Made any travel mistakes lately?

[ellen10]

Doing our own thing. Driving over 2 wks from TLL to VNO via a bit of a zig zag route.

Ah sounds great. We are looking at maybe visiting the area next year. Not sure about driving though.

 

[Cossie]

Ah sounds great. We are looking at maybe visiting the area next year. Not sure about driving though.

@ellen10 very easy, even though our trip was pre C, roads are good, not too much traffic, we didn't get to any of the islands, someone on here has posted tr's about it, I'll have to look.
Tartu is also worth visiting.
Vilnius is so worthwhile, any place that has a statue to Frank Zappa has to be worth visiting and of course the self declared republic of Užupis is definately a must.
We picked up a car Tallin and spent just over a week driving, distances are short.

Again, would love to go back, too many places, not enough time left!

 

[SYD]

Ah sounds great. We are looking at maybe visiting the area next year. Not sure about driving though.

The Tallinlink ferry is like a cruise ship. Comfortable and easy way to get from HEL to TLL.


We paid the €30 uplift for “Comfort Lounge” which is like an airport lounge (bring your roller bag with you) but the lounge takes you to your final destination.




Initially I had one car booked for two weeks, TLL to VNO (it was cheaper after 14 days, than hiring 2 or 3 cars but just managed to split into two for about the same and not have to dump the car in a carpark for a couple nights in Riga).

Current itinerary is TLL, Kuressaare (island hop), Pärnu, Tartu, Sigulda, Riga, Klaipeda, Kaunas and finish in VNO.

An American friend just did a straight line Vilnius-Riga-Tallin-Helsinki trip using Bus/Train/Ferry and he seemed to get quite a bit covered.

 

[ellen10]

Thanks @Cossie and @SYD We are planning to be in Norway beforehand and we were wondering where to go after.
Never have been to those places, so thoughts are now in motion.

 

[Brissy1]

I retire in a few weeks

An exciting new period of your life is about to start

 

[SydneySwan]

Initially I had one car booked for two weeks, TLL to VNO (it was cheaper after 14 days, than hiring 2 or 3 cars but just managed to split into two for about the same and not have to dump the car in a carpark for a couple nights in Riga).

Current itinerary is TLL, Kuressaare (island hop), Pärnu, Tartu, Sigulda, Riga, Klaipeda, Kaunas and finish in VNO.

An American friend just did a straight line Vilnius-Riga-Tallin-Helsinki trip using Bus/Train/Ferry and he seemed to get quite a bit covered.

I travelled around Finland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania last October / November. All highly recommended. - definitely NOT a travel mistake to visit all these countries.

 

[SYD]

I travelled around Finland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania last October / November. All highly recommended. - definitely NOT a travel mistake to visit all these countries.

Yes, those comments above probably belong in another thread!

 

[Seat0B]

Ah sounds great. We are looking at maybe visiting the area next year. Not sure about driving though.

And we did it last year by train. It was pretty easy. As @Cossie said, Vilnius was absolutely amazing. The whole area is full of history and spectacular beauty. We visited Vilnius, Riga, Tallinn and Helsinki.

And too the ferry between Tallinn and Helsinki. Highly recommended.

 

[Forg]

And we did it last year by train. It was pretty easy.

Probably not as much of a travel mistake in that part of Europe as booking trains mid-summer for travel around the likes of France & England …

 

[John82]

I retire in a few weeks and on my last-ever work-funded long-haul business class rtn, CDG-MEL on Vietnam Airlines, (Travel Agent) I forgot to check where the points and status went. By the time I did, the points had gone to SAS, where I didn't need them, and I had lost my KLM/Flying Blue Silver status.

Which might not sound like a big deal , but Silver meant I could book the cheapest hand-luggage-only fares but get full baggage allowance, which I could've done with another year of, in my new OAP state of being.
ABZ being my home airport, KLM is generally the best option for getting round Europe or repositioning to other hubs to avoid high UK charges.

You may be able to correct this with a bit of hassle by contacting Vietnam Airlines about it