Thursday, February 11, 2010

Booked our flights

We've finally booked our flights.
There were 2 considerations while booking the flights -
1) Cost
2) Kids should be comfortable.

I would've liked to get the direct flights, but the price difference between the direct flights and the flights with stopovers was about 1700 Singapore Dollars, so we knew that we had to book flights with stopvers.

We also had to choose between day flights and night flights. We chose flights where one leg of flying was a night flight, so that kids could sleep it off.
We finally chose emirates, and the stopover is in Dubai.

Here is the flight itenary, and on both the onward and return flights, one leg is the night flight.


ONWARD Changi Airport, Singapore to Manchester International Airport, United Kingdom
Flight
Depart / Arrive
Time
Airport
Terminal
Duration / Stops
Class / Aircraft
Booking Status
EK405Depart Thu    27 May 1001:40Changi Airport (SIN)07 hr 10 min
0 Stops
Economy
Boeing 777-300ER
Confirmed
Arrive Thu    27 May 1004:50Dubai International Airport (DXB) 3
Connection
EK017Depart Thu    27 May 1007:55Dubai International Airport (DXB)07 hr 30 min
0 Stops
Economy
Boeing 777-300ER
Confirmed
Arrive Thu    27 May 1012:25Manchester International Airport (MAN)1
ONWARD Manchester International Airport, United Kingdom to Changi Airport, Singapore
Flight
Depart / Arrive
Time
Airport
Terminal
Duration / Stops
Class / Aircraft
Booking Status
EK020Depart Mon    21 Jun 1021:00Manchester International Airport (MAN)07 hr 05 min
0 Stops
Economy
Boeing 777-300ER
Confirmed
Arrive Tue    22 Jun 1007:05Dubai International Airport (DXB) 3
Connection
EK404Depart Tue    22 Jun 1009:35Dubai International Airport (DXB)07 hr 20 min
0 Stops
Economy
Boeing 777-300ER
Confirmed
Arrive Tue    22 Jun 1020:55Changi Airport (SIN)1

Our planned base for our trip

As our relatives are in liverpool, we plan to base camp at liverpool. The nearest airport where international flights  fly to is manchester, which is about a 45 mins drive.

I am no soccer fanatic, but if i was i'd so thrilled to visit liverpool or Manchester.

About us

We are a family of 4, with 2 very sweet children. Their names are tanmay and himani, ages 3 and 2 respectively, and the main attraction of the trip is to spend time with them.

We stay in singapore, and we have no idea what europe will be like, being in this part of the world. Words which come to mind are - beautiful, multi cultural, historic, expensive, scenic, non english.

Much more of an adventure to us.

Planning our Trip

We've wanted to travel to europe for a very long time, and finally we've fixed the dates.

Yipeeeeeeeee