The internet is a small place, after all. Anyone who reads the blog even semi-regularly will know how fondly my family and I regard Fumania, their local Chinese food haunt, also affectionately known as “The Foo”. Well, I got an email from a friend of the owner yesterday, who was searching the web for “Fumania Chinese” and I turned up. How about that? Small world, am I right?

Snod and I are getting more and more locked in for our trip to the US next March. We even got fares for $1099, due to the lovely Charlotte at Flightcentre, working hard to match a competitor’s fare. Bestflights had an AirNZ deal, Brisbane to Los Angeles return for $1099, when you spent $350 per person on land options, like hotels and car hire. Charlotte did the same thing with QANTAS, which means we fly direct for $1099 :eek:, and only have to spend $300 per person on land options.

I’m not sure how to approach this compulsory $600 spend. Some options she’s quoted are more expensive through the travel agency than the internet - some are vastly cheaper. The expensive options are the ones close to $600. The cheap ones are much more than $600 worth, and probably a little fancier than we’d normally enjoy. Take Salt Lake City: we normally stay in the Renaissance Suites - very nice, 2 bedroom suites. About US$100 per night. In comparison, the Sheraton Salt Lake has it’s website price as US$189 per night, which through Novell’s corporate package is about US$140, and through Charlotte is US$108 per night. Do we spend our $600 on that, or on car hire for about 6 days, and stay at the suites?

These are the decisions that need to be made shortly. I figure we could see as many as 3 destinations in addition to Salt Lake, we just need to pick which 3. That’s the challenge at the moment.

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