@Yehuda's Israel/Eurotrip Honeymoon

[@Yehuda]

I am assuming that the Marriott mentioned upthread was also too much points?

Not sure which you're referring to. IINM there's no Marriott actually in Venice. If you ever plan a trip there, you'll find plenty of cheap options in "Venice" but from my research, those are all not on the actual island and would require taxis/water taxis just to get to Venice island.

You'll be able to get 1 week's worth of clothing in just a carry on and backpack? How much of your carry on will be filled with your wife's stuff? I find it a lot easier to pack carry on only when I don't need to pack shabbos clothes.

1 carryon each. I have this one, which has a pretty sweet suit situation. By 1 week's worth of clothing, I was referring to undergarments. In term of real clothes, we plan to each bring 2-3 weekday outfits and 2-3 shabbos outfits (for her, for me 1 suit/shirt should be fine. Just give me my selection of ties ). Should be okay.

[Yehoshua]

Not sure which you're referring to. IINM there's no Marriott actually in Venice. If you ever plan a trip there, you'll find plenty of cheap options in "Venice" but from my research, those are all not on the actual island and would require taxis/water taxis just to get to Venice island.1 carryon each. I have this one, which has a pretty sweet suit situation. By 1 week's worth of clothing, I was referring to undergarments. In term of real clothes, we plan to each bring 2-3 weekday outfits and 2-3 shabbos outfits (for her, for me 1 suit/shirt should be fine. Just give me my selection of ties ). Should be okay.

I understood you meant each, but even still.  I know there are benefits of travelling without checked luggage, especially for your type of trip.  Lugging around big suitcases through Rome, Venice, and Zurich is not an exciting thought, but I couldn't convince my wife not to check a bag. When we went on our 3 week honeymoon we didn't do laundry, just brought enough clothing in checked luggage.

Generally we travel with 1 checked bag and one backpack each, as some foreign carriers have super strict carry on weight limits. At least you don't have any of those.

[@Yehuda]

I understood you meant each, but even still.  I know there are benefits of travelling without checked luggage, especially for your type of trip.  Lugging around big suitcases through Rome, Venice, and Zurich is not an exciting thought, but I couldn't convince my wife not to check a bag. When we went on our 3 week honeymoon we didn't do laundry, just brought enough clothing in checked luggage.

Generally we travel with 1 checked bag and one backpack each, as some foreign carriers have super strict carry on weight limits. At least you don't have any of those.

Nothing against you're wife, but Mrs. @Yehuda happens to be the chillest person ever.
Looked into EasyJet and those restrictions (and potential crazy fees) were the main reason I chose not to fly with them to Nice and instead go to ZRH with LX, should hopefully be a bit easier with us.

[Yehoshua]

Nothing against you're wife, but Mrs. @Yehuda happens to be the chillest person ever.
Looked into EasyJet and those restrictions (and potential crazy fees) were the main reason I chose not to fly with them to Nice and instead go to ZRH with LX, should hopefully be a bit easier with us.

No offence taken. I might be able to convince Mrs. Yehoshua to go without a checked bag, but I'm just going to suck it up and carry it for her. My hope is to only check one bag total this time. Also, because we're also not flying any low cost carriers this trip (unlike our last 2 trips) we'll be able to bring a normal carry on as well.

[SOS]

http://forums.dansdeals.com/index.php?topic=3.msg793567.msg#793567
The Marriott was mentioned in the Venice thread, but was directed to you

[SOS]

It seemed from that thread that it's a good option, where do you see that it's a different island?

[Feivish]

What are your Paris dates?

[@Yehuda]

No offence taken. I might be able to convince Mrs. Yehoshua to go without a checked bag, but I'm just going to suck it up and carry it for her. My hope is to only check one bag total this time. Also, because we're also not flying any low cost carriers this trip (unlike our last 2 trips) we'll be able to bring a normal carry on as well.

Make sure everything besides backpacks roll!

http://forums.dansdeals.com/index.php?topic=3.msg793567.msg#793567
The Marriott was mentioned in the Venice thread, but was directed to you

Ah, my bad. Just looked it up. It's booked for my nights, so the only hotels that showed up on Marriott.com were the AC hotels that aren't on the actual island of Venice. That's why I didn't see it. Too bad. Could have stayed there (seems so close to Chabad) and then used my IHG to stay in London instead of using my Marriott there.

[Yehoshua]

Make sure everything besides backpacks roll!

Do they even make suitcases that don't roll anymore? 

[@Yehuda]

Do they even make suitcases that don't roll anymore? 

http://www.amazon.com/Mercury-Seward-Footlocker-Purple-College/dp/B007WCN1VE/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1400273878&sr=8-2&keywords=trunk 

[CS1]

http://www.amazon.com/Mercury-Seward-Footlocker-Purple-College/dp/B007WCN1VE/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1400273878&sr=8-2&keywords=trunk 

That one weighs 18 pounds which means that you only have 32 pounds of items that can be placed into it. Isn't that the point of buying the non-rolling suitcase?

[how]

They did charge me. Say I wanna take out 1000 nis, the ATM gives me a message if I accept that I will be charged a fee of 6 nis, so the total is now 1006 nis. How in the world would TD know how to split up the charge. If any Bank does please let me know. If USAA and Schwab are just doing the same what TD does, you will not be reimbursed everything.

AFAIK the 5 nis charge is not separated by the atm on those machines so CS TD will also not refund the 5 nis because they dont know about it. You need to use a ATM attached to a real bank to get the fee back

[@Yehuda]

That one weighs 18 pounds which means that you only have 32 pounds of items that can be placed into it. Isn't that the point of buying the non-rolling suitcase?

Was a joke

[CS1]

Was a joke

Got it   

if you've seen a lightweight rolling with ex-large capacity, would like a recommendation... thnks!

[@Yehuda]

Update on the cell phone situation (and this should help Yehoshua and Emkay for their trips as well)...
Using Vonage for calls + getting $5 free from the AMEX iTunes offer:
http://forums.dansdeals.com/index.php?topic=2051.msg817619#msg817619

[Yehoshua]

Update on the cell phone situation (and this should help Yehoshua and Emkay for their trips as well)...
Using Vonage for calls + getting $5 free from the AMEX iTunes offer:
http://forums.dansdeals.com/index.php?topic=2051.msg817619#msg817619

Nice deal. Thanks for mentioning it.

[Yehoshua]

Are you planning on applying for/getting a replacement card for the new Barclay Arrival+ card so you can use Chip+PIN while on your trip?

[@Yehuda]

Are you planning on applying for/getting a replacement card for the new Barclay Arrival+ card so you can use Chip+PIN while on your trip?

Nah. Would much rather use SP. Hopefully that will work for most places. People have been using CCs abroad without even a chip until they started making chips in US cards. I don't see why it should be a problem.

[Yehoshua]

Nah. Would much rather use SP. Hopefully that will work for most places. People have been using CCs abroad without even a chip until they started making chips in US cards. I don't see why it should be a problem.

I'm just thinking about gas stations that don't accept any other cards. I'd hate to be late to the airport because I had trouble at the pump.

[@Yehuda]

I'm just thinking about gas stations that don't accept any other cards. I'd hate to be late to the airport because I had trouble at the pump.

Cash?