SteveMorison

Had a great time on this trip. New York, New Orleans, San Francisco and Las Vegas particular highlights. Los Angeles was a little disappointing.

I’ve already dropped a couple a places to free the schedule up. I’m hoping to fit in some downtime when I can just swim in the pool, middle of both days in NOLA, daytime in Vegas, evening time in Houston, hopefully evening time in both Philadelphia and Washington. I don’t normally travel this way but it’s kind of a special thing which has taken 3 years of savings.

Will have a set amount of money to use at the Casinos and no more will be allowed to be used. If I achieve any winnings they can’t be used to re-gamble. Will probably spend 2-3 hours each night at the Casinos.

I only have 1 full day in Houston and after the Space Centre I’m torn between just relaxing for the evening or “doing something Texan”. Is there anything that happens early evening in Downtown Houston? I saw a video and it looked eerily quiet. Regards to food I’m a very fussy/childlike eater, so we’ll see what happens.

I’m from the UK and very excited to be taking a tour of the US this summer. It’s something I’ve been saving up for for 3 years since I’ve had my job, originally was a plan to go to the 2026 World Cup but soon realised there’s no way for me to afford that. Here is my rough plan: June 20 - Fly from Manchester Airport to JFK June 21 - New York (Statue of Liberty, Financial District, Book of Mormon) June 22 - New York (Museum of Natural History, Rockefeller Centre, Empire State Building) June 23 - New York (Central Park, MET Museum). Evening bus to Philadelphia June 24 - Philadelphia (Open Bus tour) June 25 - Philadelphia (American revolution museum). Evening bus to Washington D.C. June 26 - Washington D.C. (Open bus tour, Capitol Building tour) June 27 - Fly to New Orleans June 28 - New Orleans (morning French Quarter tour, evening Mississippi River cruise) June 29 - New Orleans (morning garden district tour, evening voodoo tour) June 30 - Bus to Houston July 1 - Houston (NASA Space Center) July 2 - Fly to San Francisco July 3 - San Francisco (Alcatraz) July 4 - San Francisco (Golden Gate Bridge) July 5 - Bus to Los Angeles July 6 - Los Angeles (Downtown tour, Dodgers game, Griffith Observatory) July 7 - Los Angeles (Venice Beach, Santa Monica) July 8 - Los Angeles (Hollywood) July 9 - Bus to Las Vegas. Las Vegas (evening helicopter ride, casino gambling) July 10 - Las Vegas (Hotel spa day, evening shows, casino gambling) July 11 - Fly from Harry Reid back to Manchester Airport Yeah I know I’m visiting when it’s unbearably hot in some places but it’s the period I planned my savings around. Anyone have any tips or advice? Anyone else have exciting travel or vacation plans this year?