Florence to Orly flight May 1st
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Florence to Orly flight May 1st
Hi again. Haven't been on the boards for a while and now I'm on my third thread! Thanks in advance, everyone.
I'm helping my in-laws with a trip Rome-Florence-Paris. It's actually through Costco, if you can believe it. While the hotels are pretty good, the transportation between Florence and Paris is a 9 hour train, so I suggested they take a Vueling flight instead, direct, for under $100.
Anyway, my quick question is, if they have the option of flying May 1st, Labor Day, or the day before, is there any disadvantage to May 1st, as it is a big holiday. Strikes, stuff like that? I've already asked about what's open in Paris on another thread.
Just trying to get all the data to make an informed decision. Thanks!
I'm helping my in-laws with a trip Rome-Florence-Paris. It's actually through Costco, if you can believe it. While the hotels are pretty good, the transportation between Florence and Paris is a 9 hour train, so I suggested they take a Vueling flight instead, direct, for under $100.
Anyway, my quick question is, if they have the option of flying May 1st, Labor Day, or the day before, is there any disadvantage to May 1st, as it is a big holiday. Strikes, stuff like that? I've already asked about what's open in Paris on another thread.
Just trying to get all the data to make an informed decision. Thanks!
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Paris holiday - see calendar.
http://www.investmentu.com/euronext-...-schedule.html
Holiday information.
http://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/france/labor-day
Banks will be closed that day.
http://www.investmentu.com/euronext-...-schedule.html
Holiday information.
http://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/france/labor-day
Banks will be closed that day.
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Unless you are traveling with them to assist every step of the way, I would be hesitant to suggest modifying their pre-packaged itinerary.
9 hours ride in western European trains cannot be too bad. I rode 10 hours train from Chur (Switzerland) to Arles (southern France) with three train changes. The comfort of the first-class train car as well as the changing scenery from outside the windows made the journey very enjoyable.
9 hours ride in western European trains cannot be too bad. I rode 10 hours train from Chur (Switzerland) to Arles (southern France) with three train changes. The comfort of the first-class train car as well as the changing scenery from outside the windows made the journey very enjoyable.
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Thanks for your advice and many good points. They'll get the train tickets as part of the itinerary (it's not a guided, but a packaged on-you-own tour). I'll tell them to ask the Costco agent for advice as well, and to keep the tickets as a back-up. And of course Vueling can change, it's still 6 months off, will keep an eye on it.