{"id":583,"date":"2011-02-14T04:34:18","date_gmt":"2011-02-13T18:34:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bigmal.net\/?p=583"},"modified":"2011-02-14T04:34:18","modified_gmt":"2011-02-13T18:34:18","slug":"trip-update-itinerary-complete","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigmal.net\/?p=583","title":{"rendered":"Trip Update &#8211; Itinerary Complete!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have been putting this post back now for a few weeks since I&#8217;ve been so busy doing other stuff but all of my trip is now good to go.  I have finalised all the hotel plans (hell a last minute hotel change today) and you will see below a full itinerary now with links to hotels in each location.<\/p>\n<p>So here it is&#8230; the final itinerary&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>5th July 2011 \u2013 Last Day at Work<br \/>\n6th July 2011 \u2013 Prep, pack, get ready to leave<br \/>\n7th July 2011 \u2013 Goodbye Australia.<br \/>\nBrisbane to Auckland to Los Angeles to Vancouver (yes thats all in one day. Leaving at 12pm arriving into vancouver same day at 9pm\u2026 hello JETLAG!)<br \/>\nBrisbane to Auckland \u2013 Air New Zealand \u2013 NZ136 \u2013 1225\/1725 \u2013 Boeing 777-200ER \u2013 Business Premier<br \/>\nAuckland to Los Angeles \u2013 Air New Zealand \u2013 NZ2 2130\/1445 \u2013 Boeing 777-300ER \u2013 Business Premier (New Aircraft for airline, new type for me)<br \/>\nLos Angeles to Vancouver \u2013 Air Canada \u2013 AC557 1855\/2136 \u2013 Embraer 190 \u2013 Executive Class (New Type, New Airline, New Airport)<br \/>\n8th July 2011 \u2013 Vancouver \u2013 Meet Up with Brad &#8211; Vancouver Hotel &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sandmanhotels.com\/hotel\/bc\/vancouver_citycentre\">Sandman Hotel Vancouver City Centre<\/a><br \/>\n9th July 2011 \u2013 Tour Begins \u2013 Contiki Canada &#038; The Rockies with Calgary Stampede \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/contiki.com.au\/tours\/5-canada-the-rockies-plus-calgary-stampede\">Link to tour here<\/a><br \/>\n21st July 2011 \u2013 Tour Finishes \u2013 Vancouver &#8211; Vancouver Hotel &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sandmanhotels.com\/hotel\/bc\/vancouver_citycentre\">Sandman Hotel Vancouver City Centre<\/a><br \/>\n22nd July 2011 \u2013 Vancouver<br \/>\n23rd July 2011 \u2013 Amtrak Cascades \u2013 Vancouver to Seattle \u2013 0640\/1105 &#8211; Seattle Hotel &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hiexpress.com\/hotels\/us\/en\/seattle\/seawa\/hoteldetail\">Holiday Inn Express Seattle City Centre<\/a><br \/>\n24th July 2011 \u2013 Seattle<br \/>\n25th July 2011 \u2013 Seattle<br \/>\n26th July 2011 \u2013 Seattle<br \/>\n27th July 2011 \u2013 Pick Up Car start driving south \u2013 Overnight Portland Oregon &#8211; Portland Hotel &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lq.com\/lq\/properties\/propertyProfile.do?propId=465\">La Quinta Inn &#038; Suites Portland NW<\/a><br \/>\n28th July 2011 \u2013 Portland to Roseburg &#8211; Roseburg Hotel &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hiexpress.com\/hotels\/us\/en\/roseburg\/rosex\/hoteldetail\">Holiday Inn Express Roseburg<\/a><br \/>\n29th July 2011 \u2013 Roseburg to San Francisco &#8211; San Francisco Hotel &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goldengatewayhotel.com\/\">Holiday Inn Golden Gateway<\/a><br \/>\n30th July 2011 \u2013 San Francisco<br \/>\n31st July 2011 \u2013 San Francisco<br \/>\n1st August 2011 \u2013 San Francisco<br \/>\n2nd August 2011 \u2013 San Fransisco \u2013 Plane Spotting Day &#8211; SFO Airport Hotel &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.millwoodinn.com\/\">Millwood Inn &#038; Suites<\/a><br \/>\n3rd August 2011 \u2013 San Fransisco to New York City &#8211; Farewell to Brad this morning<br \/>\nSan Fransisco to Chicago O\u2019Hare \u2013 United Airlines \u2013 UA972 1010\/1625 -Boeing 767-300 \u2013 Business Class \u2013 (International Configuration Aircraft, 2 New Airports)<br \/>\nChicago O\u2019Hare to New York City La Guardia \u2013 UA692 1730\/2046 \u2013 Airbus A319 \u2013 First Class \u2013 (New Airports)<br \/>\nNew York City Hotel &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.starwoodhotels.com\/element\/property\/overview\/index.html?propertyID=3361\">Element New York Time Square West<\/a><br \/>\n4th August 2011 \u2013 New York City<br \/>\n5th August 2011 \u2013 Morning New York City \u2013 Birthday \u2013 Evening Flight \u2013 New York City to Zurich<br \/>\nNew York City John F Kennedy \u2013 Zurich \u2013 Swiss Airlines \u2013 LX17 1800\/0805+1 \u2013 Airbus A330-300 \u2013 Business Class (New Airline, New Airport)<br \/>\n6th August 2011 \u2013 Zurich to Paris<br \/>\nZurich \u2013 Paris Charles De Gaulle \u2013 Swiss Airlines \u2013 LX634 0905\/1020 \u2013 Airbus A320 \u2013 Business Class (New Airports)<br \/>\nMeet up with Yena &#8211; Explore Paris &#8211; Paris Hotel &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.marriott.com.au\/hotels\/travel\/pardt-paris-marriott-hotel-champs-elysees\/\">Paris Marriott Hotel Champs-Elysees<\/a><br \/>\n7th August 2011 \u2013 Paris to Bayeux \u2013 Train \u2013 Explore Bayeux &#8211; Bayeux Hotel &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chateau-hotel-bayeux.com\/GB_chateau.htm\">Ch\u00e2teau H\u00f4tel de Bellefontaine<\/a><br \/>\n8th August to 10th August 2011 \u2013 Explore Normandy Region \u2013 WW2 Invasion Tours &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.overlordtour.com\/\">Overlord Tours<\/a> &#8211; Neptune Tour (2 Days), 101st Airborne Tour (1 Day)<br \/>\n11th August 2011 \u2013 Bayeux to Paris \u2013 Train \u2013 Explore Paris &#8211; Paris Hotel &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.marriott.com.au\/hotels\/travel\/pardt-paris-marriott-hotel-champs-elysees\/\">Paris Marriott Hotel Champs-Elysees<\/a><br \/>\n12th August 2011 &#8211; Explore Paris<br \/>\n13th August 2011 \u2013 Farewell to Yena &#8211; Paris to Berlin<br \/>\nParis Charles De Gaulle to Berlin Tegel \u2013 Lufthansa \u2013 LH3241 0930\/1105 \u2013 Boeing 737-500 \u2013 Business Class (New Airline, New Aircraft, New Airport)<br \/>\nBerlin Hotel &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pullmanhotels.com\/gb\/hotel-5347-pullman-berlin-schweizerhof\/index.shtml\">Hotel Pullman Berlin Schweizerhof<\/a><br \/>\n14th August 2011 \u2013 Berlin<br \/>\n15th August 2011 \u2013 Berlin<br \/>\n16th August 2011 \u2013 Berlin to London<br \/>\nBerlin Tegel \u2013 London Heathrow \u2013 BMI \u2013 BD842 1105\/1200 \u2013 Airbus A319 \u2013 Business Premium \u2013 (New Airline, New Airports)<br \/>\nLondon Hotel &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.parkplaza.com\/london-hotel-gb-se1-7ut\/gbwestmi\">Park Plaza Westminster Bridge London<\/a><br \/>\n17th August 2011 \u2013 London<br \/>\n18th August 2011 \u2013 London<br \/>\n19th August 2011 \u2013 London<br \/>\n20th August 2011 \u2013 Explore London Morning \u2013 Evening Flight \u2013 London to Tokyo<br \/>\nLondon Heathrow \u2013 Tokyo Narita \u2013 ANA \u2013 NH202 1935\/1520+1 \u2013 Boeing 777-300ER \u2013 Business Class (New Product, New Airline)<br \/>\n21st August 2011 &#8211; Arrive Tokyo &#8211; Narita Express to Shinjiku &#8211; Tokyo Hotel &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/tokyo.regency.hyatt.com\/hyatt\/hotels\/index.jsp?icamp=tokyocenturyredirect\">Hyatt Regency Tokyo<\/a><br \/>\n22nd August 2011 &#8211; Tokyo<br \/>\n23rd August 2011 &#8211; Tokyo<br \/>\n24th August 2011 &#8211; Tokyo<br \/>\n25th August 2011 &#8211; Tokyo to Yokohama to Kyoto<br \/>\nMorning Shinkansen to Yokohama, explore city, Late Afternoon Shinkansen to Kyoto &#8211; Kyoto Hotel &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www2.citadines.com\/en\/japan\/kyoto\/karasuma_gojo.html?__utma=1.1664396387.1297588502.1297588502.1297588502.1&#038;__utmb=1.1.10.1297588502&#038;__utmc=1&#038;__utmx=-&#038;__utmz=1.1297588502.1.1.utmcsr=google|utmccn=(organic)|utmcmd=organic|utmctr=Citadines%20Kyoto%20Karasuma%20Gojo&#038;__utmv=-&#038;__utmk=259913738\">Citadines Kyoto Karasuma Gojo<\/a><br \/>\n26th August 2011 &#8211; Kyoto<br \/>\n27th August 2011 &#8211; Kyoto to Osaka &#8211; Morning Shinkansen from Kyoto to Osaka &#8211; Osaka Hotel &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.comfortinn.com\/hotel-osaka-japan-JP025\">Comfort Hotel Osaka Shinsaibashi<\/a><br \/>\n28th August 2011 &#8211; Osaka<br \/>\n29th August 2011 &#8211; Osaka to Hiroshima &#8211; Morning Shinkansen from Osaka to Hiroshima &#8211; Hiroshima Hotel &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.anacrowneplaza-hiroshima.jp\/en\/\">ANA Crowne Plaza Hiroshima<\/a><br \/>\n30th August 2011 &#8211; Hiroshima<br \/>\n31st August 2011 &#8211; Hiroshima to Narita &#8211; Morning Shinkansen from Hiroshima back to Tokyo (pretty sure ill need to change trains along the way), then NEX from Tokyo to Narita. Explore Narita, Plane Spotting, Exploring the Temple &#8211; Narita Hotel &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www1.hilton.com\/en_US\/hi\/hotel\/NRTHIHI-Hilton-Tokyo-Narita-Airport-hotel\/index.do\">Hilton Tokyo Narita Airport hotel<\/a><br \/>\n1st September 2011 \u2013 Tokyo to Hong Kong<br \/>\nTokyo Narita to Seoul Incheon \u2013 Asiana Airlines \u2013 OZ103 1530\/1810 \u2013 Boeing 777-200 \u2013 Business Class (New Airline, New Airport, New Aircraft)<br \/>\nSeoul Incheon to Hong Kong Chep Lap Kok \u2013 Asiana Airlines \u2013 OZ723 1945\/2230 \u2013 Airbus A330-300 \u2013 Business Class (New Airport)<br \/>\nHong Kong Hotel &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.novotel.com\/gb\/hotel-6771-novotel-hong-kong-nathan-road-kowloon\/index.shtml\">Novotel Hong Kong Nathan Road<\/a><br \/>\n2nd September 2011 \u2013 Hong Kong<br \/>\n3rd September 2011 \u2013 Hong Kong<br \/>\n4th September 2011 \u2013 Hong Kong<br \/>\n5th September 2011 \u2013 Hong Kong<br \/>\n6th September 2011 \u2013 Hong Kong to Singapore<br \/>\nHong Kong Chep Lap Kok to Singapore Changi \u2013 Singapore Airlines \u2013 SQ861 1540\/1920 \u2013 Airbus A380-800 \u2013 Business Class (New Airport, New Airline, New Aircraft, Bucket List)<br \/>\nMeet Up with Cat &#8211; Singapore Hotel &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.royalplaza.com.sg\/\">Royal Plaza on Scots Singapore Hotel<\/a><br \/>\n7th September 2011 \u2013 Singapore<br \/>\n8th September 2011 \u2013 Singapore<br \/>\n9th September 2011 \u2013 Singapore<br \/>\n10th September 2011 \u2013 Singapore to Brisbane (Home) &#8211; Fly Home with Cat<br \/>\nSingapore Changi to Brisbane \u2013 Singapore Airlines \u2013 SQ245 0955\/1930 \u2013 Airbus A330-300 \u2013 Business Class (New Product)<br \/>\n11th September 2011 \u2013 Rest<br \/>\n12th September 2011 \u2013 Back to Work<\/p>\n<p>So there you have it ladies &#038; gents.  My epic trip&#8230; i cant wait!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have been putting this post back now for a few weeks since I&#8217;ve been so busy doing other stuff but all of my trip is now good to go. I have finalised all the hotel plans (hell a last minute hotel change today) and you will see below a full itinerary now with links [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-583","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-rtw-in-66-days"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p49RU0-9p","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigmal.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/583","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigmal.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigmal.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigmal.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigmal.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=583"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bigmal.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/583\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigmal.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=583"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigmal.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=583"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigmal.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=583"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}