Next Trip - Down Under!
We booked our next tickets about 6 weeks ago. We found a steal of a deal for Minneapolis to Auckland, NZ and then pulled the trigger. We had to buy the tickets separately (one way to Auckland and one way back to Las Vegas, then a separate flight for Las Vegas to Minneapolis). It's all a little complicated but we are SO excited. On the way there we simply have a plane to Dallas then a LONG flight to Auckland. On the way back, we have a flight to Honolulu, then a 6 hour layover, then a flight to Vegas. We're staying in Vegas overnight and flying home the next day. It's going to be wild! After buying the tickets we did our usual research about what to fit in and where exactly to go. We tried to fit in the Great Barrier but just couldn't find a way to do it without paying a lot more money and skipping some very cool stuff in New Zealand. We'll save it for another time! So... We are spending 5 days on North Island (Hobbiton, beach time, Tongariro Crossing through volcan...