Booked the June 9th trip for me, dh, and dd (14). Can't wait!!! We will be heading to London (with a day trip to Paris) afterwards...first time in the UK for us
Wow, just checked the prices, and they've gone up again--over $5600 for an adult now for our date. So glad I jumped early. Wonder how full we are getting.
Booked the June 9th trip for me, dh, and dd (14). Can't wait!!! We will be heading to London (with a day trip to Paris) afterwards...first time in the UK for us
Wow, just checked the prices, and they've gone up again--over $5600 for an adult now for our date. So glad I jumped early. Wonder how full we are getting.
ABD will normally have a range of prices for a trip. They start out pretty close to the low end of the range, then, as the trips fill up, the prices for those departures goes up. But usually it takes weeks or months for that to happen! I don't think I've ever seen a trip fill up as quickly as this Scotland trip has! Of course, they didn't have that many departures, so that might have something to do with it.You're not kidding - these prices seem to just change without warning over the matter of a few days. I think it has changed at least 3 times already. Imagine if WDW or DL did this - like charge more in the summer or on a particular day just because people show a greater interest to go then versus another season or day. I assume they are raising the price to see how much they can get people to pay due to a large interest in Scotland, unless they did not do a thorough analysis on their own costs of the trip and have reevaluated it over the matter of a week or so. If it is the first, not a big fan of that business practice. But as they say, people can vote with their pocketbook. Trying to decide which way to go with mine now - .
Weclome Jharts and congrats on booking the trip! It's going to be a blast. We go to London every other year for Thanksgiving (no family it's just a week long break for my kids and we love it) and this year we are doing a day trip to Paris for the first time. I'll let you know how it goes!
Hi there! Welcome to the group!
Holy Guaca-Moly! I am so glad we decided to book when we did!
Hi - I've seen several of you mention doing an "Outlander" day tour before the ABD trip starts. Can you please provide more details or a link? I know my hubby and kids have no interest, but if we can arrive a day early and I can do the Outlander tour while they play in the pool (or other distraction in Edinburgh)...I would be so excited!
thanks!
paddles (aka Jamie's biggest fan )
(booked on 6/30 tour)
I'm glad you clarified this about the Outlander series, because I thought it had something to do with the odd sci-fi movie from 2008 or the long running sci-fi book series... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outlanders
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DH and I are signed up for the 6/9 trip. We're thinking of potentially adding on a few days to go to Glasgow and Stirling as well. This will be our first ABD. We actually just got back from London and doing a Mediterranean Cruise and DH mentioned that he really wanted to visit Scotland (I went about 10 years ago and loved it). So when we saw the itinerary - we decided to go for it!
Something just occurred to me. Did ABD tell you who the group is that you're traveling with? I imagine they're all communicating through whoever reserved the date, and I'd think you'd want to be included in that... I know when I went on the DIS exclusive Knights & Lights, we made a lot of plans for before & during the trip, and just got to know each other. It really added to the trip.I am booked on the 9/15 adventure, I am pretty sure there won't be other people on this trip as it has been blocked by a group but I booked it before it was blocked so I am safe for the trip. As my trip will be the last of the season, I would be very interested in hearing about things that travellers did on their free time as well as restaurants for on your own meals.
Welcome to ABD! You're going to love ABD, and the Scotland itinerary looks wonderful! Be sure & report back to us after you go!DH and I are signed up for the 6/9 trip. We're thinking of potentially adding on a few days to go to Glasgow and Stirling as well. This will be our first ABD. We actually just got back from London and doing a Mediterranean Cruise and DH mentioned that he really wanted to visit Scotland (I went about 10 years ago and loved it). So when we saw the itinerary - we decided to go for it!
DH and I are signed up for the 6/9 trip. We're thinking of potentially adding on a few days to go to Glasgow and Stirling as well. This will be our first ABD. We actually just got back from London and doing a Mediterranean Cruise and DH mentioned that he really wanted to visit Scotland (I went about 10 years ago and loved it). So when we saw the itinerary - we decided to go for it!
Did you guys see the blog post by Deb Wills with allears dot net today? That's who has the group block on the September trip.
Just thought I'd mention here that if you are posting a website, you need to post the entire address. If you post the "dot net" thing, then the site's filters are being bypassed, and the DISboard policies don't allow that. (Some sites have been banned from the DISboards, and the only way you'd know is by posting the whole address). I've edited your post to show the entire address.Did you guys see the blog post by Deb Wills with allears dot net today? That's who has the group block on the September trip.
I would like to see her write up on the trip.