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Minion Monies: How much did our trip to Turkey & Croatia Cost?

ByTravelling Minion July 31, 2022 0 Comments
The following will be an accounting of my 2018 trip to Turkey & Croatia. If you've not read the blog, you can do so here. Or if you want a summary of the entire trip you can check that out here. It might provide some extra context to the costs below! The Transportation ($982.39) The Flights ($684.88) There were three flights which we booked for this month long trip. The first is the main...

Minion Monies: How Much did my Birthday Flights Cost?

ByTravelling Minion April 18, 2022 1 Comment
I'm often asked how much my trips cost. "Minion Monies" is a series of posts attempting to recount trip expenses and try to shed some light on my travel cost. All prices will be in CAD unless stated otherwise. Prices will be for when the travel occurred. It's likely prices will change over time so keep that in mind! The following will be an accounting of my Birthday Flights to Nowhere from...

My Birthday Flight to Nowhere: Part 1 – Flying to Dubai

ByTravelling Minion March 13, 2022 4 Comments
Emirates First Class In December of 2021, I did a bit of flying to nowhere... Let me explain... One of my travel goals for 2021 was to fly in Emirates First Class. I made a booking to do this late in December 2021. What makes it even sweeter is that it's a little bit of a birthday gift to myself  since it occurs a day after my birthday! In order to maximize the flights, I got "creative" with...

Travelling Minions: Looking back at 2021

ByTravelling Minion December 31, 2021 1 Comment
Looking back at 2021, the beginning of the year held a lot of hope that by this time life would return to normal. Hope that travel would resume and we could start salvaging lost travel plans. For a good three quarters of the year the trend looked promising. However, over the past month a new Covid Variant (Omicron) is discovered and countries are once again taking measures to contain the spread....

Looking back at Travelling Minion’s 2018

ByTravelling Minion December 31, 2018 1 Comment
It feels like 2018 has flown by! While I didn't go on as many trips this year, they were still pretty memorable and special ones! As the year draws to a close, I thought it'd be great to look back at some of the awesome adventures I was able to have this year! Korea and the Olympics I took my first trip of 2018 in February to South Korea. My main reason for the trip, was to visit the 2018 Winter...

Reflecting on Turkey & Croatia – Gimpy!

ByTravelling Minion December 24, 2018 0 Comments
Last but not least is Gimpy wrapping up with her thoughts on our Turkey and Croatia Trip.  I sent her a list of questions so she could share with us! If you're interested in reading Vino's thoughts click here. For my wrap up, click here. And if you want to read through the whole trip from beginning to end, please click here. My top 3 highlights of the trip Highlight #1: Hot air balloon ride!...