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Old Jun 3, 2009, 10:18 am
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Originally Posted by Jailer
In terms of meeting budget: we did not arrive home until after midnight, so I think that it is only fair that I allot myself 15 days @ $100 per day for us both, so my target for the trip is $1,500 instead of $1,400, fair?
Would you allow this reasoning from one of your employees out on business travel? I think not.
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Old Jun 3, 2009, 4:18 pm
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Originally Posted by SanDiego1K
Would you allow this reasoning from one of your employees out on business travel? I think not.
We hold ourselves to the same high ethical standards as British MPs.
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Old Jun 3, 2009, 4:30 pm
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This thread is useless without pictures.
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Old Jun 3, 2009, 5:22 pm
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If you actually pulled this off for$1500 I owe you and MissJailette a beer.

A weekend in Chicago with the kids can run me more than that
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Old Jun 4, 2009, 1:10 am
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So, here are the numbers; I am an open book. If these are useful, the only thing that I ask is that you buy my budget travel guide due out in September: Roughing It like a Pauper, living like a Prince: the Adventures of Yankee Innocents Abroad on the j-low.

I spent 286 Euros that I had brought with me, and ATM-ed 170 pounds. Most of these are numbers are from my credit card statements, but for the sake of transparency I’ve noted the one place where I have estimated due to memory.


Cash 643.34
flight, tax 84 about
train, CDG-AMS 114
Paris Metro 16.19
Avis & Petrol 153.16
Taxi, home 64
Arc De' Triomphe 18
Westin Paris 0
Pulitzer 4.37
EuroCoffee, LAX 10.49
Don Pasquel, CAM 53.22
India House, CAM 51.95
College Restaurant, AMS 167.04
CREPERIE DES MANEGES, CDG 62.69
EDEN SHOES, CDG 122.5
REMBRANDTHUIS 30.83
RIJKSMUSEUM 15.77
Anne Frank Haus 17.36
Van Gogh Museum 41.67
Blackwells, CAM 27.29
Paris Museum Pass 134.02

Total $1,831.89
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Old Jun 4, 2009, 1:13 am
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Originally Posted by jan_az
If you actually pulled this off for$1500 I owe you and MissJailette a beer.

A weekend in Chicago with the kids can run me more than that
So, I fell slightly short of my valiant quest, but in the words of Teddy Roosevelt:

"It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the
strong man stumbled, or where the doer of deeds could have done
better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena;
whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives
valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; who knows the
great enthusiasms, the great devotions, and spends himself in a worthy
cause; who at the best, knows in the end the triumph of high
achievement; and who, at worst, if he fails, at least fails while
daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and
timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat."
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Old Jun 4, 2009, 1:13 am
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and.......

How many hotel points?

How many airline miles?

In the interest of full disclosure, of course - given that many of us consider points some of our most cherished currency.
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Old Jun 4, 2009, 1:28 am
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Originally Posted by SanDiego1K
and.......

How many hotel points?

How many airline miles?

In the interest of full disclosure, of course - given that many of us consider points some of our most cherished currency.

Picky, picky, picky, picky:

AA 120,000
Hilton, Paris 125,000
Starwood, in-house Pulitzer 21,000
Starwood, in-house Paris 8,250
Pulitzer 58,000
Paris 20,000

Total 352,250
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Old Jun 4, 2009, 1:37 am
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That is one pricy trip. Jailer, I hope that jailette realizes it is going to be many years before any man can treat her to a trip in the way that daddy just has. Still, what can be better than a father and daughter having such a great experience together. I love the account that Gwyneth Paltrow tells of her first visit to Paris.

Gwyneth told INSTYLE how he had taken her to Paris when she was 11, then asked her why she thought they'd made the trip alone. "He said, 'Because I wanted your first trip to Paris to be with the one man who is going to love you for the rest of your life.' "
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Old Jun 5, 2009, 6:29 am
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That is one creepy quote.

jailer: excellent trip report, loved it.
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