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Re: Next Vacation - Ideas
« Reply #5680 on: October 24, 2019, 12:58:23 PM »
Looking to fly somewhere warm 4-5 hours from NY-NJ area in a few weeks.
No zika.
I want to use my Avios or UR points to fly and use my Marriott points for a hotel.
Any ideas would be greatly appreciated!
You can get to LA or San Diego.

Alternatively, Bermuda, Bahamas, Cayman, and probably cancun are all zika free.

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Re: Next Vacation - Ideas
« Reply #5681 on: October 24, 2019, 01:08:53 PM »
Alternatively, Bermuda, Bahamas, Cayman, and probably cancun are all zika free.
{{Citation needed}}
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Re: Next Vacation - Ideas
« Reply #5682 on: October 24, 2019, 01:09:43 PM »
{{Citation needed}}
On which one?

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Re: Next Vacation - Ideas
« Reply #5683 on: October 24, 2019, 01:14:59 PM »
Re cancun - According to the Mexican government, there are zero confirmed zika cases in Quintana Roo and Yucatan in 2019-

https://www.gob.mx/cms/uploads/attachment/file/503022/Cuadro_Casos_ZIKA_y_Emb_SE41_2019.pdf

I checked this in late 2018, and the numbers were also very low.

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Re: Next Vacation - Ideas
« Reply #5684 on: October 27, 2019, 08:32:12 PM »
European island suggestions with Award hotels?

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Re: Next Vacation - Ideas
« Reply #5685 on: October 30, 2019, 10:53:32 PM »
I know it's been asked a million times, but most of the "classic" options don't work for me.

Looking for a place to spend a Shabbos (and only Shabbos) in March, with readily available meals, davening, etc. Chabad preferred, but if someone has a weird idea I'm totally open.

These are my options (link to full list if anyone's bored or can't decipher an airport code):



Keristir via BUD is an interesting option, but the flight timing is way too tight I'm afraid.

CDG sounds interesting too, but from what I understand Chabad is not very convenient.

Any thoughts?
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Re: Next Vacation - Ideas
« Reply #5686 on: October 30, 2019, 10:57:24 PM »
I know it's been asked a million times, but most of the "classic" options don't work for me.

Looking for a place to spend Shabbos (and only Shabbos), with readily available meals, davening, etc. Chabad preferred, but if someone has a weird idea I'm totally open.

These are my options (link to full list if anyone's bored or can't decipher an airport code):



Keristir via BUD is an interesting option, but the flight timing is way too tight I'm afraid.

CDG sounds interesting too, but from what I understand Chabad is not very convenient.

Any thoughts?
Chabad is CDG is great.
Can't get to VCE?
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Re: Next Vacation - Ideas
« Reply #5687 on: October 30, 2019, 11:09:02 PM »
Chabad is CDG is great.

So I've heard. But IIRC it's something like an hour's walk from hotels...

I'll have a look in the Paris thread and see if I'll get any smarter.


Can't get to VCE?

Earliest arrival is 4 hours before Shabbos with 3 stops. Not gonna work unfortunately.
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Re: Next Vacation - Ideas
« Reply #5688 on: October 30, 2019, 11:11:56 PM »
So I've heard. But IIRC it's something like an hour's walk from hotels...


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Re: Next Vacation - Ideas
« Reply #5689 on: October 30, 2019, 11:13:18 PM »
If going that far, TLV?

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Re: Next Vacation - Ideas
« Reply #5690 on: October 30, 2019, 11:16:57 PM »
If going that far, TLV?
SF is more likely to go to IKA
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Re: Next Vacation - Ideas
« Reply #5691 on: October 30, 2019, 11:22:11 PM »
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Somehow I've had that in my head...

Looking into it now, it seems like a really great option.
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Re: Next Vacation - Ideas
« Reply #5692 on: October 30, 2019, 11:23:13 PM »
If going that far, TLV?

So far... from?

Anyways, impossible to get to TLV before Shabbos.

SF is more likely to go to IKA

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Re: Next Vacation - Ideas
« Reply #5693 on: October 31, 2019, 12:06:00 AM »
I know it's been asked a million times, but most of the "classic" options don't work for me.

Looking for a place to spend a Shabbos (and only Shabbos) in March, with readily available meals, davening, etc. Chabad preferred, but if someone has a weird idea I'm totally open.

These are my options (link to full list if anyone's bored or can't decipher an airport code):



Keristir via BUD is an interesting option, but the flight timing is way too tight I'm afraid.

CDG sounds interesting too, but from what I understand Chabad is not very convenient.

Any thoughts?
MSQ? Or Pinsk which is a 4 hour drive from MSQ

Ukraine? I don't see it on your map

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Re: Next Vacation - Ideas
« Reply #5694 on: October 31, 2019, 12:06:24 AM »
I know it's been asked a million times, but most of the "classic" options don't work for me.

Looking for a place to spend a Shabbos (and only Shabbos) in March, with readily available meals, davening, etc. Chabad preferred, but if someone has a weird idea I'm totally open.

These are my options (link to full list if anyone's bored or can't decipher an airport code):



Keristir via BUD is an interesting option, but the flight timing is way too tight I'm afraid.

CDG sounds interesting too, but from what I understand Chabad is not very convenient.

Any thoughts?
A Shabbos in HEL?

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Re: Next Vacation - Ideas
« Reply #5695 on: October 31, 2019, 12:08:26 AM »
MSQ? Or Pinsk which is a 4 hour drive from MSQ

Ukraine? I don't see it on your map

Have any info on Shabbos in MSQ? Sounds intriguing.

Ukraine is not on the map as the flights get in too close to Shabbos.

A Shabbos in HEL?

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Re: Next Vacation - Ideas
« Reply #5696 on: October 31, 2019, 12:11:34 AM »
I know it's been asked a million times, but most of the "classic" options don't work for me.

Looking for a place to spend a Shabbos (and only Shabbos) in March, with readily available meals, davening, etc. Chabad preferred, but if someone has a weird idea I'm totally open.

These are my options (link to full list if anyone's bored or can't decipher an airport code):



Keristir via BUD is an interesting option, but the flight timing is way too tight I'm afraid.

CDG sounds interesting too, but from what I understand Chabad is not very convenient.

Any thoughts?

How do you select airports like this on GC?
Always praying for delayed baggage.

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Re: Next Vacation - Ideas
« Reply #5697 on: October 31, 2019, 12:14:12 AM »
How do you select airports like this on GC?

Put in the codes separated by commas.
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Re: Next Vacation - Ideas
« Reply #5698 on: October 31, 2019, 12:15:51 AM »
Is there a hotel/ lodge in europe that is directly accessible by train that has included winter sports outside of skiing such as ice skating, tobaggoning, snow skiing for the non skier. 

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Re: Next Vacation - Ideas
« Reply #5699 on: October 31, 2019, 12:44:44 AM »
Put in the codes separated by commas.

Manually, Nice!
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