Travel USA travel tips and tricks

[revo333]

There is always someone...

 

[Iason]

If you're a sports fan the NFL, NBA. NHL and MLB are options

Millennium Park where the Bean is, the Riverwalk, Chicago Navy Pier and Chicago's deep dish pizza

The Chicago Zoo s FREE (as is the one in DC) and a cruise/boat ride on Lake Michigan is an option if it's a nice still day

Tavern thin style Chicago style pizza > deep dish Chicago style pizza. Love that city, lots to do and see, music venues everywhere and a great food scene.

 

[Iason]

I am for sure. You got any more info? Quick google and nothing popped up

It's a discount clothing chain here, Ross's Dress for Less. Good finds in there from time to time, like TJ Maxx.

 

[X_box_X]

Does anyone have any recommendations for travel insurance?

Recommended cover, anything to be mindful of, etc?

 

[brutus76]

go to a Dick's Sporting Goods and the hunting/shooting/fishing section - always an eye opener on how much you can buy and how cheap it is if you're a keen shooter or angler

 

[SnakeMan86]

Does anyone have any recommendations for travel insurance?

Recommended cover, anything to be mindful of, etc?

We used cover more for our upcoming U.S trip. Reasonably priced. Just do your diligence on what your going to do as to what is covered

 

[Tannehill17]

One way flight booked for next month. Gonna check out the new clippers arena, a Seahawks game and then cross the border and hopefully land a job before the savings diminish.

Never reviewed my August trip but in brief:

Vancouver was really cool. City was pumping the whole time. Just cool to see how many people walking around the streets/neighbourhoods on a weekday evening. A lively city. Highlights were probably Lynn Canyon hike and Stanley park. Their library is amazing.



Next was Seattle. Bainbridge Island was pretty chilled, great views of the city from the ferry and the weather was great. Did a Seahawks stadium tour and had a big night on a hostel pub crawl in Belltown.



Flew down to my least fav city Los Angeles. Hostel was a dump and any trip needed an hour on the bus. Did a tour of the Coliseum which was alright and a few dodgers games. $30Aus for a beer killed me.



Last stop was San Diego. Absolutely loved the city. Once again, a few more ball games. Stadium was amazing and right down. Padres won the second night and atmosphere was great. Shame they just got knocked out, Petco Park deserves a few World Series games. Went to USD campus, the library designed by Dr Suess was cool. Overall a great city and regretted staying longer in LA.

 

[Spirit Level]

Thinking of a trip around this time next year, ticking off a few places I haven't been yet

• Vegas (Mrs would have a conference to go to there so would go see what the fuss is about)
• Miami
• Washington DC
• Nashville
• Portland
• Napa

Would also be hard not to squeeze in another trip to NYC, especially as I've only ever been there in the winter.

I really want to go back to SF, probably still my favourite city in the US, I've heard it's gone super downhill now though and I don't want to ruin the memories.

 

[X_box_X]

We used cover more for our upcoming U.S trip. Reasonably priced. Just do your diligence on what your going to do as to what is covered

Cover more is one of the insurance companies I looked at.

Does anyone else recommend them?

 

[Dirty Bird]

Cover more is one of the insurance companies I looked at.

Does anyone else recommend them?

I would recommend them 99% of the time.

Now, if you had pre-existing medical which they wont cover, look into NIB. Much easier to deal with to get it covered.

 

[Smoooothy]

flight question to those in the know..

we're looking at going over in november. start in LA before meandering our way through to green bay for thanksgiving, and fly home a few days later.

the flight options that we're looking at are fly from chicago to dallas, then onto melbourne. the stopover in DFW is only an hour. is that cutting things a bit too tight?

 

[Spirit Level]

flight question to those in the know..

we're looking at going over in november. start in LA before meandering our way through to green bay for thanksgiving, and fly home a few days later.

the flight options that we're looking at are fly from chicago to dallas, then onto melbourne. the stopover in DFW is only an hour. is that cutting things a bit too tight?

100%, especially for DFW.

Very segmented airport with lots of terminals

 

[offtherails9]

flight question to those in the know..

we're looking at going over in november. start in LA before meandering our way through to green bay for thanksgiving, and fly home a few days later.

the flight options that we're looking at are fly from chicago to dallas, then onto melbourne. the stopover in DFW is only an hour. is that cutting things a bit too tight?

Was just in GB for Thanksgiving, DM if you have any questions.

 

[errant bounce]

Was just in GB for Thanksgiving, DM if you have any questions.

Can I ask what it was like? where else did you go in Wisconsin?

 

[Magnum27]

flight question to those in the know..

we're looking at going over in november. start in LA before meandering our way through to green bay for thanksgiving, and fly home a few days later.

the flight options that we're looking at are fly from chicago to dallas, then onto melbourne. the stopover in DFW is only an hour. is that cutting things a bit too tight?

100% too tight mate, you are relying on internal flight to be on time. I would leave a much bigger gap between arrival into Dallas from Chicago, getting through security is a long process still, we've just done our 5th trip, and TSA has not got any faster.

 

[Smoooothy]

100% too tight mate, you are relying on internal flight to be on time. I would leave a much bigger gap between arrival into Dallas from Chicago, getting through security is a long process still, we've just done our 5th trip, and TSA has not got any faster

yeah thats what we were thinking too. i'd prefer a few hours tbh. thanks buddy!

 

[offtherails9]

Can I ask what it was like? where else did you go in Wisconsin?

Yeah well I loved Green Bay as a Packers fan so it's hard to say for someone who isn't. It's a very cool small town that is obviously based around the Packers and everything that comes with that but the set up with the bars, accomm and few attractions near the stadium is really cool and would genuinely recommend to anyone who wants to go.
The game experience is unreal with the tailgating, bars etc and the fans there are genuine pissheads
A lot of people recommend Door County which is like an hour north I think.

Elsewhere in Wisconsin I've only been to Milwaukee which I liked too, did a few brewery tours there last time but it's a very pretty little city overall too. Would like to go during the summer and walk along the river then head to a baseball game, it's been early December both times I've been so a bit quieter on the streets.