From Satellite Beach, FL, to England, France, the Netherlands, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales

Quick recap: In this section, we’re aiming to crowdsource details about epic trips – then provide the whole playbook for the experience to y’all.

• Have you ever gone on an epic, once-in-a-lifetime trip? Tell us about it here.

🚶‍♂️ Who: Deon D. from Satellite Beach, FL

☀️ Length of trip: 15 days

💬 Quick recap: During the early 1990's, my husband travelled quite a bit as a motivational speaker. This allowed him to build up a store of airline miles which could be used to pay for travel. He arrives home one day and announces that we are going to London and, wait for it.....on the Concorde! Yep, we flew up to JFK, spent the night in New York and then took a taxi to the British Airways terminal. Amazing breakfast before we boarded the plane. The take-off was a thrill and before we knew it, we reached a cruising altitude of 57,500 and travelled at a speed of Mach 2.00 (1,325 mph we were told!) arriving in London three and a half hours later! It was a whirlwind trip of 15 days consisting of traveling to Paris via the Chunnel, to Amsterdam (trains are great in Europe!), then back to Great Britain. Trained up to Scotland, down to Liverpool and boarded the fast ferry out of Holyhead over to Dublin. Spent a few days in County Cork, Ireland before going to Wales (great fish & chips) and then took a train back to London for our return flight. And yes, on the Concorde!

🤔 Anything you wish you would’ve known?... Wish I had known how much we would love Europe and want to spend more time there!

😍 MUST dos: The usual tourist destinations are great but Ring of Beara in southern Ireland is beautiful but not mentioned as much as Ring of Kerry. Which is good - not as many tourists!

🙅‍♀️ Must don’ts: Not one! Would do it all again and stay longer!

EXPENSES

✈️🚗🚆 Transportation: $2,000

🏨⛺🏠 Lodging: $1,500

🏰⛷️🎫 Activities: $500 Bar Hopping in Ireland for the Music

🍔🍕🥗 Food: $1,500

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