When Tim and I booked our Viking Homelands cruise in January for travel in May 2022, we tacked on a post-cruise extension to Iceland. This was a three-night package that included time in Reykjavik, a day touring the Golden Circle, and a visit to the Blue Lagoon. Tim had always wanted to visit Iceland, and I thought it would be a cool place to explore.
In April, we read that Iceland was opening to vaccinated Americans, and we started to think about traveling there on our own during this coming summer.
We began to look at ways to visit Iceland. At first, we were just going to base ourselves in Reykjavik and take day tours to the major sites. Plans soon evolved, however, to the idea of renting a car and doing an independent, self-guided road trip in South and West Iceland. We decided to spend seven nights there and leave Colorado on August 2. We were ready to book flights and hotels.
Icelandair offers a nonstop flight from Denver to Reykjavik, a true bonus for us, and when we checked availability, we found that business class seats were just a few hundred dollars more than coach on the outbound flight. We decided to treat ourselves, as this would be our first trip to Europe since our honeymoon. We weren’t so lucky with prices on the return flight and settled for coach.
We then went ahead with planning our route and booking hotels. Although that limited any spontaneity, we didn’t want to spend time looking for hotels while we were on the road. Plus, we had read that availability in some of the remote areas where we would be traveling could be limited. By the end of April, our trip was pretty much set.
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| Our Tentative Route through Iceland |
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