As of yesterday, all my flights and bus tickets across North America have been booked and confirmed.
My ticket from Vancouver to Montreal and then Montreal to New York were bought yesterday. After many hours price comparing, I eventually bought the Montreal ticket from the first source: WestJet's official website. The worst thing with this is having to fork out an extra $12CAD to reserve a seat. OK so that equals to less than £10 but such a surcharge is still disgraceful! Call it a great marketing scheme or just a plain old scam, I didn't realise about this extra cost until about five 'continue' buttons later. By this point I could not be bothered cancelling and searching all over again. I hope there's something special to this plane seat on top of the guaranteed extra leg room.
Originally I had not planned on stopping in Montreal but when I heard that a former Derby housemate, Alice, is now living there (thanks to her French degree, she has a swanky job with the Quebec HQ of Rolls Royce) I had to pop over and see her. Such spontaneity came way before the sensible me kicked in screaming, "How are you going to afford it?!" But I figure, it's one less day to pay for a hotel. Besides, money should be no barrier when finding time for your friends.
To further save the pennies, I opted to take a bus from Montreal to New York. Now I may have sworn to never take a long distance bus journey ever since that mammoth 26-hour ride from Cape Town to Durban that gave me none of the ocean views and beautiful landscapes I expected, this time it will be nine hours. AND it cost me around £50. Plus if I flew, the plane arrives into Newark airport which I have been told will cost a lot more for me to take a taxi into the city. I have thought this through very clearly.
With the travel all sorted, now is the time to finalise accommodation. I still have yet to decide where to stay in Vegas on the third night. On top of that I need to find a hotel or hostel in New York. Twenty-two days left before I fly. Time to decide.
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