PAGE 12 CIMARRON TRAIL MEMBER ARTICLE By T im & Per r i B l ake As for luggage to bring, we would highly recommend considering the eBags luggage brand (www.eBags.com) with the Shacke Pak packing cube system (www.shackepak.com). The “frunk” of the Porsche has limited space and the TLS 21” wheeled Mini Duffel bags fit perfectly even when they got a little bulging with souvenirs. However, having a small backseat to put our backpacks in was handy. THE COST The price to beat was the $30,000 tour package which we modeled our trip after. The airfare for the both of us came in at $2,900 and we give credit to Expedia’s ‘bundled deal’ feature for finding such a low price for the airfare along with the first night’s room in Munich. Hotels were another $1,000. Dinners, parking and fuel (which were included in the $30,000 package) were another $750. And finally, the Porsche rental was a whopping $2,200. That brought our total to $6,850 before souvenirs. Considerably less than $30,000 and we were able to travel at our own pace, stop where we wanted, and skip things that didn’t interest us (or that we had seen on another trip years earlier). Even rounding up to $10,000, we saved more than $20,000 on what we felt was a much better trip that was more customized. If you think something like this might interest you, let us know and we’d be happy to share in more detail our trip, things we liked, and things we would have done differently. Tim & Perri Blake timandperriblake@gmail.com
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