Geir, wanted to pass along this most recent info from Anne regarding flying
from Seattle to Palau.  It seems better to just move our Hawaii tickets to
another date and purchase new tix flying out of Seattle.  That would be
$3000 total airline price for the wedding.  I don't know if you'd like to
stay at the Manta Bay hotel because you may not like scuba-diving with the
big manta rays.  Up to you...  She said she send us more info on Yap to be
arriving in the mail shortly, so we can make a decision about that.  I still
like Caroline's best for the first week and the wedding ceremony.  Let me
know so we can reserve or what ever... love you.


>From: Annie Taylor <anne@adventureexpress.com>
>To: 'Crystal Burreson' <cburreson@hotmail.com>
>Subject: RE: Palau
>Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2001 14:22:06 -0800
>
>Crystal,
>
>Thanks for your e-mail. I'm sorry about the Hawaii airline tickets, it's an
>oversight that allot of clients make. I think your decision to use those
>tickets at a later date is a good one in the long run. It makes sense.
>
>The airfare from Seattle - Palau - Seattle is $1,455.00 per person ( only
>about $50+ more pp!! ).  Let me know if this appeals to you and I will
>rebook your flights and fax you a copy.
>
>The couple that just returned stayed at Caroline's Resort in Palau and
>Manta
>Ray Bay & Yap divers. They had a wonderful time. They liked the remoteness
>of Caroline's and they liked the staff at the Manta Ray hotel, as well as
>the manta encounters there. They are both divers.
>
>Hope this information is helpful. Let me know about the airline
>reservations.
>
>Thanks,
>Anne
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Crystal Burreson [mailto:cburreson@hotmail.com]
>Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2001 5:32 PM
>To: anne@adventureexpress.com
>Subject: RE: Palau
>
>
>Anne,
>So we've discussed it further, and we don't want my mistake of ordering the
>cheaper Honolulu tickets to prohibit us from going to Palau to get married.
>
>Would the cost to fly from Seattle to Palau and back be the same as flying
>out of LA?  We could take the train up then from Portland to Seattle and it
>would be much easier.  We are thinking two things, a) if the trip from
>Seattle to Palau is about the same as the Honolulu to Palua plus the
>Portland to Honolulu tickets combined, then we'll just use the tix I
>already
>
>purchased and purchase the remainder of the flight to Palau or b) if the
>Seattle to Palau tix are the same price as LA to Palau then we will just
>buy
>
>those and use our Hawaii tix some other time and pay the date change price
>of $90 per person.  Does that make any sense?  Either way we still want to
>go to Palau to get married, and possible Yap after we review the materials
>you are sending.  I know I'm taking a lot of time to make a decision, but
>we
>
>have had a bunch of changes lately in our work/life and it's been hard to
>make a solid decision - until now.  So please get back to me when you can
>about the tix price from Seattle, March 1st - 15th.  Thank you so much
>Anne!
>
>
>Crystal
>
>PS.  You said a couple you booked for recently came back from Palau and Yap
>and had a fabulous time.  What hotels did they stay at?  Are they divers?
>I'm curious to get the inside "couples" view on what to do and where to
>stay...
>
>
> >From: Annie Taylor <anne@adventureexpress.com>
> >To: 'Crystal Burreson' <cburreson@hotmail.com>
> >Subject: RE: Palau
> >Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2001 16:37:07 -0700
> >
> >Hi Crystal & Geir,
> >
> >I'll send you some information, rates and brochures on the Yap
>properties.
> >You can do a 3 night extension and dive 2 days, it's a lovely quite
>island
> >with tons of culture and warm people. I liked it a lot, it's an amazing
> >place!. Their are flights between Yap & Palau 3 times a week.
> >
> >In regards to the airline flights. Our contracts ( and most agencies )do
> >not
> >allow for departures outside the mainland U.S., so it wouldn't apply to
> >Hawaii. You can purchase a retail fare from Honolulu to Micronesia (
>Palau,
> >Yap, etc... ) but the airfare is very high. I wish you would have
>contacted
> >me before purchasing that ticket as I would have given you the scoop. The
> >fare from Honolulu is $1389.00pp plus tax.
> >So, you see it's not any savings doing it that way. I understand not
> >wanting
> >to go through LAX but we could have maybe looked at the Seattle departure
> >to
> >make it more convenient.
> >Sorry for the bad news.
> >
> >Let me know your thoughts and how you want to proceed or if you have any
> >further question.
> >Thanks,
> >Anne
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Crystal Burreson [mailto:cburreson@hotmail.com]
> >Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2001 11:17 AM
> >To: anne@adventureexpress.com
> >Cc: gordongecho@hotmail.com
> >Subject: Re: Palau
> >
> >
> >Anne,
> >Geir and I have not put a deposit down because we were waiting to see if
> >the
> >
> >fares changed, and to calm our nerves about flying such a long distance
> >again.  We also were hoping to get a fare out of Portland to Honolulu
> >because we did not prefer to fly out of LA.  There did come up a Special
> >Fare on Hawaiian Airlines out of Portland to Honolulu.  So we went ahead
>a
> >booked those tickets because of the drastic fare price difference.  We
>are
> >not scheduled to fly out of Portland Oregon to Honolulu March 1st at
>9:10am
> >on flight #25, arriving Honolulu at 12:50pm.  Then we depart Honolulu on
> >flight #26 at 2:30pm on March 15th, arriving in Portland at 9:45pm.  The
> >total fare was $753.16 RT for both of us, so we couldn't pass it up.
> >
> >Looking at the itinerary that you sent us over a month ago, It looks like
> >the flight leaving Honolulu on March 1st at 3:10pm and arriving Guam
>March
> >2nd at 6:35pm would still work.  As well as the flight from Guam to
>Koror.
> >However, arriving in Honolulu on March 14th at 6:20pm from Guam is not
> >ideal.  We would have to stay overnight in Honolulu to catch the flight
>out
> >on Hawaiian Airlines March 15th at 2:30pm.  This is not horrible however,
> >because we would be flying straight from Hawaii to Portland instead of
> >routing through LA.  So we could just get a hotel for the night of the
>14th
> >if necessary.
> >
> >Sorry about all the confusion, but I had to book that Portland to
>Honolulu
> >flight once I found out how much money and flight time we would save not
> >having to go through LA.  Is there anyway you could arrange our new
> >itinerary accounting for our booked flights out of Portland?  We would
>like
> >to get the deposit paid on the remainder of the flight to Palau, as well
>as
> >the hotel stay.  Thank you again for the help, and look forward to
>hearing
> >from you soon.
> >
> >Crystal and Geir
> >
> >PS.  We got the brochure for the other hotel (besides Caroline's and
>Sunset
> >Villa).  How much of a price difference is this other hotel
>comparatively?
> >Also, we've been highly encouraged to stay a while in Yap on this trip.
> >Could you tell me a little about accomodations and activities etc in Yap
> >and
> >
> >how we could include that in our plans. I.e. staying at Caroline's the
> >first
> >
> >week, getting married on March 5th etc...?  Thank you!
> >
> >
> > >From: Annie Taylor <anne@adventureexpress.com>
> > >To: "'cburreson@hotmail.com'" <cburreson@hotmail.com>
> > >Subject: Palau
> > >Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2001 12:37:46 -0700
> > >
> > >Hi Crystal & Geir,
> > >
> > >Wanted to follow up and see what the status was for your trip to Palau
>in
> > >March 2002. Our accounting department advises me that they haven't
> >received
> > >a deposit.
> > >Can you please let me know what the status is on that.
> > >
> > >Also, just had another couple come back from Palau and Yap, extremely
> > >happy.
> > >Having just experienced it myself last month, I agree!!
> > >
> > >Thanks,
> > >Anne
> > >
> > >Anne Taylor
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