Plans well underway for the US trip. Initial flight with US Airways to Seattle. I have booked in to the Red Roof Inn for two nights to settle in and pick up the hire car. My next booking is at Port Angeles in the North West corner of Washington state so that I can explore Olympic National Park and maybe take a trip over to Vancouver Island as a foot passenger on the ferry.
Local ideas include Boeing tour, Naval base and sea planes.
Hire car booked with CarHire3000 as recommended by Sarah Oliver. My initial booking looked OK but there was a lack of details about the one way travel fee as my drop off point was not where I picked up the car. Called the helpdesk and they pointed out the company (may have been Alamo but not sure) charged $500! The operator suggested using National as although the daily charge was slightly more their fee was $250. I have booked a ‘Ford Focus’ size car for the duration of the trip. The fee is payable in America.
26 August 2010
08 August 2010
Passport
As my passport only has about six months to run I thought it would be sensible to renew it before my US trip. Filled in the application and took to the local post office to use their priority check & send service (£8 extra). The new passport complete with ID chip arrived Sunday morning just xx days after the application went in!
Once I had the passport back I applied for and received the electronic visa waiver for the USA (https://esta.cbp.dhs.gov).
06 August 2010
USA here I come.
Today I started to book my trip to America. Ihave booked the flights via expedia.com the first flight leaves on 7th September from London Heathrow to Seattle, Washington the return trip leaves on 28th September from San Francisco, California back to London Heathrow.
I used Greenbee.com to book accommodation on the first two nights in Seattle. When entering the United States America you must have your first nights accommodation already booked. I have arranged two nights in the Red Roof Inn, which is next to Seattle Airport, they offer a free shuttle service and free WIFI in the rooms. That will give me an opportunity to find my feet and sort out my next moves on from Seattle.
Ideas at the moment include ferry trips and the sites of Seattle including the Seattle Space Needle (http://www.spaceneedle.com/) and may be the Boeing Factory.
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