Galiano Island, BC

This past weekend was bf's birthday so I decided to plan a mini getaway to Galiano Island in BC. We stayed at the Galiano Oceanfront Inn and Spa which was a BC ferries package I had purchased for a 3 day 2 night stay. The inn was quite outdated but for a community of 1,000 ppl you can only expect so much. The inn was located right at the dock where the ferries land. We had a gorgeous view of the waters outside our room. We got to the island about 7:30 pm on a Friday night and we just ate on the ferry for dinner. We shared the chilli fries and the chicken pot pie. We purchased some wine in the market nearby and we just settled in for the night. The next day we headed for an early breakfast of coffee and eggs benny at the restaurant in the inn. I quite like it simple flavors and the Earl grey tea was amazing. Simplicity at its best. We then went for a 30 minute steam bath. Which wasn't much and then a hot tub session. Afterwards, we showered and got ready to go have some lunch at the outdoor patio which served clay oven pizza. We shared the margarita and the duck confit pizza (inspired by asian flavors) nothing fancy. Afterwards we drove about 12 mins to the pier where we took our first kayaking lesson. It was about a 3 hr tour. It was fine nothing drastic. I quite enjoyed the peacefulness around the island. I would definitely kayak again now that I'm less of a beginner. Afterwards we went back home to shower and got ready for our meal at the Pilgrimme. This was a farm to table kind of restaurant. They take local fresh ingredients around town to make a family style meal where you share the dishes. It was just two of us so we just let them decide what was best for us both. So we left our dinner experience to the chefs. Here is what we had: missing is the pickled cucumber and the plum squares to end the night.

The pita with the salsa verde/tomatillo 

Egg custard with apples, basil and squash

Burnt butter with potato bread made in house

Ahi tuna with honey dew and cantelope with a puree on the bottom-our favorite of the night

Sea urchin mouse with fish egg with raw beans and a sea kelp dressing

Seasoned apples with a creamy potato mash

Some char veggies with a bean sprout/lentils/alfalfa veggies and pickled califlower

This was a super adventurous dish of basically flash grilled quail so most of the meat was raw

This was our very first farm to table meal and we really enjoyed our experience to let the chefs do the choosing of our dishes of the night.

Afterwards we wined down and enjoyed the nature around us. 

Sunday was our last day there. We checked out around 11 am and drove around the island. We stopped by some parks to take a look around. I love the forestry, tropical part of the island. Hiking around the area is quite different from Vancouver. It rains there off and on, so its hard to predict the weather there. A very small island with not much to do we had some ice cream at scoops and had Indonesian/German food at the food truck near the ferry dock. Overall, we had a relaxing time away from home.

The Adventure is ending.....last day in Belgium

Our friend, Shinichi's flight was at 11 am so I woke up around 9 am to have our last breakfast together. This was ultimately one of my favourite breakfasts of all time. We said our farewells and off he went. Bf wasn't feeling well so he slept in for a bit. We had to leave around 11 cause check out was that time but the train didn't run to the airport till 12 pm so we waited at the lobby for a bit. Thank goodness we packed the day before or else we probably wouldn't have time to. We bought some souvenirs of chocolates for family and fries and we shared a belgian waffle with chocolate syrup and hazelnut toppings. OMG was this ever delicious! I wish I had more. Our flight left at 2:30 pm to Iceland which was another 2 hr layover. We had fish and chips and a burger at the airport. The fish was suburb. Super flaky and moist. I realized their seafood must be delicious and fresh in Iceland. Another reason to visit this place again and not just the airport. We arrived in Vancouver around 6:30pm and we grabbed dinner at congee noodle house on broadway. I missed chinese food that reminds me of home. We unpacked and passed out once again.

Sadly this is my last post on my journey to tml. It was definitely a crazy ride. I can't believe I went to Europe it was a dream of mine since I was in high school. My choir trip got cancelled back in high school and we were going to travel around Europe to sing in cathedrals and churches and monumental places but that dream shattered when 9/11 came. Now this year I was in Europe for the same reason music. I've always had a passion for music. Ever since I was 5 I started on the piano till Grade 10. Music theory was also incorporated in my life from writing essays about composers like Schumann to Chopin to playing their pieces. I'll never forget my journey there and I will definitely come back to explore more of Europe. I've only had a small bite of the cookie and I want the whole cookie.

Detox Day

Woke up around 10am this time we wanted to get some zzzz's for our 2nd last day in Belgium. Me and bf had breakfast while our friend was resting. We asked the TML rep what detox was and she said the shuttle will be at a certain location which leaves around 2pm. We got ready and waited for our friend to join us. We went to grab breakfast for him...a close by bagel shop. I had a coffee to keep me awake. We waited for the shuttle which took about 20-30 mins. We weren't sure if the location was where it was supposed to be but most of the ppl planning to head to the same location was also waiting in the area. Finally the bus came with NO AC....it was at least 28-30 degrees outside and the bus was super hot. The ride was about 20-30 mins away. We ended up at a botanical park with some castles, a small lake. The event was held at a open grass area. There was medieval games, hula hooping, yoga, barber to do beard shaves, massage chairs etc. The event was quite organized. They served fruit and veggie smoothies, healthy servings of food ie: quinoa, broccoli, roasted chicken etc. There was fruits: cherries, watermelon etc and a chocolate fountain. Overall a very relaxing day just hanging out. There was a tea section where we can choose our teas we want to take with us. It ended around 7pm and the shuttle was there to take us back. We headed back to our hotel to get ready for our evening out for a formal dinner and drinks. We wanted to try one of the dishes Belgium was known for which was mussels and fries so we ended up at Au Vieux Bruxelles. We tried the mussels and fries with the bacon and we shared the chicken and the meatloaf. The mussels were fresh no fishy ness at all. The fries were ok. The chicken was dry but the meatloaf was nice and tender. The meatloaf was my favourite. I'm going to try to replicate that dish at home. For dessert we had the creme brulee and the chocolate cake with ice cream. Overall, a great meal. Afterwards we headed to a bar close to our hotel: London Brasserie for some drinks and chit chats. We ended the night around 1am and went straight to bed. Overall a great way to explore the city but still have thoughts of the nights before.

The Adventure continues: Sunday July 22

The last official day was hard to get up to. I was tired but it was the last day for us so I little sad. Woke up around the same time. Showered and got dressed. We went to grab breakfast, took the shuttle and off we went. We went to meet up with our friends at the home stay. Left around 2 pm to enjoy the last day of the festival for us. We only did a week of tml. It is usually two weekends. We decided since it was our last day we wanted to go up front on main stage to watch Timmy Trumpet. You really do a get a different perspective up front. You see all the details of the main stage: the decor, the colors, the dj up close. There is definitely more energy and presence at the front. Because I did my research before this trip I heard there was a lot of theft that happens at the front. So I was very careful with my belongings and my friends belongings. I didn't want anyone to lose anything or else we will be thinking about it non stop. We roamed around after the set was done. I lined up about 30 mins for frozen yogurt which was definitely not worth the wait. Overall, everyone was friendly and was just there to have a good time. You meet people from all over the world, from young to old. It was definitely a great experience and vibe you can't get here in Vancouver. We went to see W&W at the freedom stage (the hot ass stage) just sweating...and then we roamed around to the trance stage back to end the night at main stage. The main stage light show was incredible. Nothing like it here. Martin Garrix ended the night for us. It was sad but it was all over for us...back to the shuttle we go to our hotel. Showered and passed out!

Adventure Begins....Saturday July 21...Day 2

So I woke up at 9 am, got showered, dressed and got ready by 10 am. Bf woke up at 10 am. Our friend, Shinichi was at our door around 10. I went downstairs to have breakfast with him first. I had the usual: pancake with maple syrup and bacon. Next serving was the cheese: Comte, prosciutto, cucumber and tomatoes. It was the best breakfast I ever had at a hotel and it was complimentary with the stay. The shuttle always comes on time. And got to the line up outside. But bf took a while longer and had to take the last shuttle. During that time they played the first day sets from main stage on the bus. It was good because I missed some sets the day before so it was good to listen to what I missed. About the drivers here. It takes about 30 mins to get to Boom at 11:30 am but it takes about 45 mins to an hour at 2 am without traffic. Both the drivers take different routes which really confuses me. I did some research before hand and I found out that the drivers usually don't know where they are going. And this goes for bus drivers, shuttles, taxi's etc. I found that to be super strange. But, most cars I noticed driving around do not have GPS. Oh and another thing that was strange to me is that the garbage was left outside the buildings of restaurants, homes etc. They don't put them in garbage bins. They are just left on the streets. I find this to be very unattractive as a tourist. Not sure why. Maybe to use less plastic. So because my bf was on the shuttle we had to wait for him at the stop. He took about 15 mins. Afterwards we decided to meet up with our friend we met in Bali. He was staying nearby at a home camped outside in the back yard. It was a home that was built by hand by the owner. It took him about 2 years to build. The host was super friendly, Cathleen was her name. She was very accommodating. We chit chat about the first day, had a few drinks. We met Duva and Ari. Great people! Duva was from Australia and Ari was from Belgium. She mentioned that it was just as hard to get tickets here as it is for people around the world. She said TML wants less locals because they spend less on accommodation, food, travel etc then the rest of the world which makes sense. We got in the same way like before. Easy access no big deal. Went to grab some water and started our day. There was food stands everywhere so we tried out their belgium fries which I think was better than the one we had in the city. Armin Van Buuren was one of my favorite dj's that night and so was Dimitri Vegas and Like Mike....LEFT LEFT LEFT, RIGHT RIGHT RIGHT....I almost felt like I was going to fall and get trampled on. Almost every set we watched played Avicii songs because of his passing. We ended off the night with Alesso and our first fireworks of the weekend. It was great. The main stage was designed so perfectly. I wished the clam shells opened up that would be cool. And off we go 45 mins walk to our shuttle. We each had a hot dog which we had to down before we can enter the shuttle. That was the fastest hot dog eating challenge I ever had. Not enjoyable I must say. I didn't enjoy my hot dog as I liked to. First hotel stop was always us. Thank goodness. Showered and off to bed.

Adventure Part 2: Friday July 20, 2018

So the big day has arrived. I got up around 9am to do some P90x, squats and some planks before the day started. And I got ready and going by 10am. The hotel offered free breakfast during our stay which was awesome. They had bread, jam, waffles, pancakes, coffee, tea etc. My favorite combination was the pancake with maple syrup, my 2nd serving consisted of smoke salmon, cucumber, tomatoes, prosciutto and cheeses. The food was so fresh, and isn't as salty as what we have in Canada. I feel as though our food contains to much preservatives. The only downfall there was there fruit. It isn't as tasty and full flavored as the ones we have here. The shuttle arrived at 11:30pm to pick us up to go to Boom. There is usually 2 shuttles one that leaves on time and another one that leaves just a little bit afterwards. They will hand each one of us a bottle of water and off we go. Our shuttle ride was about 45 mins drive away. It was a beautiful sunny day the weather was about 25 degrees. It drizzled for a bit about 15 mins max but overall a great day not to hot and the clouds gave us some shade from the sun. There was two security line ups. The first one was very relaxed just pat down on your bags. We had to remove any filled water bottles or food. Next line up was more secured with the metal detectors, sniffer dogs etc. But overall, still very relaxed security compared to Vancouver. We then headed straight to our 3 day large locker rental which was about $50 cdn for all 3 days for 3 ppl. The locker was big enough to put 3 big back packs and jackets, caps etc. It was a very good decision because we didn't want to carry so much with us. We bought waterproof clothing, socks, bag covers just in case it rains so we stored all the items in the lockers. Next up we needed to fill out water bags with water so we went to the bathroom sink to do so. The water was drinkable but not cold, luke warm. I wish they had an option to have cold water and a separate fountain for refilling water because the line was long from all the people using the bathrooms. I had planned out which dj's I wanted to see but the idea flew out the window. When your in tomorrowland schedules don't matter. Every stage was far from each other. So we just went with the flow. We explored everywhere to see all the stages we could that day. Time flew when you were there. At 5pm, me and my bf had dinner reservations at the Tomorrowland Restaurant. It was about $150 cdn for the both of us. The line took forever for big groups we waited about 20 mins. Unfortunately it was scheduled during my bf's favourite dj's: Vini Vici. He was disappointed that he had to go eat but I will make it up to him later in the future :P. We got seated right across the stage at the restaurant where you can see the full stage. We were served bread with oil, and then chips with 3 different sauces. Afterwards the main meal was the fish with pasta for me and the veal for my bf. Overall, a great meal. Nothing over the top. It was mostly for the view and the fine dining experience. My favourite dj's that night was Oliver Helden's at freedom stage where the light show was on the top of the ceiling and on the side. The place was filled with ppl. So many ppl that you will definitely lose some weight from all the sweating you will be doing there. He definitely surprised me. Of course I had to watch my all time favourite dj who made me fall in love with edm in the first place and that was Tiesto. He has definitely gone to the main stream side of his music but I supported him regardless. The night ended at 1am. We then had to catch the shuttle back to our hotel. The shuttle leaves at 2am. It was about a 45 min walk to the shuttle with a huge crowd leaving the area as well. We got home around 3am, showered and passed out.

The Adventure begins....Tomorrowland: Thursday July 19th

Our flight leaves around 3:30pm in Vancouver, BC. We got to the airport around 12pm. We grabbed lunch at Aberdeen before our flight. We flew Icelandair, some turbulence to our layover in Iceland. Basic service of water, tea or pop. Our layover in Iceland was about 2 hrs. We had our breakfast/lunch there which cost $50 cdn. Very expensive in Iceland. The yogurt, skyr was delicious. Nothing like that found here in Vancouver. We arrived to Iceland around 5am then off to Brussels which was about a 3 hour flight. We got to Belgium at 12:30pm. There was absolutely no security, checking of any kind we just walked straight through which we thought was kind of strange. There was a sim card booth which I purchased 2 sim cards for about $40 cdn. Mine turned out not working but bf's was...so it turned out to be more expensive than cheap. It was about 4 gb of data. 100 mins of calling within Europe. Afterwards we went to grab our luggage to catch the underground train which was about 9 euros per person. It was about 4-5 stops away to our hotel. Very convenient. The place was deserted on a Thursday. Most of the signage was in french. I could read some french but not all. After we got off the train the hotel, Red Radisson was about a 5 min walk away. Very convenient. We got there and met our friend, Shinichi from Japan. He got to Belgium around 6am so he was exploring Belgium already. We checked into our room which was just across our room to our friend. We unpacked and got ready to explore the town. We just randomly walked around. Walked about an hour away from our hotel. We saw the famous "pee pee" boy "Manneken Pis" and some very beautiful old structures laced in gold. Brussels has a lot of history, most of the buildings were made out of brick. The ground was cobblestone so very hard to walk in. Not many ppl around just mostly tourists around the areas we traveled too. We decided to grab some fries on the way which Belgium is known to eat fries with mayo. Nothing spectacular that you can't get here in Vancouver. We went to Leonidas for some chocolates about $1.50 cdn each piece. Then we headed straight to the Invited Party. Which was situated near an abandon train station. There was food stalls and a stage. Not many ppl we got there around 7 and we left about 9pm. It was quite disappointing to be honest. We got back to our hotel around 10pm and just decided to have a chill night before the big party.

Tomorrowland continued....

Arrival of the treasure box

I received my package on June 23, 2018 on a Saturday. I wasn't home that day so they transferred to my nearest Canada Post close by. I picked up my package on Tuesday June 26. Me and my bf decided to open the package somewhere nice so on Canada Day (July 1st) we decided to hike up 11 hrs to Panorama Ridge in Squamish BC. The weather was mixed from hail to rain to sun to wind. Visibility wasn't very good at the top of the mountain so we had to open it at the bottom of the lake at Garibaldi. Thank goodness the rain stopped and we were able to open the box in dry weather. I had 3 people going with me so there was 3 boxes in the package. The box came with some gold lettering and design around the box which created a sentence around it. The paper of the box had a nice feel to it. Made with quality paper. Inside the box was a seahorse necklace which turned out to be a whistle. Inside was a pamphlet of the instructions of how to upload your pearls onto your bracelet. Overall a neat package but nothing that was crazy spectacular. I'm planning to upload about 200 euros onto my bracelet which is about $300 cdn. Your able to refund the leftover money if it isn't used. So that's good. I don't drink but I'm planning to buy souvenirs at the party. I'm excited 13 more days to go. Hopefully weather will turn out for the better. Currently reads rain, thunderstorm....-.-"

More updates to follow....

Some important things to remember:

Deadline to receive a free drink for every 100 pearls spent is July 15th. You must download your amount of pearls you need on your bracelet before or on that date to receive a free drink for every 100 euros spent. And to refund the money leftover it costs 2 pearls.

Savio Volpe

Bf was craving pasta since it was the weekend and he's on paleo and weekend is usually his cheat day I decided to go to a new restaurant close to home. Located on Kingsway just down Fraser is a newly opened restaurant. With a limited menu selection this place focuses on fresh local ingredients as well as imported ingredients from Italy. They make their pasta in house and most of the meats and ingredients are ordered from Italy direct. We had the rigatoni, beef braciola, pork riblet, meatball with sunday sauce to share and the tortelli, greens & ricotta, crispy sage pasta. For side we ordered the potatoes, prosciutto, salumi, rosemary and the prosciutto di parma, mustard greens, grana. This is a pricey place to be but you will definitely be full. For just the two of us the bill was about $100 plus tip. Overall, a great place..next time we will do the chef's special meal where the chef serves up meals created for the season with the freshest ingredients available at that time.

Savio Volpe
Location:  615 Kingsway, Vancouver, BC V5T 3K5

Rating: ☆☆☆☆/5

Botanist

Past Sunday me and the girls got together to have brunch at a restaurant inside the Fairmont Hotel downtown on waterfront. This place was very modern, very chic and instagram worthy. I ordered a virgin ceaser...very salty not much flavour and definitely not worth the high price tag. Next I ordered the crab and avocado benedict. This dish had delicate flavours, slight tang from the hollandaise sauce which I like. The english muffin was a little too soggy for my liking. The potatoes on the side was bland and not crunchy as it should be. We shared the pancakes which I ended up not eating cause I was quite full. Overall, an alright meal but not worth the high price tag. My bill came up to be $50.00 tax included.

Botanist
Location: 1038 Canada Pl, Vancouver, BC V6C 0B9

Rating: ☆☆☆1/2/5

Gyozabar

Craving ramen and decided to grab ramen nearby my work place. Went to Gyozabar. I had the tomato shio ramen which consisted of a chicken/pork broth with egg, veggies and chasu. This was not the same as your regular shio broth. It wasn't overly oily but a tad salty in my opinion. The broth was drinkable and not as heavy as your regular ramen broths. The noodles were good. The egg was a tad salty but had a wonderful flavour on the outside and ooey gooey in the inside. They give you one lean pork slice and one fatty. I prefer the fatty because the lean one was still a little bit hard to chew. The vegetables were the star of the show. Nice and buttery, melt in your mouth lettuce. Overall, an ok meal but super pricey. It came to $16 plus tip for a bowl of ramen. Probably won't go back for the price. You can get better elsewhere.

Gyoza Bar
Location: 622 West Pender St. Vancouver BC

Rating: ☆☆☆1/2/5

R&H Chinese Food

After watching Mike Chen on Youtube. I wanted to check this place out. Located in Lansdowne mall in Richmond food court. We went on a Saturday afternoon around 1:30 pm and the place was bustling with people. We ordered the soup dumplings, pan fried chives dumplings, and the beef roll.

Everything came out hot and fresh. The soup dumpling were delicious. Equal ratio of meat to skin. There was a least 2 spoonfuls of soup inside each dumpling. The soup was delicious. Hearty and full of flavour.

The pan fried chive dumplings were good as well. But I prefer a lot of chives flavour which it was missing and I wanted my dumpling more pan fried. To have the smokiness of the grill. The skin was thick but it was chewy and soft.

The beef roll was the downfall of this place. The beef was chewy and impossible to chew. To much fat to the meat and it was overcooked. The flavour were there but the beef was way to hard to eat.

Overall, a great place to go. Not much of a wait. No tip. And a cheaper option for what you can get at the restaurants.

R&H Chinese Food
Location: 5300 No 3 Rd, Richmond, BC V6X 2X9

Rating: ☆☆☆1/2/5

Tomorrowland 2018-The Beginning Part I

So I decided to blog about my experience of Tomorrowland from preregistering to the actual event and my final thoughts about the trip. I hope this helps people who live in Vancouver who are planning to go next year as well as fellow Canadians. The reason I decided to blog about this experience was because there was very little information that was given to me. I had to go through Tomorrowland website, Facebook page to Reddit pages from the past. So I hope this entry will give a general understanding of how it works from Vancouver, BC.
       So around September of 2017, the Tomorrowland page for 2018 was up for you to sign up with your email for future information for Tomorrowland 2018. I signed up with my email during that time. Next step was to preregister which took place on January 9th at 8 am. This was a Tuesday morning and I had to work so I went to work earlier to preregister. Please take this step seriously. Even though many say that you don't need to register right away. I still did just in case. There was about a 5-10 min lag when you get into the site because so many people were trying to register. Eventually you just put your full name, address, email etc. And your preference of the week you wanted to attend. I had no preference but it was my bf's cousin's birthday the first week so we decided to attend week 1. (but this selection doesn't matter, you can change it when you actually sign up and pay)
     On January 20th, 2018 this was the first sale for global journey. The sale started at 8 am. Prior to this date I did my research and simulated package ideas on the Tomorrowland page to see the estimated costs. I had to figure out exactly who was going to go with me. At that time we had 4 people who wanted to go but because of costs and timing they weren't able to go. Please make sure you know exactly who is going before this date. Very important to know the cost, your route and your flight info. Also, make sure you call your credit card company to either raise your credit limit if needed and also let them know you will make an international big purchase. Because this will be a big purchase and they might put a hold on your card thinking your card might be stolen and your credit card being used elsewhere.
     Here are some examples of research I did before the big day. I first decided it might be cheaper to fly from Vancouver (YVR) to London (LON). The cost was about $473 cad one way flight. Then take the train package from the Tomorrowland site to Brussels, Boom. That would cost another $2281.02 cad that includes the train to Brussels (there and back on the last day of Tomorrowland), bronze hotel, and the full madness comfort pass. And flight back was another: $473 from London to Vancouver. So the approx total was: $3,227.02 cad (estimated). From reading other people's comments you need about $500 USD ($623.51 cad) for spending money there. So total approx: $3850.53 cad. I ended up not booking this way because timing was critical. You need to make sure you arrive around the same time to catch your train. If there is any delays you will miss your train connection.
    So I decided to book directly to Brussels from Vancouver. I booked leaving day on Wed July 18th at 3:45 pm and arrive in Brussels on Thursday 19th at 12:45 pm with one layover for an hour at Reykjavik. It cost approx: $1526.01 cad. This included return flight with 2 hr layover at Reykjavik.
Then I booked the hotel package silver at the RED Radisson. I had 2 other people coming with me so I had to book 1 single room and 1 double room. So including the pass it was $2281.52 cad. With $623.51 cad spending money in mind the total for this trip was approx $4431.04 cad.
    The reason this package I booked was pricier then the one above it was because my choices was limited during the time of booking. Everyone was trying to book the cheapest packages and my first choice of staying at a bronze hotel was already sold out the time I went to book. So my other option was to go with a silver hotel.
    The reason I went with global journey is because we really wanted to guarantee that we got in to Tomorrowland this year. So we were expecting the high prices. Your more than welcome to wait for the upcoming sales of the regular festival tickets and getting Airbnb which would be the cheaper option but to guarantee you a spot is very unlikely. It would definitely be luck of the draw. When you preregister you get to enter into the top 20 of your nationality. But, none of my 4 friends and I got in. When you get into the top 20 you get access to 4 Tomorrowland festival tickets guaranteed.
    The big day of the booking was January 20th at 8 am on Saturday morning. I told my 2 other friends to Skype with me at 7:30 am so we can all enter into the sale. The day before I sent everyone an email with my purposed itinerary so everyone can follow suit with how to book and for what. I provided everyone with each other's contact number, full name on passport, address etc. You want to do this because booking time is very limited. Once the clock strikes 8. We all login to our account. We were able to choose the selections we wanted until we hit the hotels. The choices we wanted were sold out so I had to quickly think what other options I had. I was the only one out of the 2 who got into the purchasing area. I quickly typed in everyone's info and clicked purchase. That is when the "wheel of death" showed up. Processing my payment. I crossed my fingers and at that time it was already 30 mins into the booking. I told everyone else to go back to sleep because none of them could enter into the site because everyone else was on hold. About an hour I get an email that confirmed my purchase. I was excited. One very important tip is to be patient and wait! Do not! Do not! refresh the screen. Just keep it on the loading screen. Eventually the purchase will be loaded.

   Some very important tips I have:

-make sure you don't share the same IP address, server etc. (very important because I was the only one out of the 2 who got in)
-make sure you wake up 30 mins prior to booking to get everything sorted out
-make sure you use your desktop computer and not an and iPad, phone etc. (you don't want anything running out of batteries, disconnection through WiFi etc.
-make sure you have all your info ready (everyone who is going's contact info, address), your credit card etc.
-make sure you let your credit card company know the big purchase is happening internationally so they don't block your account due to security measures
-do your research, find different ways to lower your costs, research different airline flights, use Ebates to get cashback for your large purchases (check out Skyscanner, kayak, google flights)
-read other bloggers post, watch YouTube videos of how to prepare for Tomorrowland, read posts, join the Fb Tomorrowland page. (don't be afraid to ask questions)

After getting a confirmation page that showed up after the wheel of death it reads that they will send me an email confirmation 10 days later to confirm the details of my trip. I have a feeling I made a few spelling areas which excitedly entering in my friend's info. So make sure you double check the information recorded because you don't want to have any issues getting into Tomorrowland.