Date: 17 March 2008 00:29:21
For decades I have wanted to go to see the Passion Play at Oberammergau. I have remembered this decade to start making enquiries in good time. I have on my desk a glossy brochure giving about 20 departure dates beginning in May. That is May 2010. I simply cannot get my brain round the idea of booking a holiday two years in advance. I have enough trouble thinking about booking holidays two months in advance.
The blurb tells me that half the available dates are already sold out so clearly I cannot afford to dilly-dally if I really want to go. But how do I decide which dates to pick? Any number of things may be going on in 2010. Is it really quite common to book your life up this far in advance? Can anyone give me some tips on how to negotiate this minefield? And while you're at it, hot tips for the Easter weekend would be appreciated, too.
That's Easter 2008 - in about 4 days' time.