Flights sorted

Spoke to Carole at HC the other day. Told her we wanted to fly Virgin rather than UA. The price had come down since she quoted us, so the return flight is costing us about £707. I've never flown with Virgin before but heard good things about them, so I'm looking forward to it.

Have also been taking a look at excursions. HC can book some but not the Alcatraz tour. You have to do that one yourself. It's a must do for both of us, so it's just a question of whether we just do that or buy one of the city tours that includes the Alcatraz ticket. I'm waiting for Dudley to let me know his preference. I feel it's probably easier, when you only have one spare day, to let the organised tours take the pain away and bus you around.

Welcome/Info Pack

Postie landed the HC_Travel info pack on my doormat yesterday (figuratively speaking). This contains the tour itinery plus lots of info, such as, how to apply for a visa (ESTA), traffic rules, etc, etc, not to mention showing the large figures that are the cost of the tour! Dudley and I are sharing a room, so that saves us quite a bit but flights are about 50% more than when we did Route 66 in 2010, so anything we save is pretty much eaten up by Mr Branson.

There's a couple of things to iron out, the flights, excursions, insurance possibly and how we will pay but we're looking pretty set already with 7 1/2 months to go!