its better to post stuff home cuz you don't want to get stuck paying for excess baggage..it's not that expensive to send stuff back...i send a fairly big box back home last year in NY for a fair price
i didn't give work much of a choice of how long i was going for i'm only young once...an i gave them like a years notice

yeah one of my friends said to post it back home but knowing my luck it would get lost or damaged.
Yeah i didn't really give work a chance to say no to my holidays i filled in the paperwork after i had booked the trip and paid a very large deposit. I kinda guilted them into signing the paperwork but hey it worked.
My sentiments exactly you are only young once so you might as well get out there and explore the world for you never know what might happen tomorrow.
Did it take long for the parcel to arrive in Australia from New York?

i think it took about two weeks...i sent the box home in new york and did the grand canadian tour...by the time i got home it was already there...i was really worried it wouldn't get home too cuz my group photos and stuff were in there...but it did turn up home

Hi All,

Look forward to seeing you all on tour I am doing the Big Apple tour just before this one.

Hi Ben

Welcome aboard...great to have another person

Where are you from? how old?

IS this your first time away? What are you looking forward to most?

Hi all

I am doing the Grand Canadian tour starting on the 12th with u guys. This will be my 2nd contiki trip i did european panarama in 2005 which i really enjoyed. I am looking forward to this trip

Hi Tracie/Everyone,

Where am I from? Auckland, NZ

How old am i? It's a secret

I have been away a few times before...

Past Tours

2002 Kiwi Exprerience arround the mainland (South Island) 1 Month
2002 Europe in 21 days with Stray a bit like a contiki but by train
2004 Magic Bus arround the mainland (South Island) 1 Month
2007 Grand Southern LA -> WASH DC

Future Tours (This Year)

2008 Big Apple Explorer Sept 9 - Sept 11
2008 Grand Northern Sept 12 - Oct 5

travelled a bit thats cool...

funny bout the age

i'm heading to NZ after the US and can't wait

Hey all

Not long to go now wooo hooo. Hey Ben I'm from Auckland as well if you want you can e-mail me any time

Hello,
I'm Steven from Melbourne and will be taking this tour starting on the 12th. My first time to North America!
I did Russia/Scandanavia last year and am looking forward to a month off from work.

Hi steven
welcome
It's going to be a great trip
how old are you
Tracie

Hey guys, my name is ben as well. my wife kylie and i are coming on this trip too. cant wait! we are both mid 20's (26 and 27)

someone said 7k spending money, $300 dollars a day! Plan on eating at 5 star restaurants or just huge amounts of booze? lol. i reckon we'll have 5k between us.

Tracie,
Age? Well...I'm not a young kid fresh out of school, if that helps. I finished university a long, long time ago (at least that's how it feels). I've been working full-time for a while. Moved to Melbourne from the Gold Coast 4 years ago.
Are there any other people from Melbourne here?

Hi Kells,

Your from Auckland too, cool. I read your past posts and see you are looking at doing Disneyland after the tour, I am also going to do that.

I also see you are keen on going to Medeval Times. I didn't think I would be able to fit it in this trip but I see there is a session the night we finish the contiki at 7pm, which would work. This might be nice to finish the contiki, so any else who is keen say speek up

Disneyland is open late till 9pm and so the next two days and nights Mon & Tues will no doubt be taken up with checking out the two parks. I leave LA on the Wed morning, so it really only the Sunday night that would work.

Ben.

Hi Tracie,

Just checked out the NZ Grand Explorer, sounds good. The South Island is amazing, I had only traveled south of the tip of it in 2002 and was blown away.

Ben.