u/Terrible_Birthday107

Hi there,

My husband and I are eyeing a potential move to Ireland from the UK in the next few years. My parents are Irish (from Dundalk) and I've had citizenship since I was a kid, so settling long term is possible. We both work in creative industries freelance and would love to find somewhere with a vibrant scene. I'm in film, so Cork and Galway are obvious choices. He's in music.

We want to spend the next few years researching, learning as much of the language as we can and figuring out where to land. Are there any creatively inclined places that are less obvious and worth checking out? Nice people and nature would be a plus.

Go raibh maith agat!

My new husband and I will be taking a JetBlue A320neo LHR - JFK on Wednesday for our honeymoon! I surprised him and I'm SO excited to take him to such an amazing city for his first visit. But I've had a fear of flying for several years now, despite having taken many long journeys before. Something shifted and now I feel panic on every plane. I know that I can't make the feeling disappear but I'm starting to feel the anxiety and sense of dread.

I haven't flown this airline or type of plane before, but I hear it's generally considered a nice comfy plane?

Any words of encouragement would be so helpful. I wish I could just teleport there!!

Side note - does this plane allow you to see your altitude in real time? I have found that key to managing my anxiety in the past.

Thank you :)

Title. I did search, but I can't find reccs for this situation. My new husband and I are are flying from the UK on my birthday next week. We'll be in our hotel (SoHo) by 5/6ish, and we're both terrible, anxious fliers so I predict exhaustion. That said, I want to do something vibey for our first night. Ideally not too far away so we can slink back to go to sleep. We got married last weekend so romantic vibes would be a plus. Basically, somewhere with an atmosphere that isn't too crazy and overwhelming, nice staff, and - at the risk of sounding cringey - somewhere that makes you go 'oh yeah, we're in New York now'.

And obviously, we haven't planned ahead, so I guess it'll have to be somewhere where it's easy to reserve or walk in.

Thanks!

EDIT: I just realised what my username is 😄 Hoping this won't be a terrible birthday!

Hi,

I really need help with this pickle as my flight was supposed to be in a few weeks.

I bought two flights on Norse JFK - LGW this afternoon. The money was taken from my account and ringfenced as 'pending'. But the confirmation screen never loaded, it just stayed loading for hours. So I have no confirmation, email or reference.

This evening I received a generic marketing email from Norse saying oh we've noticed you looking & complete your booking. So it seems likely that the booking didn't complete. HOWEVER, I've been looking at those flights for several days beforehand. I don't want to pay again in case 1) this happens again or 2) the original booking stuck. I don't have another £1k to spend here.

Norse have no contact number or email. I asked the chatbot and it said they'd get in touch, but my trip is soon and I just want confirmation that I actually have a flight, because if not then I need that pending money returned and a new booking made. It sucks that their website doesn't seem trustworthy when they're the lowest cost option. Emails to their customer care are bouncing.

So what do I do here? Should I report the charge and try and get a refund from my card issuer? Does anyone have a direct line to Norse?

Thanks.

Hi!

My beautiful fiance and I are getting married this week. He's always wanted to go to NYC. I was going to book it for his birthday in September, but work stuff has come up then and some of my family happen to be out there the week after our wedding, so I've decided...screw it, I'm going to book it and tell him at our wedding. This lovely angel watches videos of NYC pizza reviews all day long, and basically I want to give him 3 days of non stop feeding and sightseeing. We are coming from the UK, fyi.

I've been once before and loved it (although it was weird because I went in early March 2020, and I had to get a flight back before the borders shut). I stayed in SoHo near Canal St and walked everywhere, loved the vibe of Chinatown, going to jazz clubs and cocktail bars. I'd love to stay around the same area but I'm clueless about hotels etc.

Are there any atmospheric, cool, romantic hotels that I can book on short notice sub £1k for 3/4 nights? I guess 1k is my max, ideally SoHo or nearby areas. But also open to discovering new neighbourhoods! We would definitely want to hit MoMa, Central Park, pizza pizza pizza. We love art, movies, walking, cocktails, old places. Authentic vibes (if that's possible as a tourist)? Big walkers so transport is less of an issue, but close to the subway would be fab.

ALSO any recommendations for a 'must do' for a first timer that isn't the obvious tourist trap stuff? And pizza...always...pizza reccs.

Thanks!

I'm laughing as I type this. I only recently found this sub and just had to share and see if anyone has experienced this level of weirdness. Because I don't think it's typical?

I was invited on a close-ish relative's hen a few months ago. Close in terms of relation, but we don't talk outside of family events. It was a completely bizarre day for many reasons - forced public singing of show tunes, girls crying and being sick in Oxford Street at 11am, someone drinking poppers because they thought it was a shot, 4 hours trapped in a basement gay bar while men in thongs gyrated at us, even though the vast majority of the party has social anxiety and just froze. The bride seemed to have a terrible time too. It was properly uncomfortable.

Anyway, leading up to the hen, I hadn't actually received any official details for the day, but assumed you know...I was probably in with a chance of attending. I reminded the bride on the hen that I hadn't had an invite. Since she is a close-ish family member I thought maybe I might not get a formal invite or it might be communicated some other way. She just stared and changed the subject, so let's just say... I had a feeling...

Got a text this morning - NOT from the Bride - but from the groom's mum apologising and saying there isn't space for me in the wedding. She's a lovely person and seems genuinely sorry, and I think she felt forced to say something after months of radio silence. I'm not sure anyone would have told me directly otherwise.

The bride and I aren't close so I don't feel upset about not attending, but I just needed to share. You have to laugh sometimes! I guess I was there to bring the price per head down. Has anyone survived through a hen and not even been invited to the wedding? It's one for the books!

Oh, and one last twist in the tale - I'm getting married soon...and the bride and her new husband are coming to the whole day & reception. (And so are ALL my hens! 😂)