Today I worked very hard on the hotel reservations for our drive down and back.
Bob and I will leave home after my last recital on Friday, December 19 and drive a couple of hours into North Carolina. I found a Holiday Inn Express there for $92 a night. I also booked it through My Points so I will get points for the reservation!
We had planned to get up and drive to Jacksonville on Saturday, but I got a wild hair about going to the beach instead. Today I found a good deal on the Hilton Daytona Beach Resort/Ocean Walk Village.
Bob and I will get there about 5 p.m. and in the morning we can spend some time on the beach and eat breakfast outside if the weather permits. We will be only 60 miles from Orlando at that point so we can spend as much time there as we wish and still get to WDW in plenty of time to do something fun.
When I showed the pictures of the resort to Kristin she asked if we could stop there on the way home too (she will be joining us for the return drive). It would be way too long a drive on Sunday, December 28, but I did find that Hilton Head is only about 9 hours away from our house. So, I found the Hilton Oceanfront Resort Hilton Head Island with a nice rate for a King Suite.
We will drive there from WDW in the afternoon of the 27th when Kathrin takes off for the airport. Then, the next morning we can get up and eat breakfast and spend some time on the beach before heading home.
I have a sneaky feeling that we will have some pretty decent traffic that day, so I plan to just take it easy. Kristin doesn't have to be to work on Monday until noon and Bob could take another day off or work from home that day. I have the day off anyway, so we could drive leisurely or even stop at a motel part of the way home and finish the drive in time for Kristin to get to work.
I am not going to worry about that now. I am just glad that I have finished that part of the planning!
I have never done that.
) sent me his home address and an amount. I have sent him a personal check which will clear weeks before her arrival and all will be taken care of. I highly recommend this company. I looked into them because another DISer was so happy with their dealings with them too.
We have always preferred non-stop flights to driving for 14 hours, but they have been harder and harder to find. I was delighted that these were available, fairly full and cheap! I figure we have a very good chance of having them "go" as planned and it will make traveling those two weekends a little nicer, I hope!
