A trip without our coach.... never again!
Just returned from an 8 day vacation to Hawaii which was a little beyond the capabilities of our Class C and all I can say is "Never again!" Don't get me wrong, we had a blast. Our neighbors gave us their condo for a week so our costs were limited to air fare and a rental car (as food and drink are basically a wash).
This was our second trip to the islands and we thoroughly enjoyed exploring all that Hawaii has to offer but the travel (unlike in our coach), was nothing but a nightmare. When flying anywhere you surrender all control to the chuckleheads at the airlines/travel sites.
Despite having booked and paid for our flight months ago Travelocity {NEVER, EVER use Travelocity... but I digress}, :S we found our flight pushed back 8 hours and severely downgraded from American to US Airways {hands down the worst airlines on earth}.
A mere 30 minutes prior to leaving our (seriously overpriced), Phoenix hotel (near as I can tell there was no extra charge for the food poisoning :E that I got at their in house restaurant), for the airport I got a Robo call informing us that our flight had been canceled and they would try and get us out the following day. After 40 minutes on the phone I convinced them that this was unacceptable and they got us on a flight to Maui that came with a 3.5 hour layover before we could connect back to Honolulu.
The return flight was not much better and we spent most of it agreeing that travel in the motorhome was far and away our best option (unless you want to go to Hawaii). :R We love our coach and if it is even possible, appreciate the joy of our motorhome more than
ever. The food is way better and you can eat with out health concerns {Duh, what a concept}.
You won't see many (if any), motorhomes in Hawaii unless you count the hundreds of Prevost 42 - 45' Tag axle tour bus's but given the traffic on O'ahu you really would not want to drive a motorhome there. Gas was running around $3.25 for regular.
So here's to RV'ing... Like that old commercial said "It's the only way to fly". We had a great time once we got there and it was a thrill to get back in the water for a week of Boogey Boarding in the 80* water {especially at the ripe old age of 63} Sorry for the grainy cell phone pic:
Looking forward to lots of trips for the rest of the year but rest assured... none of them will involve an airport. :B
This was our second trip to the islands and we thoroughly enjoyed exploring all that Hawaii has to offer but the travel (unlike in our coach), was nothing but a nightmare. When flying anywhere you surrender all control to the chuckleheads at the airlines/travel sites.
Despite having booked and paid for our flight months ago Travelocity {NEVER, EVER use Travelocity... but I digress}, :S we found our flight pushed back 8 hours and severely downgraded from American to US Airways {hands down the worst airlines on earth}.
A mere 30 minutes prior to leaving our (seriously overpriced), Phoenix hotel (near as I can tell there was no extra charge for the food poisoning :E that I got at their in house restaurant), for the airport I got a Robo call informing us that our flight had been canceled and they would try and get us out the following day. After 40 minutes on the phone I convinced them that this was unacceptable and they got us on a flight to Maui that came with a 3.5 hour layover before we could connect back to Honolulu.
The return flight was not much better and we spent most of it agreeing that travel in the motorhome was far and away our best option (unless you want to go to Hawaii). :R We love our coach and if it is even possible, appreciate the joy of our motorhome more than
ever. The food is way better and you can eat with out health concerns {Duh, what a concept}.
You won't see many (if any), motorhomes in Hawaii unless you count the hundreds of Prevost 42 - 45' Tag axle tour bus's but given the traffic on O'ahu you really would not want to drive a motorhome there. Gas was running around $3.25 for regular.
So here's to RV'ing... Like that old commercial said "It's the only way to fly". We had a great time once we got there and it was a thrill to get back in the water for a week of Boogey Boarding in the 80* water {especially at the ripe old age of 63} Sorry for the grainy cell phone pic:
Looking forward to lots of trips for the rest of the year but rest assured... none of them will involve an airport. :B
