Friday, September 16, 2011
Thursday, September 15, 2011
Local Contact
We will buy a SIM card as soon as we arrive in Dubrovnik on Sept 18th, and then we will send everyone our local phone number via email. If for some reason you don't receive our contact info, you here are some ways you can contact us:
1. email Michael, Alice, or the wedding planner Kike (kike@doyouwed.me)
2. call kike at +385912506525
3. call me on skype (grassali)
4. contact me on viber or whatsapp (+16043073761)
or...walk around old town until you find us :P
1. email Michael, Alice, or the wedding planner Kike (kike@doyouwed.me)
2. call kike at +385912506525
3. call me on skype (grassali)
4. contact me on viber or whatsapp (+16043073761)
or...walk around old town until you find us :P
Thursday, September 8, 2011
Dubrovnik Traveling Tips
I have been reading this blog, they provide a lot of useful information for Dubrovnik. Here are the things I found particularly useful:
-cell phone
-cable car
-navigation
-packing list
-water: it's safe to drink tap water croatia especially in Dubrovnik where they have one of world's cleanest natural water source, don't drink bottle water if you can avoid it, save your money and save the planet.
And the last and most importantly, gelato!!!
-cell phone
-cable car
-navigation
-packing list
-water: it's safe to drink tap water croatia especially in Dubrovnik where they have one of world's cleanest natural water source, don't drink bottle water if you can avoid it, save your money and save the planet.
And the last and most importantly, gelato!!!
Friday, September 2, 2011
Where we're at...
It's been a while since we posted anything and things are now coming down to the wire.
I wanted to get an idea of where people are at so that we can be a bit organized.... after some discussion we have as groups of people:
From Vancouver:
-Michael
I wanted to get an idea of where people are at so that we can be a bit organized.... after some discussion we have as groups of people:
From Vancouver:
- Alice & Michael (yay)
- Deb & Andre
- Cynthia
- John
- Conny
- Stephanie
- Kathy & Andy
- Laura
- Mom (Colleen)
- Donald
- Dad (other Donald)
- Greg & Jen
- Paul & Ming-Ju
- Mom (Annie)
- Joanne Lin
- Sam Collins
-Michael
Friday, July 22, 2011
Wedding Registry
Originally, we didn't want to have a wedding registry, due to the fact people would be spending a lot of money to attend our wedding already. However, some family and friends who can't make it to the wedding have strongly expressed that they would love to somehow be involved in this, for example, giving us a gift. That's why we finally created a wedding registry. Since we really don't need anymore things at home, we made a honeymoon fund registry. We both really enjoy traveling, this would be the second best gift you can give us (best gift being your company at the wedding). Please do not feel any obligation to give us gift, we are just happy to have your blessing.
Friday, July 15, 2011
Cheap Accommodation Options
We have been so busy recently that we haven't had a chance to update our blog. As Michael promised (he promised, but I am writing the post, you know who the slacker is :P ), we would provide our guests more accommodation information based on people's requirements. Based on the response I gathered from people, it seems like the only critical concern is to price. So to find cheap accommodations, here are the possible options:
1. Share Accommodations: Some guests are interested in sharing accommodations with other guests, if the group is big enough (6 to 9) it is possible to share a nice place for under 30 Euro per night per person. For example, here. Or a smaller group (3 to 6) it is also possible to do under 30 Euro as well, here. As far as I am aware, only our families have sorted out their accommodations so far. For the following groups, I am wondering if anyone of you would like to share accommodations with other group ( I indicated the number of people in each group, so you can consider if it's possible to share with another group):
Group 1: Andre, Deb, Cyn, John
Group 2: Steph, Sam
Group 3: Greg, Jen
Group 4: Conny
Anyway, contact us if you have any interest in sharing, we will help you contact other groups.
2. Search for accommodtions outside old town:
-walking distance to oldtown: for exmple this one. It's only 30 Euro per head per night.
-Lapad: accommodations in this area is a lot cheaper, for example, here. It is about 10 to 20 mins bus ride to old town. There is some transportation information for Lapad.
3. There are some special offers going on at this website. But not all of these are the best saving options, again, it really depends on what are important requirements for you (fanciness of the place, location, and number of stairs??)
I did all the search on Dubrovnik Apartment Source, because their search engine is so far the most useful one. You can easily select your location, and price requirements for your search. As Michael mentioned in the previous post, there are a lot of same postings but on different websites. I found Dubrovnik Apartment Source covers a wide range of variaty plus their search engine is easy to use that's why I recommend it.
Please contact us if you have any questions, we will try our best to help. Looking forward to seeing you all in September!
1. Share Accommodations: Some guests are interested in sharing accommodations with other guests, if the group is big enough (6 to 9) it is possible to share a nice place for under 30 Euro per night per person. For example, here. Or a smaller group (3 to 6) it is also possible to do under 30 Euro as well, here. As far as I am aware, only our families have sorted out their accommodations so far. For the following groups, I am wondering if anyone of you would like to share accommodations with other group ( I indicated the number of people in each group, so you can consider if it's possible to share with another group):
Group 1: Andre, Deb, Cyn, John
Group 2: Steph, Sam
Group 3: Greg, Jen
Group 4: Conny
Anyway, contact us if you have any interest in sharing, we will help you contact other groups.
2. Search for accommodtions outside old town:
-walking distance to oldtown: for exmple this one. It's only 30 Euro per head per night.
-Lapad: accommodations in this area is a lot cheaper, for example, here. It is about 10 to 20 mins bus ride to old town. There is some transportation information for Lapad.
3. There are some special offers going on at this website. But not all of these are the best saving options, again, it really depends on what are important requirements for you (fanciness of the place, location, and number of stairs??)
I did all the search on Dubrovnik Apartment Source, because their search engine is so far the most useful one. You can easily select your location, and price requirements for your search. As Michael mentioned in the previous post, there are a lot of same postings but on different websites. I found Dubrovnik Apartment Source covers a wide range of variaty plus their search engine is easy to use that's why I recommend it.
Please contact us if you have any questions, we will try our best to help. Looking forward to seeing you all in September!
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Flying to Dubrovnik
Alice's brother has been doing a bit of looking for flights into Dubrovnik in the last week or so and he's starting to find it difficult to get flights.
For those of you still sitting and looking at flights, I'd strongly encourage starting to look more actively at getting tickets. The problem isn't so much if it's possible to get a trip all the way, it's a question of whether you want to have huge layovers or pay vastly more money.
For those of you still sitting and looking at flights, I'd strongly encourage starting to look more actively at getting tickets. The problem isn't so much if it's possible to get a trip all the way, it's a question of whether you want to have huge layovers or pay vastly more money.
Friday, May 13, 2011
Accomodation Overview
I promised to post something today to give people an idea of accommodation options. I had initially planned a single posting on this. Hopefully no one is upset that this ends up being much longer and multiple posts. Sorry in advance for being overly verbose :)
Our initial hope was that it would be reasonable to book larger group locations. However, due to the fact that it seems improbable that we'd be able to get everyone to arrive and depart on the exact times we'd prefer, we had to revisit our initial thinking. Complicating this is the fact that our own requirements are somewhat unique due to this being our wedding.
With all of that said, I'll start things off by covering a few basic items to be aware of and by describing our own requirements. So, here goes...
Things to be aware of:
Our accommodation requirements are as follows:
As of now, our current plan is to stay here. It's just north of the city walls and offers quick access to the places we need to get to. It's a nice cozy bachelor apartment:
For other people, a whole variety of options are available depending on what their specific requirements are. Over the next few days, I'll post some details on the various areas in the city and I'll try to present some avenues for research for folks to get their accommodations sorted out. Please provide me some feedback with your requirements - I'll try and work that into the postings so that we can make sure that everyone gets taken care of!
Our initial hope was that it would be reasonable to book larger group locations. However, due to the fact that it seems improbable that we'd be able to get everyone to arrive and depart on the exact times we'd prefer, we had to revisit our initial thinking. Complicating this is the fact that our own requirements are somewhat unique due to this being our wedding.
With all of that said, I'll start things off by covering a few basic items to be aware of and by describing our own requirements. So, here goes...
Things to be aware of:
- Croatia has a pretty steep VAT (22%) that gets added to pretty much everything. Some sites will advertise units with VAT added, some without, some will do both. Read the fine print
- Stairs are fairly common (eg: one apartment we looked into has 298 (!!) steps up) - if you don't like stairs, make sure you double check this
- Cars are not allowed to drive into the old city. As a result, transportation within is all on foot
- Prices range anywhere from about 25€ to 300€ a night
- Accommodations cover a whole range of options - this includes hostels, resorts, fancy hotels, villas, and apartments (and probably some other options I'm forgetting about)
- Butteryfly Services - recommended by our wedding planner, rentals are done through them, slightly more expensive
- Dubrovnik Apartment Source - another good looking option that has a slightly better electronic setup for booking than Butterfly does
- Dubrovnik Apartments - slightly cheaper option
Our accommodation requirements are as follows:
- relatively close to Sponza Palace to keep travel to the ceremony fairly simple as Alice will be in a wedding dress and heels
- not a huge number of steps to avoid having to go up and down in a dress and heels
- a relatively 'nice' unit - this is after all our wedding :)
- simple to arrange (take deposit via credit card, taxes already included, deal with a management company)
- an upper bound on cost of around 100 euro per night
As of now, our current plan is to stay here. It's just north of the city walls and offers quick access to the places we need to get to. It's a nice cozy bachelor apartment:
For other people, a whole variety of options are available depending on what their specific requirements are. Over the next few days, I'll post some details on the various areas in the city and I'll try to present some avenues for research for folks to get their accommodations sorted out. Please provide me some feedback with your requirements - I'll try and work that into the postings so that we can make sure that everyone gets taken care of!
Engagement Photos
We're still alive! Really! :)
Realizing that it's been quite a while since our last posting, we figured it's time for an update. More should be forthcoming over the next few days. In the meantime, I figured that I would post some details from our recent engagement photos.
In short, Alice was highly interested in getting some engagement photos done. Personally, not being the sort of person who feels himself to be terribly photogenic, and not being inclined to enjoy having photos taken of myself, a was a little bit unclear as to what the big deal was. In her attempts to convince me that this was a good thing, we'd looked at numerous examples of engagement, pre-engagement, pre-wedding, and other sorts of photos, but I just wasn't feeling it, until one day Alice discovered the idea of 'life style photos' (I realize, this sounds a bit on the pretentious side). The initial option we looked at was unfortunately a bit overpriced and underwhelming ($200 before we even get photos?!). So, what to do?
Here, the story takes a bit of an amusing turn. For those of you who are regular Facebook users, Facebook uses contextual advertising similar to what Google provides. Presumably, some of the ads that are selected for you are dependent on the various data in your Facebook user profile. What this means is that when your relationship status according to Facebook goes from 'in a relationship' to 'engaged', Facebook starts schleping all kinds of wedding related ads. Alice noticed a particular ad for wedding photographers coming up repeatedly, so she decided to check it out. From there, we met Josie and Ian (aka Pure Souls Photography). Fast forward a few weeks later and we found ourselves shooting photos in the snow and mild 'precipitation' on Mount Seymour.
Initially, given the conditions, we were very worried about the outcome. Happy to say, after seeing the end result, we're quite happy with the end product. Here's a few samples for your perusal.
For anyone interested in seeing a few more of the photos, you can go here
Realizing that it's been quite a while since our last posting, we figured it's time for an update. More should be forthcoming over the next few days. In the meantime, I figured that I would post some details from our recent engagement photos.
In short, Alice was highly interested in getting some engagement photos done. Personally, not being the sort of person who feels himself to be terribly photogenic, and not being inclined to enjoy having photos taken of myself, a was a little bit unclear as to what the big deal was. In her attempts to convince me that this was a good thing, we'd looked at numerous examples of engagement, pre-engagement, pre-wedding, and other sorts of photos, but I just wasn't feeling it, until one day Alice discovered the idea of 'life style photos' (I realize, this sounds a bit on the pretentious side). The initial option we looked at was unfortunately a bit overpriced and underwhelming ($200 before we even get photos?!). So, what to do?
Here, the story takes a bit of an amusing turn. For those of you who are regular Facebook users, Facebook uses contextual advertising similar to what Google provides. Presumably, some of the ads that are selected for you are dependent on the various data in your Facebook user profile. What this means is that when your relationship status according to Facebook goes from 'in a relationship' to 'engaged', Facebook starts schleping all kinds of wedding related ads. Alice noticed a particular ad for wedding photographers coming up repeatedly, so she decided to check it out. From there, we met Josie and Ian (aka Pure Souls Photography). Fast forward a few weeks later and we found ourselves shooting photos in the snow and mild 'precipitation' on Mount Seymour.
Initially, given the conditions, we were very worried about the outcome. Happy to say, after seeing the end result, we're quite happy with the end product. Here's a few samples for your perusal.
For anyone interested in seeing a few more of the photos, you can go here
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Invitations ahoy!
We mailed out the majority of the non-local invitations last Tuesday. Hopefully for those of you who are in Canada they start to show up in the mail in the near future. We'd love to hear from you when they arrive! Opinions of the invitations are welcome :)
For the rest of you (everyone in Vancouver), we've started to slowly make the rounds of the town to hand deliver invitations to people and be generally sociable. Remember - we'll be coming soon to a neighbourhood near you!
Despite being quiet for a few weeks, we also took the time to make a few smallish updates to the website.
About us
Wedding party
TTFN.
For the rest of you (everyone in Vancouver), we've started to slowly make the rounds of the town to hand deliver invitations to people and be generally sociable. Remember - we'll be coming soon to a neighbourhood near you!
Despite being quiet for a few weeks, we also took the time to make a few smallish updates to the website.
About us
Wedding party
TTFN.
Monday, March 21, 2011
Invitations on the way!
We are in the process of completing the invitations and hopefully to send them out by the end of March. Please update us your address if there is any change. The invitation will come with a main invite, an RSVP card with menu choices, a return envelop, and a map.
Basically, we are providing three main choices of menu, in case of any dietary restriction. We will post the menu details as soon as we get them from the vendor.
We are hoping to collect all RSVPs back by May 31 so we can finalize the details and confirm with all the vendors (wedding planner, co-ordinator, restaurant, cake, wedding favours, decorations, seating arrangment...etc).
Basically, we are providing three main choices of menu, in case of any dietary restriction. We will post the menu details as soon as we get them from the vendor.
We are hoping to collect all RSVPs back by May 31 so we can finalize the details and confirm with all the vendors (wedding planner, co-ordinator, restaurant, cake, wedding favours, decorations, seating arrangment...etc).
Thursday, March 17, 2011
Vaccinations!
After some talk with my sister, I figured it might be useful to give people an idea about vaccinations, just in case they'd forgotten.
For those interested, a bit of Googling indicates that recommended vaccinations for Croatia are:
* Hepatitis A & B
* Measles, mumps, rubella (MMR)
* Tetanus-diphtheria
* Typhoid (if you plan on consuming food in randomish places)
* Rabies (if you plan on spending a lot of time outdoors)
Most people generally have vaccinations for MMR and Tetanus-Diptheria as children, so they're likely not a requirement. Hep A/B vaccinations are pretty standard if you're going outside of common western countries (eg: they're even recommended if you're going to Spain or Russia but not for UK or Italy).
For those in Vancouver, there's a pretty decent travel clinic at Broadway and Ash where we got all vaccinated up before we went to Taiwan. For a fee, they'll have a chat with you and give you some recommendations on what you'd want and then they'll do it up. In general, for vaccinations, you can probably get away with leaving them until 4-6 weeks before you travel.
UPDATE: I stand corrected on the tetanus part - tetanus apparently has to be re-done approximately once every 10 years.
For those interested, a bit of Googling indicates that recommended vaccinations for Croatia are:
* Hepatitis A & B
* Measles, mumps, rubella (MMR)
* Tetanus-diphtheria
* Typhoid (if you plan on consuming food in randomish places)
* Rabies (if you plan on spending a lot of time outdoors)
Most people generally have vaccinations for MMR and Tetanus-Diptheria as children, so they're likely not a requirement. Hep A/B vaccinations are pretty standard if you're going outside of common western countries (eg: they're even recommended if you're going to Spain or Russia but not for UK or Italy).
For those in Vancouver, there's a pretty decent travel clinic at Broadway and Ash where we got all vaccinated up before we went to Taiwan. For a fee, they'll have a chat with you and give you some recommendations on what you'd want and then they'll do it up. In general, for vaccinations, you can probably get away with leaving them until 4-6 weeks before you travel.
UPDATE: I stand corrected on the tetanus part - tetanus apparently has to be re-done approximately once every 10 years.
Saturday, March 5, 2011
The best gifts...
Normally people would set up a gift registry, in our case, the gift registry is the guest list. We are not expecting any gifts, your attendance will be the best gift for us.
To be practical, it would be a lot of trouble for one to bring a gift to Croatia. Then we will have pack the gift in a suit case and travel around Europe with it. Not super optimal, especially when the luggage allowance is very low. Michael and I think gifts are not the best idea. But if anyone insists, we would accept anything that's we can easily stuff into Michael's pocket, like a greeting card. I especially like handmade cards. :P
To be practical, it would be a lot of trouble for one to bring a gift to Croatia. Then we will have pack the gift in a suit case and travel around Europe with it. Not super optimal, especially when the luggage allowance is very low. Michael and I think gifts are not the best idea. But if anyone insists, we would accept anything that's we can easily stuff into Michael's pocket, like a greeting card. I especially like handmade cards. :P
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Cheap Plane Tickets
If you are still looking for plane tickets, our friend Stephanie, who always have tones of travel tips, she just forwarded me an article about a budget airline based in German called Condor.
Condor offers very good deals from a few Canadian cities to Frankfurt. Here are some example of cheap tickets I found on their website:
Vancouver - Frankfurt round trip Sept 17-Sept 24 for $1150 USD
Halifax - Frankfurt round trip Sept 16 - Sept 26 for $891 USD
There are a few things to be awared of when booking with budget airline:
-look into their luggage limitation
-purchase trip interruption insurance (most of time it should be covered by your credit card)
-make sure you always give yourself lots of extra time to connect flights.
Condor offers very good deals from a few Canadian cities to Frankfurt. Here are some example of cheap tickets I found on their website:
Vancouver - Frankfurt round trip Sept 17-Sept 24 for $1150 USD
Halifax - Frankfurt round trip Sept 16 - Sept 26 for $891 USD
There are a few things to be awared of when booking with budget airline:
-look into their luggage limitation
-purchase trip interruption insurance (most of time it should be covered by your credit card)
-make sure you always give yourself lots of extra time to connect flights.
Monday, February 28, 2011
Alice's Blog
For those of you who are interested in the actual wedding preparation , feel free to check out my blog. It is just my personal blog that I use to share and record things I have been doing.
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Lots and lots of Updates
There have been a lot of updates on our wedding website. We finally came up with "Our Story". It is a bit long, but we hope it will entertain you a bit :)
We also added a "Calendar of Events", it is still tentative. As we have a better idea how many guests are attending, we might arrange a few things to do together as a group.
A few more things are added to "Ceremony", "Reception", "Accommodation", "Travel Arrangement", "About Dubrovnik", and "Things to Do in The Area".
And our wonderful wedding planner, Kike would like to offer her help if any of you need assistance related to your visit to Dubrovnik. You can contact her at kike@doyouwed.me
We also added a "Calendar of Events", it is still tentative. As we have a better idea how many guests are attending, we might arrange a few things to do together as a group.
A few more things are added to "Ceremony", "Reception", "Accommodation", "Travel Arrangement", "About Dubrovnik", and "Things to Do in The Area".
And our wonderful wedding planner, Kike would like to offer her help if any of you need assistance related to your visit to Dubrovnik. You can contact her at kike@doyouwed.me
Some Tips for your visit to Dubrovnik
I found the information from our wedding planner's site:(http://www.doyouwed.me/wedding_dubrovnik_tips.html)
Drink Dubrovnik water - it is extraordinary, don't buy bottled one.
Eat mussels, they are so fresh and tasty.
Admire great views from Srđ.
Eat oysters (brought from Peljesac).
Visit Lokrum. Drink Plavac.
Take Jadrolinija boat and visit at least one of Elafiti Island.
Take a bath at St. Jakov beach.
Taste an ice cream at "Dolcevita".
Walk the city walls.
Take a night bath at Banje beach.
Drink more wine on Peljesac, visit cellars there.
Check out Dubrovnik's rooftops while walking the city walls.
Visit Lovrijenac.
Where to eat?
Casual meals are available in mnay restaurants, these are two that I would recommend:
Peskarija: http://www.mea-culpa.hr/index.php?restaurant=restaurants_seaview&dubrovnik=en
(this is sea food, right next to it there is a meat restaurant of the same style)
Kamenice: http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Restaurant_Review-g295371-d1101077-Reviews-Kamenice-Dubrovnik.html
You can have a simple lunch there at about 10-15 EUR. If you like the sea food mussels are MUST. Fresh oysters are recommended for particular sea food lovers.
Drink Dubrovnik water - it is extraordinary, don't buy bottled one.
Eat mussels, they are so fresh and tasty.
Admire great views from Srđ.
Eat oysters (brought from Peljesac).
Visit Lokrum. Drink Plavac.
Take Jadrolinija boat and visit at least one of Elafiti Island.
Take a bath at St. Jakov beach.
Taste an ice cream at "Dolcevita".
Walk the city walls.
Take a night bath at Banje beach.
Drink more wine on Peljesac, visit cellars there.
Check out Dubrovnik's rooftops while walking the city walls.
Visit Lovrijenac.
Where to eat?
Casual meals are available in mnay restaurants, these are two that I would recommend:
Peskarija: http://www.mea-culpa.hr/index.php?restaurant=restaurants_seaview&dubrovnik=en
(this is sea food, right next to it there is a meat restaurant of the same style)
Kamenice: http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Restaurant_Review-g295371-d1101077-Reviews-Kamenice-Dubrovnik.html
You can have a simple lunch there at about 10-15 EUR. If you like the sea food mussels are MUST. Fresh oysters are recommended for particular sea food lovers.
Monday, February 14, 2011
Accommodation Ideas
I have recently found another 3 sources for accommodations:
1. http://www.dubrovnik-area.com/Eng/
For this one, you should search for Dubrovnik-Old Town, or just enter Dubrovnik and make sure the distance to old-town is walkable by your standard :).
2. http://www.dubrovnik-apartments.com/links.htm
For this one, you should look into the listing under "Center Area-Old town, Ploce, St Jakov, Pile
3. http://www.freshsheetshostel.com/index.html
This is a hostel the reviews are pretty good, the price is about 28 euro per person per night. However, every dorm is shared by four 4 people. I personally think it make more sense to just get a few people together and share an apartment which would cost about the same price, but you don't need to share with absolute strangers.
A few things to note:
- there are min. of 3-night stay for most apartments
- when comparing price make sure you know if the price is tax included (since tax is 23%!!!!)
- some places do NOT accept credit card, be sure you are aware of that.
1. http://www.dubrovnik-area.com/Eng/
For this one, you should search for Dubrovnik-Old Town, or just enter Dubrovnik and make sure the distance to old-town is walkable by your standard :).
2. http://www.dubrovnik-apartments.com/links.htm
For this one, you should look into the listing under "Center Area-Old town, Ploce, St Jakov, Pile
3. http://www.freshsheetshostel.com/index.html
This is a hostel the reviews are pretty good, the price is about 28 euro per person per night. However, every dorm is shared by four 4 people. I personally think it make more sense to just get a few people together and share an apartment which would cost about the same price, but you don't need to share with absolute strangers.
A few things to note:
- there are min. of 3-night stay for most apartments
- when comparing price make sure you know if the price is tax included (since tax is 23%!!!!)
- some places do NOT accept credit card, be sure you are aware of that.
Sunday, February 13, 2011
FeedBurner
For the lazy out there who can't be bothered with RSS readers, we've added email subscriptions via FeedBurner. Just use the box on the side of the page to subscribe!
Monday, February 7, 2011
Accommodation Ideas
We've been looking at a few places for accommodation ideas - one that was recommended by our wedding planner is here. Take a look and give us an idea of what you think - don't contact them yet though as we're going to try and pull a group of people together and see if we can get a better rate.
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
Travel Agent
One of my co-worker who recently traveled to Dubrovnik (2009) gave me the contact info for another travel agent. They offered a better deal.
Sena Travel
senatravel@telus.net
604- 254-4433
2152 East Hastings, Vancouver
ask for Sena Dolenjski
(referred by Alice Peng)
I have talked to her already, she seems very nice and she is actually from Croatia and knows the area very well.
We already got our tickets from her, our itinerary is as follows
1) Vancouver to Dubrovnik
2) Split to Rome
3) Milan to Vancouver
The total cost is 1550.96 with all taxes included. But the expensive part is actually from split to rome, since it's a one way ticket ($300).
Sena Travel
senatravel@telus.net
604- 254-4433
2152 East Hastings, Vancouver
ask for Sena Dolenjski
(referred by Alice Peng)
I have talked to her already, she seems very nice and she is actually from Croatia and knows the area very well.
We already got our tickets from her, our itinerary is as follows
1) Vancouver to Dubrovnik
2) Split to Rome
3) Milan to Vancouver
The total cost is 1550.96 with all taxes included. But the expensive part is actually from split to rome, since it's a one way ticket ($300).
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Traveling From Vancouver
One of Alice's co-workers was kind enough to provide some details on the travel agent that he typically uses to get back home to Croatia (from Vancouver). I've added her contact information to the travel section on the website.
For those of you who are feeling lazy:
Solaway Travel Ltd,
Vesna Heriban
vesna@solawaytravel.com
3819 Sunset St
Burnaby, BC V5G1T4
604-430-6789 ext 101
The current quote that we have for a flight from Vancouver to Dubrovnik, Dubrovnik or Split to Rome or Milan, Milan to Vancouver is approximately $1500 CAD, taxes included.
For those of you who are feeling lazy:
Solaway Travel Ltd,
Vesna Heriban
vesna@solawaytravel.com
3819 Sunset St
Burnaby, BC V5G1T4
604-430-6789 ext 101
The current quote that we have for a flight from Vancouver to Dubrovnik, Dubrovnik or Split to Rome or Milan, Milan to Vancouver is approximately $1500 CAD, taxes included.
KLM Travel Deal
KLM has some deals on right now that might cheapen any travel plans you're making. The information for those traveling from Canada can be found here. The closest end points for the KLM deal would be Rome or Milan. From there, it's possible to book an inexpensive flight to Dubrovnik via someone like EasyJet or Kayak.
A sampling of the prices when flying from Vancouver:
Amsterdam ... $1058
Bucharest ... $1114
Prague ... $1113
Milan ... $1081
Madrid ... $1074
EasyJet only has bookings as far as early September right now, so the connecting dates that you'll be looking for won't show up on-line for a few more weeks.
A sampling of the prices when flying from Vancouver:
Amsterdam ... $1058
Bucharest ... $1114
Prague ... $1113
Milan ... $1081
Madrid ... $1074
EasyJet only has bookings as far as early September right now, so the connecting dates that you'll be looking for won't show up on-line for a few more weeks.
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Hello
We've created a blog so that you can follow what we're up to. For the moment it'll be primarily related to wedding planning and such.
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