To do list.
Passport:
- Physically touch your passport. Don't just assume it's where you usually put it.
- Check that it expires after September, 2025.
Airline ticket:
- If you haven't purchased your airline ticket, it's a good time to do it.
- BEST PLANS FOR THE GROUP:
- Land in Lisbon on July 4th around noon. We will have lunch and wait for you for a reasonable amount of time.
- On July 14th, we will be in Albufeira.
- The closest airport is Faro, Portugal.
- Try to fly home from Faro.
- If you fly home from Lisbon, that is ok.
- Be sure your return flight is at maybe 4PM in the afternoon.
- Here's why:
- Albufeira is 3 hours from Lisbon.
- You need to take a bus to Lisbon and then get to the Lisbon airport.
- You need to arrive to the airport 2+ hours ahead
- Jill and Marla: I have already booked our flights from Madrid to Lisbon.
Lodging for 7:
- All of our lodging is booked.
- There will be a tab on the right that says Lodging.
- That will have the link to the property, photos, cost, and who is staying where.
- Everyone has their own beds...except Craig and I, of course.
- The Airbnbs in Sintra and Lisbon required deposits.
- I divided the total cost by 7.
- The hotel in Albufeira is a modest (affordable) hotel that is clean and well located.
- We had to pay the total when we booked.
- It is non-refundable.
- It's tricky to find affordable places in Albufeira.
- Albufeira is very popular. We got the last 4 rooms.
- Larry is getting his own room. The rest of us share.
- It is a well reviewed (8.7 out of 10) but older hotel. It's not luxury, I imagine.
- Keep your fingers crossed! It's 3 nights.
- Bring earplugs.
Payments:
- Check out the tab Payments and Costs
- Open the Portugal Finance Spreadsheet.
- The top column has what you owe right now. I have paid $3600 in deposits.
- The amount you owe is in red below your name. What you have paid is below.
- Venmo me the red amount as soon as you are able. I am flexible... a little.
- As soon a I pay for something, I update the spreadsheet. Check it periodically.
- Goal is that everyone has a GREEN ZERO at the top.
- No judging columns in the red. I'm ok with you!
Costs:
- Check out the tab Payments and Costs
- Open the Portugal Costs Spreadsheet.
- If I have a figure that's certain (not an estimate), I'll turn it blue. That's a real cost.
- The others are guesses. They've not been paid yet.
- If you want to skip that activity, let me know.