I went to Tampa, USA by myself! ️Adventure Travel Part 1 (Airplane Travel Edition)
The other day, I suddenly had an idea and sent an email to an old friend of 20 years who lives in Tampa, USA, asking, ``Can I go over there?'' He replied, ``Come over,'' so I decided to go. 😁 (light)
However, a 70-year-old woman who is not good at English , bought a cheap ticket, booked a hotel, and traveled alone. So it was a wonderful and unusual journey. 💖Hahaha
So, without further ado, let's start talking about my unusual trip to Tampa, USA.
You might say, “I wouldn’t do something stupid like that.”😆)💖Hahaha
After I made my flight tickets and hotel reservations😁 Chisato advised me, ``You should have more time.''
1. If you are traveling overseas, check-in will take 2 to 3hours.
As it was, at Haneda, it would have been ``Goodbye American Airlines~😂''. 😁
2. I got a cheap ticket from Haneda to Los Angeles for about 136,000 yen, as February seems to be the off-season.
There were cheaper ones starting around 80,000 yen, but I chose this one considering the time.
If this was in April, the cheapest price would have been around 450,000 yen. 😅
If you want to go cheap, timing is also important💞.
I'm glad it's February when I suddenly thought of it 💖 I'm lucky again.
3. This is the biggest failure. My phone is Rakuten Mobile, but I couldn't use it overseas 😅
I did a lot of things by borrowing Wi-Fi from hotels and friends' houses.
(Something will work out. Once again, I have baseless confidence😆)
I had translation software and apps like Uber on my phone, but I couldn't use them at all. 😅 (lol)
I couldn't even hail a car with Uber at the airport. (lol)😅
But it's something that can be done. Check the taxi stand on the airport map and take a taxi to the hotel.
(The staff at the airport nearby read the taxi instructions for me. Again, I smiled and said “Thank you” and “Thank you so much” 💖)
This kind of experience is also exciting. Well, what was a bit expensive was the study fees for the valuable experience. 💕
4. I had booked a flight from Los Angeles to Tampa on the day I arrived. 😅
As someone who is used to traveling in small spaces in Japan, an island nation, I had no idea of the distance, and the distance from Los Angeles to Tampa was longer than the length of the Japanese archipelago 😅 It was a continent! ️
The low-cost round-trip ticket purchased on SkyTicket will be canceled (no refund).
(Sky Ticket wasn't very good, so I changed my reservation to Expedia. This turned out to be better later on.)
In order to have more time to go to Tampa and return, I decided to stay one night in Los Angeles😅.
I forgot to take a video
A miracle here too! ️, I was having trouble canceling a hotel in Tampa that I had previously booked through Expedia (because I can't speak English 😅), and Expedia's support staff (via email), who could speak Japanese, helped me and helped me with the hotel. They negotiated with me and went through the cancellation process, and I received a full refund about two days later. (@_@)lucky! ️ I kept saying "Thank you" and "Thank you" to the person in charge. 😁💖
I realized that "thank you" is a universal magic word.
As long as I smiled and said "Thank you" and "Thank you so much," everyone was kind to me on the plane, at the hotel, and at the restaurants.
Well, I did encounter some people who were a bit mean.
At the hotel in Los Angeles the night before I returned home, the receptionist seemed to not like yellow people and had an overbearing attitude.
I think it was because I couldn't speak the language well, or maybe it was because I had a bad experience with a yellow customer in the past. I was there.
The next day, I received an email from Expedia asking for a review of the hotel.I told them that and asked them to look into it (in Japanese 😁), and they refunded me about 5,800 yen the next day. Ta. (Yay~.Japanese Obatarians are not silent 😀)
Expedia is a reliable travel company that has a policy of ``working to provide travelers with a safe, secure, and comfortable journey.'' I read that if you buy a flight ticket and book a hotel at the same time, you can get up to 40% off.
I highly recommend it.I'm not a fan of Expedia, but if they treat you this well, I think they need to advertise it.
5. I used a Rakuten debit card, and it was convenient because I was able to confirm the withdrawal and refund the next day, and the subsequent response was quick.
6. With the Expedia app, I was able to check all the travel plans I had booked (as is the case everywhere), and it was convenient to check the PIN code (reservation number).
7. In Tampa, I had a comfortable, safe, and safe time at Kunie-san, Lisa-san, Chisato-san, and Kim-san's places (all of them were more beautiful, luxurious, and clean than high-end hotels). I did.
Really grateful thanks. 🙏m(_ _)m
Friends are a treasure. Really💖😁
So, this video is part 1 (airplane travel) of my great solo adventure to Tampa, USA.
Please check out part 2 as well. 💖
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