Friday, October 21, 2011

What do they say about too good to be true...?

Trying to keep the dream alive,  I was on Intrepid Travel's website looking at South American trips.   They are the tour company that Mom and I used for our Africa trip.  I was drooling over some trips to Galapalos, when I stumbled across one of them that was only $1.  ONE DOLLAR!!!  For eight days!!!!  What could I do but deposit my common sense at the door and hand over my identity and credit card information.  Did I mention --> ONE DOLLAR!.  So even though we may not be going at all, Val and I are booked on an Intrepid Vacation to the Islands.

ONE DOLLAR!!!!!!!

What can go wrong. (Don't answer that). 
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Here is the Trip Info sheet. http://www.intrepidtravel.com/tripnotes/GPME#Acoupleofrules

Here is the trip confirmation they sent me:

Trips
Classic Galapagos
24 February 2012 Quito, ECUADOR
02 March 2012 Quito, ECUADOR
- Joanne Cumberland
- Valerie Cooper
Trips Total $2.00      

Summary

Total Price2.00
Less Payment2.00
Net OwingFully Paid     
UPDATE:  believe it or not, they want us to pay more than a dollar!!!!  ha ha, we are going to risk it and book a Galapagos trip when we arrive. 

Thursday, October 13, 2011

This might not happen...

We have been doing our research.  We got some advise from Paul, bought the newer, bigger Ecuador Guide, harrassed our awesome travel agent MaryLyn multiple times, but we are hitting some roadblocks.  Actually Val is hitting roadblocks but all for one and one for all.  First VIHA (Val's employer - stalkers, please disregard) can't approve her vacation time for February until mid December.  That means we won't be able to book flights and Galapagos tours until very close to our departure date.  Which could mean higher costs and reduced options.  We can live with that.  So we pay more and take a leaky boat with a creepy crew:  Val and I have endured worse. 

But now Val has just found out that her condo strata is about to approve major work on her building which may seriously cut into our trip funding to the point that there is no funding and no trip.  So, at this point, we wait.  Stay posted single follower (Mom).