Travel advice for, um, a week from tomorrow - UPDATED

[georgeglass]

Update!

We made it to Iceland and it was incredible. Strike was over. Weather was great (but COLD). Icelanders said it was as cold as it gets. The wind makes it intense, but it was so much fun.

We saw the Northern Lights three times! We snorkeled at Silfra fissure (the guide tightened my neck of the dry suit so much that I couldn't breathe well or turn my head, so didn't love that) and did a glacier walk/ice cave tour that was incredible. Will be a favorite thing forever.

I loved visiting this time of year because crowds were low and even though it was so cold, it felt like part of the experience. I loved our hotels and the time with our kids. One of our best vacations ever.

I'll try and figure out how to add pics.

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[meganew]

Woahhhhh you basically just described my H’s dream vacation. If you feel like dropping some recs for hotels/tour companies I would love to add it to my list!!

Those pictures are incredible and I’m so glad your trip worked out!

[sugarbear1]

That sounds AMAZING!

[georgeglass]

Mar 12, 2023 15:48:04 GMT -5 meganew said:

Woahhhhh you basically just described my H’s dream vacation. If you feel like dropping some recs for hotels/tour companies I would love to add it to my list!!

Those pictures are incredible and I’m so glad your trip worked out!

We definitely splurged on this trip and totally recommend these hotels:

Reykjavik Edition (I had Marriott points, which is why we chose it but it was great!)
Hotel Geysir

Torfhus Retreat (amazing)

Hotel Ranga (kind of weird and dated, but cool and great Northern Lights wake up service)

We snorkeled with dive.is - I will say my neck strap was too tight and I got panicky at the end of snorkeling, so if you do it, don't just say "oh it's fine" if you can't breathe!

Ice Cave tour was with katlatrack.is/

[meganew]

Mar 12, 2023 17:40:41 GMT -5 georgeglass said:

Mar 12, 2023 15:48:04 GMT -5 meganew said:

Woahhhhh you basically just described my H’s dream vacation. If you feel like dropping some recs for hotels/tour companies I would love to add it to my list!!

Those pictures are incredible and I’m so glad your trip worked out!

We definitely splurged on this trip and totally recommend these hotels:

Reykjavik Edition (I had Marriott points, which is why we chose it but it was great!)
Hotel Geysir

Torfhus Retreat (amazing)

Hotel Ranga (kind of weird and dated, but cool and great Northern Lights wake up service)

We snorkeled with dive.is - I will say my neck strap was too tight and I got panicky at the end of snorkeling, so if you do it, don't just say "oh it's fine" if you can't breathe!

Ice Cave tour was with katlatrack.is/

Thank you so much!!!

And lol to the diving rec, because I too would people please myself into suffocation haha

[erbear]

Looks gorgeous. We went to Iceland a few years ago and it is so beautiful. I wanted to go in the winter to see the northern lights (we didn’t…) so I am thrilled to see yours!