Thread: Traveling to Asia or Europe in late September

Originally Posted by vulindlela

I agree on IST.....great place!
You would need to ZED though, as flights end on 9/5 for the season.

Well, now the IST flights are not going to start at all.
Bummer!

Well, damn! That doesn't make me happy, V. IST is such a great escape city for a short visit. Where will I buy my spices now?
Back to the subject--we're returning to Malta sometime soon. We have comp stay @ Corinthia Palace, then a few on Gozo Island. I'm on the hunt for a farmhouse w/swimming pool.

Originally Posted by spongebue

While there are a few isolated things that have happened fairly recently in Istanbul, the vast majority of fighting has been along the eastern borders of Turkey, and Istanbul is at the northwest corner. I would personally have no problems with going back to IST again, but I understand if you feel otherwise. My dad almost had a heart attack when I told him I was going, but to be fair, he only crossed an ocean to get to HNL, so he's a bit suspicious of pretty much any overly foreign sounding place.

I still haven't told him that I'm playing around with the idea of going to HAV this year...

Don't be scared. I'm going to IST on TK in June when they come to ATL..

Originally Posted by mrs767er

Well, damn! That doesn't make me happy, V. IST is such a great escape city for a short visit. Where will I buy my spices now?
Back to the subject--we're returning to Malta sometime soon. We have comp stay @ Corinthia Palace, then a few on Gozo Island. I'm on the hunt for a farmhouse w/swimming pool.

Yeah, such a shame!
I am glad to have gone once at least.
We can always ZED over there.

Yeah, to clarify, I did go to IST about a year and a half ago and absolutely loved it!

We're still good for this year except flts are almost all oversold--by ALOT! I have to manage a visit somehow. Maybe since August is so hot?

Originally Posted by offroader

Hong Kong hotels are not that bad. How much luxury do you want? You can easily find rooms for around $70. I stayed at the ibis north point for this. Its a bit out of the way though, but good access to subway. Ibis also has a hotel Ibis Hong Kong Central for under $100. Look at Delta Perks for hotel deals, you can stay at someplace like Cordis Hong Kong at Langham Place for $150 (not much savings over hotel website) or you can be adventurous and stay fairly cheap at places in Chungking Mansion (under $30). Oh, only under $30 if you do not go New Years weekend as I found out this year.

I would contact the Cordis directly. We stayed there on a super-cheap auction deal (Langham , as well--premium digs!). Before it was Cordis they gave us a fireworks view deal for high floor suite--one extra nt CNY for $300 Club, taxes and Bfast incld--w/late ck out.

Speaking on HKG--just got this in my email:

Drone Photo of Hong Kong | Travel + Leisure

Not that it would make me want to go there, but it's a fascinating photo.