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September 17:
After breakfast, we'll check out of the
Intercontinental (luggage will be stored) and
you'll be able to further explore the city until
evening, when we transfer to our airport hotel for the night.
Dinner is on your own this evening, prior to our
airport hotel transfer at 8pm. This last evening will
be at the
Hampton Inn Edinburgh Airport. (B)
September 18: We'll depart for a
6-minute walk to the
terminal for our early flight home,
connecting in Dublin.
We'll have a
5 hour
connect time in Dublin Airport, which will
allow for
a late breakfast, US Customs pre-clearance and perhaps some last-minute duty-free
shopping (prices will be in EURO) prior to our nonstop flight back to
Hartford. Meals will be served aboard
our transatlantic flight home. Be advised: Due to an
early flight time from Edinburgh, breakfast
(on your own) won't be available this morning, until we arrive
in Dublin at 9:15am. (M)
Please be prepared to walk from the hotel to the
terminal this morning! We expect to depart for
the terminal at about 530am, when the Aer Lingus
ticket counter opens.
CURRENT AIR SCHEDULE FROM HARTFORD
(subject to change):
Depart Hartford
September 9, 600pm via Dublin;
arrive Glasgow 805am
September 10 (connect time
at DUB - 1.5 hours) Aer Lingus Flights 130*/3220
(EI 3220 operated by Emerald Air (ATR72, approx.
72 passengers) - carry-on size limit may apply.
Flight time: BDL to DUB: 6hrs 15 mins; DUB to
GLA: 1hr 15 mins. Note - times are gate-to gate
and are usually less!
Depart Edinburgh
September 18,
810am via Dublin; arrive Hartford 435pm (connect
time at DUB - 5 hours; allows for breakfast/lunch, US Customs
clearance and shopping
at airport) Aer Lingus Flights 3251/131* Flight
time: EDI to DUB: 1 hour; DUB to BDL: 7 hours,
15 mins. Note - times are gate-to gate and are
usually less!
*Current equipment on flights 130 and 131
from/to Hartford is an Airbus
A321-NEO, with 3/3 seating. Equipment
subject to change, as is flight schedule.
Equipment from EDI to DUB is expected to be an
Airbus A320.
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Included:
| RT air aboard Aer Lingus from
Hartford via Dublin, including one
checked bag, one carry-on,* all
taxes and meals in both
directions * keep it
small please! |
| 8 nights first class (3 and 4
star) hotels in city centers (last
night at airport hotel) |
| All breakfasts including
day-of-arrival, gratuities included
(except return day, 9/18) |
| Three full dinners,
gratuities included |
| Porterage of one bag per
person at each hotel, gratuity
included |
| Admission to all included
attractions (see below) |
| Full sightseeing itinerary
via deluxe motor coach + free time
to explore |
| Services of a full-time tour
guide as well as our driver (and
Donna and Dennis!) |
| INCLUDED
ATTRACTIONS: Entrance
to Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum
Entrance to Inveraray Castle
Entrance to Glencoe National
Nature Reserve
Jacobite Mini-Discovery loch
cruise departing from Urquhart
Castle
Entrance to Culloden
Battlefield Visitor Centre
Entrance to Cawdor Castle
Tour at Tomatin Distillery
Tour and tasting at the Ian
Burnett Scottish Chocolate Centre
Entrance to Glamis Castle
Entrance to St Andrews
Cathedral Ruins/Grounds/Museum
Entrance for Johnnie Walker
Journey of Flavor Tour
Entrance to Edinburgh Castle
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Not
included in tour:
Meals that
are on your own, gratuities to driver and tour
director, personal expenses and travel protection
coverage provided by Travel Insured
International, Glastonbury, CT. That's it!
Other
details:
We will fly from Hartford (BDL) and
we'll all meet at the airport, at the
Escape Lounge
(past security) ahead of time
IF you like (totally optional).
Booked on-line, that rate is $40pp.
Please click here to reserve your space for
330pm on September 9! Discounts may be available
via Groupon, however, you cannot make a
reservation using that, so it would be
first-some, first-served admission and capacity
is limited. Certain American express card
holders may have free admission as well...
AIRPORT PARKING: Best deal is
LazFly on Route 20. Book the Premium Valet
Long Term parking flat rate of $85 for the
entire time:
https://www.lazfly.com/
Our Document Party will be
held here 2 weeks prior to
departure, on
Saturday, August 19, 5pm, here at 16 Brooke St,
Bloomfield. A video DVD of the trip will be sent
to all travelers after our return. Note that
Scotland is part of the United Kingdom and is
thus on
the Pound Sterling.
Driver/Tour Director suggested gratuities
per traveler per day, based on a
9-day
journey (in Pound Sterling):
UK: Driver £2 - £4, Tour Director £3 - £5,
Local guide if applicable (sightseeing) £1 - £3.
Click here for a currency converter
Currency in Pound Sterling can be
ordered at most commercial banks, such as Bank
of America, TD Bank, etc. ATMs are widely
available. Check with your credit card company
for ATM and foreign transaction fees. USD can
also be exchanged at local banks in Scotland
(unlike in Ireland).
Click here for details about the Scottish
Pound (interchangeable with the British Pound
Sterling)! Be certain your credit card
company/bank is aware of your up coming travel
to Ireland and Scotland, especially if you
seldom journey out of the US. This will avoid
flagging of your account when there!
In this day and age, travel protection
coverage is pretty much a necessity. Travel
protection, at time of booking, is based on age
and total trip cost. We'll advise rate when you
are ready to reserve. Coverage provided by
Travel Insured of Glastonbury, CT - WTPE21
Worldwide Trip Protector Edge policy.
Note
that the trip is NONREFUNDABLE from deposit on! |
