Best place to book fllights to the States

Hi Marielb, I'm sorry to say that it's not terribly cheap to fly to the US at the moment, with all the currency rates skyrocketing. September-October are *supposedly* the cheapest time of year to fly there, though, as that's when the US school year begins so there aren't a lot of people travelling. Your best bet, although it's time-consuming, is to decide what your travel dates are and ring up a whole bunch of different places -- travel agents, chain travel agencies, airlines -- and get their quotes. Keep a big list of what they tell you, then go back and ask them to price-match each other. Be warned that a lot of the cheapest deals require a minimum stay -- sometimes it's at least two weeks. Good luck!

Wow! $500 Bombshell!? Was that a grab a seat deal? I've been looking there but theres only been domestic flights or to the islands lately.....

Thanks for the info Katherine, don't think I could be away from my babies for 2 weeks though so I guess that will push the price up too

I'm heading there in less than 2 weeks with my 3 year old.. we're going with airNZ, so wasn't cheap though, luckily as it's a work trip for DP, work will pay for us.

I'd be interested in accomodation in LA too as we're going to be there for one day.

sorry to take over the thread lol.. we are staying there for one day and one night.. to break up our flight from Chicago. So I guess we'll be near the airport, but we want to travel around. Guess it would be handy to stay near the airport for flying out the next day.

Well my friend and I are booked and going!!!!! We will be gone for 9 days and fly from here to LA, with a 6 hour layover (just in case flights are delayed) then straight on to Minneapolis, there for a few days, back to LA for 4 days and back home!!!!!!! I am SO SO SO excited, although nervous about leaving the boys, and I feel a bit sick about how much its costing, but I never do stuff like this thats just for me so its more exciting than anything else!

I'm so glad you said the dates for those cheap flights bombshell as they wouldn't have worked for us :)

We aren't going to Disneyland as my friend is pregnant and has already been, and I've already been to the Paris Disneyland so we don't need to stay near there. Where else should we stay? I've looked on line but its so darned big I wouldn't have a clue!!!!

marielb wrote: Well my friend and I are booked and going!!!!! We will be gone for 9 days and fly from here to LA, with a 6 hour layover (just in case flights are delayed) then straight on to Minneapolis, there for a few days, back to LA for 4 days and back home!!!!!!! I am SO SO SO excited, although nervous about leaving the boys, and I feel a bit sick about how much its costing, but I never do stuff like this thats just for me so its more exciting than anything else! I'm so glad you said the dates for those cheap flights bombshell as they wouldn't have worked for us :) We aren't going to Disneyland as my friend is pregnant and has already been, and I've already been to the Paris Disneyland so we don't need to stay near there. Where else should we stay? I've looked on line but its so darned big I wouldn't have a clue!!!!

OOOh how exciting!! You're going to have a fantastic time and you deserve a nice break away (just think, if you're going to have more children this might be your only chance for ages)!! You could always stay around Hollywood and even if your friend is preggers you could go to some fun places like Universal Studios?

Anaheim definately has the best value accommodation but if you aren't doing Disneyland then there is no point basing yourselves down there. I suggest you consider either one of the coastal suburbs of Marina del Rey or Santa Monica or else base yourselves in western Hollywood.

asked sil and this is what she said:

It was the Hollywood Roosevelt which is on Hollywood Boulevard. No, I
wouldn't recommend it - it cost €240 which is a lot when converted
back to the NZ dollar and I think you'd get better value for money
elsewhere.

just remember she said euros cause she is in ireland at present...
so no help really.

Another question - where is the best place to get travel insurance from?

theres several different places we got our at bnz (I get a discount cause i am staff) but we have also used Southern Cross and Flybuys.. both you can get a quote on line.