Naomi I'm booking the Royal National through my travel agent. Also, don't worry about age because even though I'm 23 a lot of my friends are 30ish and none of us even notice the age difference! We're all going to have an awesome time and age is completely irrelevant!

Thank you everyone for the hotel infomration. I think we will stay at Imperial Hotel...

*Laura...we live in Waikiki - Oahu. I have been to Maui and Big Island once...
*Angela...so you may have met me in Hawaii! I work at a waikiki hotel as a concierge...
*Russell & Natalie...we are happy to know that "age" does not matter here. Thanks!

do you guys reckon it will be really hot at that time of the year?

Hi
I just booked this trip two days ago.
I'm 19 and hoping thats not going to matter.
I'm really excited for this trip and to meet everyone.
Sarah

Welcome aboard Sarah

I am hoping that its gonna be warm in June...it hasn't been much of a Summer here, so looking forward to some much warmer weather!

haha
you're not the only one
i'm from Canada so

Hi everyone! I booked this tour too last week. I'm 21 from NSW travelling solo.

I'm planning on staying back in London for 5 nights after the tour ends. Anyone else thinking the same?

Not too far away now, only 123 days to go...but who's counting?

Amy

Welcome Sarah & Amy!

hello Sarah and Amy...welcome....its good to see more people coming along..
amy where abouts in nsw are you from..i will be staying in london for a few days after..

Ange

I may be staying in London a few days after as well
does anyone have any plans as to how to get from the airport to the royal national?
i was going to take a cab but was told that it would be very expensive

hey Sarah

its probably best to get your travel agent to organise your transfer from the airport to your hotel..but its up to you
or if you read up in the contikipedia section of this website it will give you other options..cause i think you can catch the train too..

hope that helps
Ange

I was a bit worried about getting from Heathrow airport to Russell Square but found this article:http://contiki.com.au/contikipedia/articles/heathrow-airport-london A guy at work who went last year recommended the Heathrow Express, it only takes 20 minutes. But I was also warned that there are lots of stairs around the train stations, not good with luggage (I must keep that in mind when packing!)

Angela I'm from Griffith. I'm not at all surprised if you've never heard of it before, not a very big place!

Sounds like there are a quite a few planning on staying back. It's good to see so many friendly people on this tour, can't wait until June!

Thank you amy and angela
very helpful suggestions
is anyone planning on heading to the basement when they get to london?

Hi Amy I'm planning on spending 4 nights in London after the tour as well. The first night I'm staying at the Royal National and the other 3 nights I haven't decided yet. Does anyone have any suggestions? I was thinking of maybe staying at a hostel but not sure how dodgy they are!

hi natalie
i was told that a single bed in a hostel can cost pretty much the same as most hotels depending on the hostel
as far as i know they aren't to bad again it depends on the hostel
another problem is availability. hostels can get pretty full