Oh yes, great one! We just discovered Bakkagerði on our last trip there. The puffin watching was exceptional.

When you submit your initial request, you tell them the number of different days you try for. At that point, you can “Add alternate permit holder (3 max).” If you do add alternate permit holders, you need to provide a valid email address for each of them. If you list someone as an alternate permit holder, they are prohibited from submitting their own requests for the same time period.

No, just the large pool and water slide.

I’ve put in a request at the airport in Midland. But this is just sad.

@Ginny, I’m from Oklahoma, I lived in Tahlequah, my mother was in Olkmulgee. I love the mispronunciations!!!

That’s possible. However, only validated sales can review on Booking vs the anybody of TripAdvisor. So, while the data can be slightly skewed on Booking by deleting some negative reviews. However, compared to the tens of millions of fake reviews on TripAdvisor, it is a better system.

6 hours is enough time to do an expedited visit. Follow the instructions above.

Short answer is yes. Longer answer is that many resorts and scuba dive shops offer an expedited “resort course” that will allow you to dive, however, if you ever want to dive again, you’ll need to re-do the course again. A resort course will give you the fundamentals and you’ll usually need to do some kind of pool or shallow ocean “check out” go make sure you are comfortable and won’t panic.

It was early July. Given the weather in the Guadalupe, there’s rarely a bad time to go.

Please tell me how I can get transport from the airport to see the major sites in London and get back to the airport by 6:35pm to go through customs for my next flight? And please provide me with a quote for the ride and events. Thank you!

Next up – North Korea? (which I just learned about this week!)
Actually, it’ll be Japan (Hokkaido & Yamanashi), Canary Islands (Tenerife & Gran Canaria), then maybe Kosovo or Ireland (3 wineries)

Long live travelling and wine tasting off the beaten track!

December is a great time to visit. Much of the town will be taken over by the Christmas market. If you just want to see the market and walk around and look at buildings, a half-day may be enough for you.

I love this idea!

*As a toddler I was permanently banned from ever returning to the Texas State Capitol for the same reason Ozzy Osbourne is banned from ever returning to the Texas State Capitol. Lol. Whoops. @Robert J. Straub,

I’m not sure if I’m understanding your exact schedule and constraints, so I’ll say this…The Flam Railway and fjords are the most remarkable parts to see. I assume you’ll have light for ~45-60 minutes after the stated sunset time. So, while the cruise timing may not be perfect, you will see the fjords. If traveling from Gudvangen to Bergen in darkness means you would have time in Bergen the following day, I would suggest doing that.

Thank you again for your guidance and expertise!

@j, That happens everywhere. Try pronouncing Medford, Swampscott, Peabody, Worcester, Leicester, Leominster, Gloucester, etc. if you are not a local of Massachusetts. 🙂

For hotels, look at sites that have reviews from ACTUAL travelers (such as Booking(dot)com). If you stay, you can leave a review, but only if you stay. For restaurants, Yelp is still OK, but look to sites like OpenTable and the Fork. Frankly, we look to other travel blogs and sites for actual expert opinion.

The beauty is the market. Nuremberg, like most cities in Europe, doesn’t “decorate” much beyond the markets. An alternative: Regensburg’s market opens earlier.

In a foreign land with no belongings, no assurance, no apologies, no concrete information- i have no idea what to do. I am spending my hard earned money to buy everything all over again.. and i am wasting all my time panicking and making calls and buying stuff.
The pleasure of seeing my son walking the famed halls of the university is all but gone.

So other than sanity, money and time, i have lost a valuable experience of seeing my son smiling and walking in through the university entrance, all thanks to the useless people entering into the business of airways. My suitcases were not flying for free is all i know. And money, even if they compensate, cannot buy everything that one possess is the other thing which i know.

The most ridiculous part in the entire 4 day fiasco is that every single day when i call the helpline they ask me certain personal information to validate who i claim myself to be ensuring “data protection”; the truth being they cant even “protect”my belongings for sure.
I am swinging somewhere between the second and third stage of grieving now.

Maybe i will move over all this 200 years down the line, but not today or tomorrow or in near future.
Linkedin profile of Mr Sean Doyle says ” I am proud to be the chairman and Ceo of British Airways”. Thats a big slap on my face as of this moment.

@Brian C, My family (me, husband, two boys (9 & 12 at the time) stayed at Hillside Lodge in approx 1999. We had a ball! Lots to do, meals at the restaurant were included, nightly and day activities by the owners. What fun! I don’t see how any family with younger kids could not enjoy that. Teens…maybe not. Ha.

@Lance Longwell, so what reliable unbiased sites are good to use to get info?

There’s a bunch of hotels north of Heathrow on Bath Road. We’ve stayed at the Sofitel, the Sheraton Heathrow, and the Renaissance as well.

I didn’t do a tour. I explored on my own as a solo traveler. It’s possible to do it alone.