Thread: Cairo on DL

Originally Posted by mrs767er

typically going there is not the difficulty
that's pretty hot/off-season--I assume you're not talking about holiday travel?
what re your potential dates and I can ck loads (way too early but I can see what's not avail)

We were thinking of leaving July 1 returning July 10.
We could also fly July 22 returning on the 31.
We fly S3C on Delta and can get Zed's if we need to. Do you know if they weight restrict these flights in July?
Any route suggestions?

Thanks for your help.

Originally Posted by mrs767er

you're dealing w/high temps any of those dates so weight will be an issue. Get your zeds in order for CDG. If you get the zed lows on AF, make sure you have an extra option for maybe AMS on KLM or--we looked at Royal Jordanian thru AMM but that means another overnight and possible wt probs too. Prepare for hotel nr CAI--there is a decent Novotel w/DL discounts via accorhotels.com.
(BTW--Petra is awesome for a "side" trip)
Happy to assist w/other details--we just went this past Jan/Feb.
Keep in mind July 1 is our holiday wkend.

We had hoped to go during the Jul 1 dates becuase we are celebrating our 25th wedding anniversary, but could probably move it to June 24 - July 3 or July 22 - July 31. Do you have any thoughts? What days do you think are best for departing and returning. Do you think we should forget trying in July becuase of the weight issues?

Originally Posted by mrs767er

let me check current status for those dates--it's the return issue when it gets toasty and risky for weight factors
if you can GET there, do you have plan B/C to get BACK?
anniversary?? AWWW That's sweet!

Hi I was planning on zed fares for CDG and AMS. Just can;t decide if we should try it or if we might be standed. Maybe we should wait for a different tim eof the year,

Originally Posted by mrs767er

If the loads look really iffy the wk before, plan to give yourself an extra day to get back to AMS or CDG. The Novotel (and others) are right by the airport and relatively cheap/accessible for an overnight.
Are you just planning Cairo or beyond to Luxor/Aswan?
The weight issues are darn near every date, but they do get dicier when it gets hot and cargo rev is more than rev pax.
Do you have the perfect second choice for your anniversary? Just in case?

LOL , , , This is our third choice. Our first choice was Thailand, we had everything booked and planned. Our second choice was Greece and then they started having riots.

We are planning on Cairo. I would love to take a side trip to either Petra, Jerusalem and or the Red Sea for some snorkeling. We had planned on spending 5 days on Ko Tao in Thailand to get some beach and snorkeling time. I haven't gotten too serious about planning becuase I didn;t know if it was wise to try and go in July.

We have never traveled abroad before and wanted to travel to someplace that would be special for the ocasion.