Working on the final stages of our scheduled Fall trip, leave October 22, arrive home November 20:
Thus far:
- Flights Toronto-Sofia, Bulgaria, via Turkish Airlines, (~ 4 1/2 hour layover in Istanbul)......$962.92 Canadian total
- Accomodation in Sofia for 13 nights.....$445 Canadian total, (we plan to maintain this place and do day trips; transportation, (likely trains), plus any overnighters will be extra, as will groceries, apparently inexpensive in Bulgaria, for the duration)
https://www.airbnb.ca/rooms/18903877
- Flight Sofia to Rome via Alitalia $113.34 Canadian total. (includes cost of one checked bag..$30 Canadian)
- Overnight in Rome, (across from the train station), $74.53 Canadian, (plus, I believe, a €3 per person city tax)
- Train Rome to Civitavecchia and transport (likely bus) from Rome Airport to station hotel not yet included, cost minimal.
- Repositioning cruise Civitavecchia to San Juan, Puerto Rico ~ $2159.25 Canadian, (we have some onboard credits to partially offset 'mandatory gratuities', but haven't included them here)
- Flights Air Canada, San Juan to Toronto, $691.90 Canadian
- Overnight hotel in Toronto, (we'll use their free shuttle to get to the hotel the evening we arrive, and again to return to the airport the following morning to catch the MegaBus home), $100.08 Canadian.
- Also not yet included, shuttle from cruise terminal to airport in San Juan, top up of previous medical insurance policy, and MegaBus charges to & from Toronto.
Sub total: $4547.02 Canadian...approx $3,660 US