Accommodation
Today we have finalised our accommodation for the entire trip all the way to NZ :) Waking up this morning we had several gaps in our itinerary where we hadn't yet booked places to stay, there were a few days in Toronto, Vancouver and San Francisco which needed organising. The original plan was to use hostels almost exclusively but the prices (£30pppn!!! For an 8 bed dorm...) in the USA and Canada soon had us rethinking. We had already faced this challenge when booking accommodation in Banff and had eventually settled on a mediocre looking hotel. This was before we were enlightened to the wonders of Airbnb. We had a look at what may be available on Airbnb instead of the hotel and have "upgraded" (with a saving of £150!) to a full apartment with private HOT TUB and garden/bbq all with views of the mountains :D Further browsing on Airbnb led to bookings for 5 nights in Vancouver (before we pick up the van) and 3 nights in San Francisco (between van drop off and flying o...