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Points Used:

UR: 133K
MR: 40K
SPG: 90K
AA: 148K
UA: 95K
Hyatt: 4 free nights
Marriott: 146K and 2 free nights (still waiting for some points to post and then change cash res. to points)
IHG: ~130K (still haven't decided which hotel in Belgium to stay at)
Melia: 22K
BA: 4.5K
And 1 BRG :)

Desired Locations: (Strikethrough means booked)

Israel
London
Paris
Zurich

Rome (Car rental booked FCO-FLR-PSA-VCE)
Florence
Pisa
Venice
Madrid (RT train booked to Toledo)
Barcelona
Seville
(Car rental booked SVQ-GIB-SVQ)
Gibraltar
Bruges/Ghent (Belgium) (Have to book trains within Belgium and RT to AMS.)
Amsterdam

Days Scheduled in Each Location
In no order in particular...

Rome 3.5
Florence .5
Pisa .5
Venice 4.5 including Shabbos (although others said it can be done in less time)
Israel 12
Amsterdam 2
Paris 4 including Shabbos
Dublin 1.5
London 4 including Shabbos (although others said it can be done in less time)
Zurich 1 (b/c it's the United <24 hour stopover, but I'm sure there's more than 1 day's worth of activities there)
Belgium 1
(Amount of days in the different Spain cities are short and were very calculated based on suggestions, as I wanted to save any "extra" days I had for other countries.)
Madrid 1
Seville .5
Gibraltar 1.5 including Shabbos
Barcelona 1.5
« Last edited by @Yehuda on June 08, 2014, 06:26:36 PM »

Author Topic: @Yehuda's Israel/Eurotrip Honeymoon  (Read 108018 times)

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Re: @Yehuda's Israel/Eurotrip Honeymoon
« Reply #620 on: May 29, 2014, 10:13:46 AM »
I'm staying at the Eliott Hotel in GIB for 1 night (Friday night). I was hoping to get late checkout till after Shabbos but they said housekeeping ends at 5PM, so if I want to be able to checkout after Shabbos ends, I have to pay for another night.

Any ideas? I can't be the first person to ever stay at a hotel just for Friday night. What have you done/said in the past to not pay for Motzai Shabbos?
Just pack your bags before shabbos and have them take your bags and store them and leave the room before 5
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Re: @Yehuda's Israel/Eurotrip Honeymoon
« Reply #621 on: May 29, 2014, 10:23:44 AM »
Just pack your bags before shabbos and have them take your bags and store them and leave the room before 5
So tell them beforehand that I can't bring my bags down and checkout, but can they bring my bags down to storage and auto-check me out? Leave the keys in the room?

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Re: @Yehuda's Israel/Eurotrip Honeymoon
« Reply #622 on: May 29, 2014, 10:30:45 AM »
So tell them beforehand that I can't bring my bags down and checkout, but can they bring my bags down to storage and auto-check me out? Leave the keys in the room?
yes its been discussed here countless times

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Re: @Yehuda's Israel/Eurotrip Honeymoon
« Reply #623 on: May 29, 2014, 12:43:32 PM »
Been seeing this thread for a while...curious what your dates are? We are doing a Euro trip in June - curious there is overlap.

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Re: @Yehuda's Israel/Eurotrip Honeymoon
« Reply #624 on: May 29, 2014, 02:10:20 PM »
yes its been discussed here countless times
Just called the hotel directly to confirm. They said when I checkin on Friday, they'll look at the occupancy for Sat. night. If they're not booked, I can stay in the room for a fee (as Ergel said and hopefully that fee can be "discussed"), otherwise, as Emkay suggested, they said I can leave my bags packed in the room and when housekeeping comes Shabbos morning, they'll bring my bags down to the storage room by the front desk. Super.

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Re: @Yehuda's Israel/Eurotrip Honeymoon
« Reply #625 on: May 29, 2014, 02:27:23 PM »
Just called the hotel directly to confirm. They said when I checkin on Friday, they'll look at the occupancy for Sat. night. If they're not booked, I can stay in the room for a fee (as Ergel said and hopefully that fee can be "discussed"), otherwise, as Emkay suggested, they said I can leave my bags packed in the room and when housekeeping comes Shabbos morning, they'll bring my bags down to the storage room by the front desk. Super.
there are unethical ways of ensuring that the room stays open. ::)>:D

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Re: @Yehuda's Israel/Eurotrip Honeymoon
« Reply #626 on: May 29, 2014, 02:39:27 PM »
there are unethical ways of ensuring that the room stays open. ::)>:D
Hah. They don't have such a favorable cancellation policy ;)

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Re: @Yehuda's Israel/Eurotrip Honeymoon
« Reply #627 on: May 30, 2014, 11:32:05 AM »
Just called the hotel directly to confirm. They said when I checkin on Friday, they'll look at the occupancy for Sat. night. If they're not booked, I can stay in the room for a fee (as Ergel said and hopefully that fee can be "discussed"), otherwise, as Emkay suggested, they said I can leave my bags packed in the room and when housekeeping comes Shabbos morning, they'll bring my bags down to the storage room by the front desk. Super.
IME the desk people there are a PITA

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Re: @Yehuda's Israel/Eurotrip Honeymoon
« Reply #628 on: May 30, 2014, 11:35:19 AM »
PITA? not in acronyms thread
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Re: @Yehuda's Israel/Eurotrip Honeymoon
« Reply #629 on: May 30, 2014, 11:37:40 AM »
PITA? not in acronyms thread
pain in the @ss
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Re: @Yehuda's Israel/Eurotrip Honeymoon
« Reply #630 on: May 30, 2014, 11:38:04 AM »
PITA? not in acronyms thread
Lol. Pain In The Anchor :P

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Re: @Yehuda's Israel/Eurotrip Honeymoon
« Reply #631 on: May 30, 2014, 11:53:02 AM »
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Re: @Yehuda's Israel/Eurotrip Honeymoon
« Reply #632 on: May 30, 2014, 12:04:57 PM »
IME the desk people there are a PITA
Oy, doesn't look like I have too many other options.

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Re: @Yehuda's Israel/Eurotrip Honeymoon
« Reply #633 on: May 30, 2014, 12:56:22 PM »
FYI Yehoshua, my Rabbi just told me I can and should rely on KosherQuest.org

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Re: @Yehuda's Israel/Eurotrip Honeymoon
« Reply #634 on: May 30, 2014, 12:57:52 PM »
FYI Yehoshua, my Rabbi just told me I can and should rely on KosherQuest.org
Nice. I emailed R' Eidlitz (kosherquest) and haven't heard back from him yet. You can try emailing him too, maybe he'll get back to you. If I do hear back I'll let you know.

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Re: @Yehuda's Israel/Eurotrip Honeymoon
« Reply #635 on: May 30, 2014, 12:58:23 PM »
Nice. I emailed R' Eidlitz (kosherquest) and haven't heard back from him yet. You can try emailing him too, maybe he'll get back to you. If I do hear back I'll let you know.
What were you specifically asking about again?

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Re: @Yehuda's Israel/Eurotrip Honeymoon
« Reply #636 on: May 30, 2014, 01:45:29 PM »
What were you specifically asking about again?
Restaurants in Rome and Ruth's in Florence.

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Re: @Yehuda's Israel/Eurotrip Honeymoon
« Reply #637 on: May 30, 2014, 01:51:50 PM »
Restaurants in Rome and Ruth's in Florence.
Just emailed him about those places as well as a few others on my trip. He has info about England and Paris, so that should be helpful, but yeah still need more cities.
If he doesn't respond, I found this phone number on the site - 818 262 5351

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Re: @Yehuda's Israel/Eurotrip Honeymoon
« Reply #638 on: May 30, 2014, 01:58:03 PM »
Just emailed him about those places as well as a few others on my trip. He has info about England and Paris, so that should be helpful, but yeah still need more cities.
If he doesn't respond, I found this phone number on the site - 818 262 5351
Thanks!

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Re: @Yehuda's Israel/Eurotrip Honeymoon
« Reply #639 on: May 30, 2014, 03:08:06 PM »
T-Mobile just announced their next Uncarrier event 5.0 will be on June 18. I wonder what benefits it will bring? Maybe free calling internationally? Here's hoping (even for a limited amount of minutes).