Keep the ideas coming. The initial idea I had was just to give you guys some ideas. The important thing is we end up in a remote town far off, since it would suck if we're getting killed within the main civilization... right? Right? Heh.

As for old man's reason of coming with, since medieval chick sucks at technology (and maybe other modern stuff) she'll need some guidance. I guess. I dunno, whatchu guys think? 

What do you guys think about the first post starting on the plane? Then after that we just skip to the bus trip to town.

My idea would be, there's a screwup with your booking, and you didn't notice / weren't notified early. Instead of wasting your vacation waiting to be re-booked, you decided to just do it, since you were on a vacation for an adventure anyway.