I have started my search for airfare to get me to the Caymans....and I have to say it isn't such an easy task. I have been searching, and searching since I got word...well...since I accepted my position down "south" as I call it now. Of course, it has only been in the last few days that I have seriously started my search - and all I can say is that no matter which way I go, it's going to be a loooonnnngggg flight.
The great thing though (is there anything great about leaving your family and flying 14 hours away?) is that my work will pay for my airfare. I just have to send down an invoice and they will repay me either before I arrive, or when I first arrive (bonus!).
Besides that though, I have been posting on my favourite Travel website (Fodors.com) and have been looking at Travelocity.ca and Expedia.ca and Flightcenter.ca and another website consolidator called ITA Software. So far the best flight that I have found for the best price is a flight with Air Canada through LA, changing airlines to Delta and flying to Atlanta and then on to Grand Cayman. The entire trip takes about 15 hours (including time change? I am not sure yet...I haven't been able to figure that out!) but only costs about $425 CDN one way. Great price!
So...I am just weighing my options...hoping another flight opens up that might fly through Seattle instead (I have heard security at LAX is a nightmare - so I would LOVE to avoid that) and I think that I will be ready to book on Monday. And then that will be it! I will be on my way.
It is hard to believe that I will be booking a one way ticket (to paradise baby!)....it's hard to believe that after all the years of thinking, and of dreaming of working abroad, the dream is finally coming true\!!!
The thoughts that are running through my mind though - the thoughts of leaving family, of not seeing my sister for maybe a year?, of not seeing my nephews, and my dad, and my brother...of not spending Friday nights having wine with my girlfriends...this is what I am thinking about right now.
Why does having to pursue a dream have to be so hard?
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