Three Steps Forward, Two Steps Back
Hawk and I have spent many hours today poring over booking options for our two-week trip to New Zealand next month. This is what we aimed to do today. But it has a) taken longer than expected and b) been a case of Three steps forwards, two steps back.
The mixed bag of progress: I booked the second car reservation we need. Then I changed the dates. Then I canceled the first car reservation I booked a week ago and rebooked it with another company. Then we changed our minds about 2 days in the middle of the trip so I canceled 2 nights of hotels we booked. Then I booked 3 other nights. We made short-lists of activities we want to do several days. Some activities require tickets; we booked a few.
What do we still need to book? Five more nights of hotels. Maybe another activity or two that require tickets. And we have another day or two of short-lists to build out.
Overall I'm less than satisfied with our progress. We accomplished less than I wanted to, and it's taken twice as much time as I expected. It's been looong day of flipping between a dozen+ tabs on our computers just to get this far. Three steps forward, two steps back. But it's better that we put in all this time today than further pushing it off to this coming week.
The mixed bag of progress: I booked the second car reservation we need. Then I changed the dates. Then I canceled the first car reservation I booked a week ago and rebooked it with another company. Then we changed our minds about 2 days in the middle of the trip so I canceled 2 nights of hotels we booked. Then I booked 3 other nights. We made short-lists of activities we want to do several days. Some activities require tickets; we booked a few.
What do we still need to book? Five more nights of hotels. Maybe another activity or two that require tickets. And we have another day or two of short-lists to build out.
Overall I'm less than satisfied with our progress. We accomplished less than I wanted to, and it's taken twice as much time as I expected. It's been looong day of flipping between a dozen+ tabs on our computers just to get this far. Three steps forward, two steps back. But it's better that we put in all this time today than further pushing it off to this coming week.