your friend to avoid spending your vacation waiting in line, obviously this service isn't available for all attractions but if its available, do it.

 

Be Prepared to spend a ton of money on admission to places (like ridiculous). A ton of money on food, that just was not worth it.

 

While you think ahead, take a snapshot of the city in google maps and save it locally so you don't need data but can still use it to navigate.

 

The Tube (subway) is your friend.

 

After having been there I was not impressed. But I hate big dirty cities with inconvenient travel.

[carl1647545492]

http://time.com/money/3536625/cheap-flights-europe-wow-air/

 

Do not forget to take a cellphone!

 

Eat out in Pubs = good and cheap.

[macpyro2]

Meh. I've traveled to london for pleasure, and i've worked in the UK. I usually plan every aspect of our trips. We just did 2 weeks in Hawaii. I liked the flexibility of my own planning, researching reviews on VRBO, etc.

 

Recommendations for London:

Don't get a rental car. Its a disaster and not worth it. Though when in other parts of the UK I drove with no issues, however I did get the UK maps for my GPS which helped tremendously.

 

I usually search for deals on hotels on the normal sites. Though with London being expensive, i found the best deal was cashing in my Holiday Inn Points.

 

For flights i'm increasingly fond of Google flights.

 

We only had 3 days there. I mapped out all the places I wanted to see and organized them by relative location and open times to try and maximize what we do. If you wait to get there and plan you will waste a ton of time. Also buying tickets in advance is your friend to avoid spending your vacation waiting in line, obviously this service isn't available for all attractions but if its available, do it.

 

Be Prepared to spend a ton of money on admission to places (like ridiculous). A ton of money on food, that just was not worth it.

 

While you think ahead, take a snapshot of the city in google maps and save it locally so you don't need data but can still use it to navigate.

 

The Tube (subway) is your friend.

 

After having been there I was not impressed. But I hate big dirty cities with inconvenient travel.

 

Good stuff. I will check on google.