After an extraordinary amount of time, energy, frustration, and anger, I finally have an itinerary to and from Dubrovnik. It's expensive and annoying. If only I could start an airline!
First, I had to get round trip tickets from Boston. For some reason, going to Dubrovnik from Boston is much cheaper than going from Dallas, New York, Atlanta, Minneapolis...I tried them all. So, I got tickets (finally) leaving from Boston on a Sunday night. I fly to Amsterdam and then scramble to catch a flight about an hour later to Frankfurt. I wait for several hours in Frankfurt for a flight that will get me to Dubrovnik late in the day. Returning, I leave Dubrovnik very, very early in the morning on flight to Frankfurt. I wait a few hours, then leave for Boston, arriving there at 8:30 pm.
The Dallas-Boston flights are annoying, too. I will fly up on a Saturday morning (my beautiful wife finally agreed to go with me as far as Boston...but not to Dubrovnik...and stay until Monday morning). Then, I leave late in the day on Sunday for Amsterdam (as I mentioned). My return gets me back to Boston so late in the day I cannot get a flight back to Dallas. So, I stay overnight and return to Dallas the next day.
The cost for this series of flights is just about $2,000. Maybe a bit more. Plus, I pay $260 for Boston hotel, probably $1500 for hotel in Dubrovnik, etc. This is EXPENSIVE! Fortunately, it's not my money. Well, my wife's travel is our expense, but everthing else is not. SOOOO thankful for that!
It would be nice to be able to get to Dubrovnik, which I understand is a wonderful destination, without the hassles!
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