Just booked the 15:00 Blue Star Rhodes to Symi ferry for Wednesday 28th September.
We are sure AndyW has mentioned this numerous times but always book on the actual ferry company's website. Just out of interest went onto a site called Go-Ferry which a Google search presented when asked for ferries from Rhodes to Symi. They were going to charge €21.60 for a single fare for the two of us. Thought this was a bit high when thinking back to May. Went onto the Blue Star site and the same journey is now booked for €16.00.
Have booked Sofitel Gatwick for the night before the early morning EasyJet.
We have just got a new Smart car and being the daft people that we are style overcame practicality and as it is a cabrio there is very little luggage space. The old Smart could just squeeze our cases in but not this one.
Was thinking about taking the train from Aberystwyth to Gatwick which we have done before but there is the possibility of disruption by the sound of things and the return journey times would mean a split ticket (sometimes cheaper but not this time).
Now to sort out a hire car as we think we can get two one way hires cheaper than the airport parking that we have used in the past. Tried the local office but got the same old single journey premium of about an additional £40 each way taking the total cost to around £150. But deep inside Europecar's website we came upon an Airport Connect service but when trying to book it online it didn't work. Emailed Customer Services who apologised for their website and said that we should be able to book that so back into the local office on Monday.
Always enjoy sorting out these preliminaries as it means that the visit is not far off - 46 days and counting