Good luck with it all, Stndrd. If you haven?t flown before, the experience should be quite novel for you, albeit a bit nerve-wracking to begin with. The flight itself is nothing to worry about, especially if you go straight from A to B and don?t have any stops on the way. Finding your way through the various checkpoints in the airport can sometimes be a bit confusing, but there?s plenty of people around to ask if you get stuck and everything should be well signposted. Taffy?s first flight, other than as a baby, was from the UK to NZ and he thoroughly enjoyed it, so hopefully it?ll be the same for you.

If you want to look for accommodation, take a peek at the Master Website List . Under Travel and Transport there?s a section for Accommodation where you can check up on places to stay.

Shame your family can?t fly with you, but at least you?ll be free to do what you have to do and get things settled before they come down. If you have any worries or queries about the flight, just ask on here and we?ll try to help you sort it out.

Be sure to let us know how you get on.