Thread: Traveling to Asia or Europe in late September

I can recommend IST for Sept (ck for season ending dates now). Amazing destination. I can assist w/hotel info.
Malta--very small, very historical, good food and easy to navigate by bus. Relatively cheap for digs--lots of variety for accoms. End Sept is good weather. We just did it. Easy to get from Paris via zeds. Plan to return this summer or fall.
Asia--HKG is excellent option but hotels can be $$. Ck for Sept holidays/festivals.
Thailand--always a fave for us but can be tricky w/out S2 but good to access w/zeds from SIN or HKG as needed.
Guess it all depends on how much time you have.
We've always wanted to go to Croatia so that's prob next year.

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

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.

Gee, that early this year? I guess that might exclude some German gateways due to Oktoberfest? We went in May but 2 of the girls had to zed from Germany since JFK flight didn't look good for S4.

Originally Posted by mrs767er

Gee, that early this year? I guess that might exclude some German gateways due to Oktoberfest? We went in May but 2 of the girls had to zed from Germany since JFK flight didn't look good for S4.

It's a shame, isn't it?
I wish they would bring back some of these routes to year round.

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!

At least you guys actually fly there

Greece will be tough--any port city will be very busy thru most of Oct. Seriously, take a look at Malta.
Another thought--have you been to Prague? We love Budapest, too (zed req'd). I've only tried Greece once and I got RT in biz but 24 yrs and S2. I don't think there are advisories for IST.
What sort of budget would work for HKG hotel? There are SO many options. I've stayed in a few places there. We have Accor deals there, too--Novotel for sure. We like HKG so much we stayed a total of 9 nts, ending in Chinese NY.
Hasn't Chile dropped the arrival fee for Americans?I've not been but I'm sure a few others have. Should be nice weather.

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...