The "I'M NEARLY FAMOUS" Tour -2005

and to add a less expensive alternative, I have pricelined one room in a 4 star hotel on The Strip for £50 +tax a night on Wednesday 15th June.

The hotel is TREASURE ISLAND which is opposite The Venetian

Also there is a party-size Jacuzzi for 50!

To cut a long story short we have been checking out hotels at the top end of the range, on priceline.
In San Francisco £45 plus tax gets one room at A Luxary Boutique Hotel, near to Union Square, Macy's and Nike-Town. I "accidently" booked one room at the GALLERIA PARK HOTEL.
Is this a good price? Is it too much? Any comments?

Phillis and barnes have been chatting this week about accomodation in Las Vegas & San Francisco.
To cut a long story short we have been checking out hotels at the top end of the range, on priceline.
There are only two 5 star hotels in Las Vegas. The Bellagio and The Venetian.
Phil has managed to book one room for one night (monday) for £77 plus tax at THE VENETIAN
It's the biggest Hotel in the world.
Is this too much? or is it fine.

Few people in the UK have had the pleasure to discover a place like Lone Pine. Although not famed for it's wealth of facilities and sightseeing highlights, this oasis on the High Eastern Sierra, nested between the mountains and the desert, is a must for anyone driving from Yosemite to Las Vegas. Firstly it is the only thing on the map which is roughly half distance.
The historical Dow Villa is not only cheap, (from £30 a night), but has the famed 24hour Jacuzzi. Just down the street is Jake's Salloon complete with Pool tables and skittles board. Finally the 24hr restaraunt next door serves up welcome food for the tired traveller.
For more information click here for DOW VILLA WEBSITE and JAKE"S SALOON

There is space on this years "TOUR CD" for an unbelieveable "10 Cliff related" tracks. Get your favourite requested now. Also don't forget about The Shadows.

Here are some clues to get you thinking.
From Cliff Richard - 40 Golden Greats

1 Move It
2 Living Doll
3 Travellin' Light
4 Fall In Love With You
5 Please Don't Tease
6 Nine Times Out Of Ten
7 Theme For A Dream
8 Gee Whiz It's You
9 When The Girl In Your Arms
10 Girl Like You, A
11 Young Ones, The
12 Do You Want To Dance?
13 I'm Lookin' Out The Window
14 It'll Be Me
15 Bachelor Boy
16 Next Time, The
17 Summer Holiday
18 Lucky Lips
19 It's All In The Game
20 Dont' Talk To Him

Disc 2
1 Constantly
2 On The Beach
3 I Could Easily Fall
4 Minute You're Gone, The
5 Wind Me Up
6 Visions
7 Blue Turns To Grey
8 In The Country
9 Day I Met Marie, The
10 All My Love
11 Congratulations
12 Throw Down A Line
13 Goodbye Sam, Hello Samantha
14 Sing A Song Of Freedom
15 Power To All Our Friends
16 Hangin' On, (You Keep Me)
17 Miss You Nights
18 Devil Woman
19 I Can't Ask For Anymore Than You
20 My Kinda Life

Boys and Girls, now that our flights are booked we need to think of an official TOUR NAME. Any name is a good name, but it helps if it's catchy, a bit odd and looks great on a T-shirt.
To start the ball rolling, and to pay homage to Cliff Richard, the first entry from barnes is, the "I'M NEARLY FAMOUS" Tour 2005. If you think you can do better, (which should be easy), please add a comment below.
PS. you don't need to registar, anymore, to add a comment. (just click below). Winner announced on April Fool's Day
Also start thinking of your two tracks for the Official Tour Tape/CD. More info to follow.

Well done Phillis.

With less than 3 months to go before Si & Erin tie the knot, the return flights are now booked. (Updated details on Trailfinders website. Log in details below)
In simple terms, we fly out of Heathrow on Wednesday 8th of June, at 9.30am. This means an early start as we should be at the airport by 8am if possible, (Heathrow Express 7.40am departure - Paddington Station). We land in San Francisco early afternoon, the same day after a 10 hour flight.
The return flight leaves Las Vegas, on Thursday 16th June, at just after 4pm and arrives at Gatwick Airport the following day at around 10am.

Now that the flights are booked, we can sit back a little while Phillis works out an itinery, which suits everybody. Of course if anyone wants to do their own thing for a few days, this is fine. Perhaps let Phillis know what you have in mind, so he can exclude or include you from his plans. I suppose that Phillis will come up with a planned route, then anyone can take it or leave it.

Also our scam/efficient method of getting great hotels for peanuts, will also be wheeled out again. Naturally everyone will be informed, as things progress.

Happy Holidays.

After speaking to Phillis, I have been in contact with trailfinders. I enquired about Flights to the USA.

I told the bloke when the wedding was and said that we wanted to fly into San Francisco and out of Las Vegas. I also guessed that we might want to be away for eight nights.

Because there are 10 of us this qualifies as a group booking. What we usually do is get the bloke to hold flights, free of charge for 10 days. This gives us time to discuss things, then either take it or leave it.

Therefore the bloke has held 10 flights at a price of £345 each plus tax. Both Direct, on Virgin Atlantic.

This full itinery is at trailfinders.com. Click on the VIEWTRAIL button. OR JUST CLICK HERE
Surname - WOOD
Password - ea5bc0

Please E-mail phil & barnes (well everybody) with your thoughts. Positive & Negative (yet always polite). Better still, add a comment direct to this website below. (You need to register, but it's easy enough).