Our Itinerary

Wow, it has been a long time! To be fair, I’ve been working for the past few months on a show called Uncertain for which I had another blog to be managing. But now that show has had both its debut and its remount, so now it’s time to focus on other things – mainly planning this trip of mine.

The other night I was looking up the ticket prices to fly to Taiwan and I was floored at how cheap they were. I think it’s a combination of two things: the time of year Dave and I are travelling and also, the website we are using. I will take this moment now to promote said website: www.cheapoair.com. Honestly, my family and I have used this site just about every time we’ve had to travel by air and I haven’t found anything cheaper. I suspect it has something to do with the fact that they don’t spend nearly as much on advertising as bigger online booking companies like Priceline and Expedia. But that’s just a personal theory. I promise they aren’t paying me to say this. That would be VERY cheap and probably useless advertising.

In any case, here is our itinerary:

November 5: Leave to go to Maine via bus

Here, we are staying with my family. Won’t be seeing them for a long time and they are helping out with my ticket. It will be fun, and it’s Dave’s first time in Maine.

November 10: Leave Maine to go to Boston in order to fly to LAX

Another first for Dave, we’ll be staying with my grandparents in Costa Mesa for a week. I haven’t been to California since I was 16. I’m hoping for a trip to either Disneyland or Knott’s Berry Farm. Just because. And I linked the Knott’s site because it’s one of the lesser known theme parks, but one of the best. If you are ever in Southern California and think you might be too jaded for the likes of Disney, I’d give this one a try.

November 17: Leave LAX for Taipei!

This is when things really get underway. We’ll play tourist for a few weeks before finding jobs, I imagine, which is why we’re saving money like mad before we go.

But, when I happened to look up the ticket prices the other night, we accidentally saved money. We figured we would both be going on this trip for around $1200 each. Instead, we managed to get two tickets, taxes and fees included, to the tune of $1537. Altogether, my friends. My jaw was permanently dropped all night. This means we each saved around $430 from our previous estimates. Seriously people. I win.

Doesn’t mean I’m not a little nervous about Taiwan. But I’m now more excited than nervous. And that is definitely worth the price.

Until next time!