BA First + Canadian Honeymoon
Jul 20, 2013, 7:23 pm
#18
Join Date: Jan 2002
Programs: LH Miles&More Senator, KLM Flying Blue Platinum, BAEC Bronze
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Congratulations on your nuptials. I really enjoyed reading your report, and the photos of Canada's West coast are truly inspired.
Best of luck to you both in your new life together.
Best of luck to you both in your new life together.
Jul 21, 2013, 2:38 pm
#20
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Join Date: Mar 2012
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You said you wanted to escape 'ripoff' Britain?
Flats here in Vancouver are actually more expensive (in some places) than some of the ones I've seen in London!
As for entertainment, I usually bring my own (and attempt to sleep when I'm in Y. On awards I would usually pick a day flight on AA.)
Flats here in Vancouver are actually more expensive (in some places) than some of the ones I've seen in London!
As for entertainment, I usually bring my own (and attempt to sleep when I'm in Y. On awards I would usually pick a day flight on AA.)
Jul 21, 2013, 4:41 pm
#22
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Jul 21, 2013, 6:06 pm
#23
Join Date: Jul 2000
Location: San Francisco
Programs: UA Mileage Plus Premier Gold 1MM, Marriott Gold
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Thanks for the TR. It was good to see that there was an actual resolution to your initial hotel snafu instead of just trying to sweep it under the rug.
The BA OF seat looks like one of those F-class products that could either be comfy and cozy or claustrophobic depending on the mood of individual pax.
The BA OF seat looks like one of those F-class products that could either be comfy and cozy or claustrophobic depending on the mood of individual pax.
Jul 22, 2013, 5:43 am
#26
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Join Date: Mar 2012
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No worries. For example, in Portugal, i got the below for 500 Euros more than my best friend paid for his reception venue alone in the UK1) 5 Nights in the hotel i linked to (only 10 rooms so with guests we have private use of the place for 3 nights)
2) Ceremony on the roof of the hotel
3) Exclusive use of restaurant on beach from 5pm to 3am
4) Cocktails and Canapes for 40 after ceremony
5) 3 Course dinner, unlimited wine and cocktails/drinks for 40 - 7pm to 3am
6) DJ
7) Sandwiches at midnight
We would have had our wedding there anyway, but when you start comparing the costs between places like Portugal and the UK for weddings, ithe difference is absolutely staggering.
I would fancy living in Vancouver at some stage though ! It has the same sort of feel as Melbourne, a place i have lived and liked. Hated Sydney.
Jul 22, 2013, 1:50 pm
#28
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No worries. For example, in Portugal, i got the below for 500 Euros more than my best friend paid for his reception venue alone in the UK1) 5 Nights in the hotel i linked to (only 10 rooms so with guests we have private use of the place for 3 nights)
2) Ceremony on the roof of the hotel
3) Exclusive use of restaurant on beach from 5pm to 3am
4) Cocktails and Canapes for 40 after ceremony
5) 3 Course dinner, unlimited wine and cocktails/drinks for 40 - 7pm to 3am
6) DJ
7) Sandwiches at midnight
We would have had our wedding there anyway, but when you start comparing the costs between places like Portugal and the UK for weddings, ithe difference is absolutely staggering.
I would fancy living in Vancouver at some stage though ! It has the same sort of feel as Melbourne, a place i have lived and liked. Hated Sydney.
The only problem is that it's very easy to get ripped off by taxes everywhere if you aren't careful.
(then again, I have found legal ways around it.)
Great place, great people, terrible (federal and provincial, at least) government is how I would describe it.
Portugal vs the UK is also a big difference-what surprises me is that this is all within the EU, so it makes it much easier to complete, legally, as well as financially! (I have quite a bit of background of the UK thanks to colonization, as well as taking a history program that explained how Britain was such a great country, though 'knowledge of topics beyond 1990 is not required')