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Originally posted by nvidic nvidic wrote:

Originally posted by ConorMac77 ConorMac77 wrote:

Originally posted by kearney304 kearney304 wrote:

Loads of cool tips here. Once venue is announced I can get planning
Presuming it's a toss-up between Basel and Geneva, I've already made a start and hedged my bets by booking a £30 flight from Dublin to Paris Orly the day before the match.  Trains from Paris to either of those cities take about 3 hours and go on sale 4 months in advance, at which stage the Swiss should have confirmed the venue.
 
I'll probably leave it until the venue is confirmed before I start booking a route home. 

Sure the direct flight to Geneva on the Monday is only €50
I considered that and knew that would be great - if we could be absolutely sure the game will be played there. But if it turns out to be in Basel (which actually wouldn't surprise me considering the matches they've played elsewhere have usually been against smaller teams which would attract less demand whereas this game could be a key match at the business end of the campaign), then I'd have to get a train anyway.  That's why I hedged my bets for this trip.
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Originally posted by ConorMac77 ConorMac77 wrote:

Originally posted by nvidic nvidic wrote:

Originally posted by ConorMac77 ConorMac77 wrote:

Originally posted by kearney304 kearney304 wrote:

Loads of cool tips here. Once venue is announced I can get planning
Presuming it's a toss-up between Basel and Geneva, I've already made a start and hedged my bets by booking a £30 flight from Dublin to Paris Orly the day before the match.  Trains from Paris to either of those cities take about 3 hours and go on sale 4 months in advance, at which stage the Swiss should have confirmed the venue.
 
I'll probably leave it until the venue is confirmed before I start booking a route home. 

Sure the direct flight to Geneva on the Monday is only €50
I considered that and knew that would be great - if we could be absolutely sure the game will be played there. But if it turns out to be in Basel (which actually wouldn't surprise me considering the matches they've played elsewhere have usually been against smaller teams which would attract less demand whereas this game could be a key match at the business end of the campaign), then I'd have to get a train anyway.  That's why I hedged my bets for this trip.

Conor, why not just book the flight to Geneva? If it's Basel, train it up.  Don't understand your logic...
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No one else noted the difference between kearney304's comments on this thread and the Gibraltar thread?

Seems a bit incongruous to be cool with driving 400km from Faro to Gibraltar on a minibus, but unwilling to book flights for the Swiss game, especially when there are multiple locations you can fly to from Cork and Dublin that connect easily with any of the venues in Switzerland.

Just me? No?
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Originally posted by SuperDave84 SuperDave84 wrote:

No one else noted the difference between kearney304's comments on this thread and the Gibraltar thread?

Seems a bit incongruous to be cool with driving 400km from Faro to Gibraltar on a minibus, but unwilling to book flights for the Swiss game, especially when there are multiple locations you can fly to from Cork and Dublin that connect easily with any of the venues in Switzerland.

Just me? No?
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Originally posted by SuperDave84 SuperDave84 wrote:

No one else noted the difference between kearney304's comments on this thread and the Gibraltar thread?

Seems a bit incongruous to be cool with driving 400km from Faro to Gibraltar on a minibus, but unwilling to book flights for the Swiss game, especially when there are multiple locations you can fly to from Cork and Dublin that connect easily with any of the venues in Switzerland.

Just me? No?



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Originally posted by cardwizzard cardwizzard wrote:

Originally posted by ConorMac77 ConorMac77 wrote:

Originally posted by nvidic nvidic wrote:

Originally posted by ConorMac77 ConorMac77 wrote:

Originally posted by kearney304 kearney304 wrote:

Loads of cool tips here. Once venue is announced I can get planning
Presuming it's a toss-up between Basel and Geneva, I've already made a start and hedged my bets by booking a £30 flight from Dublin to Paris Orly the day before the match.  Trains from Paris to either of those cities take about 3 hours and go on sale 4 months in advance, at which stage the Swiss should have confirmed the venue.
 
I'll probably leave it until the venue is confirmed before I start booking a route home. 

Sure the direct flight to Geneva on the Monday is only €50
I considered that and knew that would be great - if we could be absolutely sure the game will be played there. But if it turns out to be in Basel (which actually wouldn't surprise me considering the matches they've played elsewhere have usually been against smaller teams which would attract less demand whereas this game could be a key match at the business end of the campaign), then I'd have to get a train anyway.  That's why I hedged my bets for this trip.

Conor, why not just book the flight to Geneva? If it's Basel, train it up.  Don't understand your logic...
Took your hint and booked that Swiss Airlines flight to Geneva.  At least if the game is in Basel, it would be a much shorter train journey from Geneva instead of a 3-hour journey from Paris regardless of which host city is chosen. 
 
So at least the unused Paris flight was relatively cheap @ £30 (unless someone who leaves it till the last minute and finds that fares have ballooned and wants to buy it off me) so I haven't wasted that much money.  But with this being my 9th away trip in total, you'd think I'd be getting better and cleverer at planning ways to travel on away trips... EmbarrassedLOL


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How soon are lads getting their vaccines for the Switzerland trip?  They say the rabies one can take up to 10 months to start working. 
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The poor Jacks will start choking on the cleanliness.
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Anybody know if you can use French Francs in Switzerland also ?
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What's the Ebola situation?
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What's the Ebola situation?

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What's the Ebola situation?
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don't forget to get your visas if youre flying in from georgia
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