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Donny B. wrote:Flying to Carcassone on Thursday and then doing a week in the Basque country on either side of the border. Had accommodation booked in Santender but managed to get San Sebastien last Sunday so going with that instead. Only annoying thing is that the train options from San Seb are just as bad as Santander so it's another sweaty bus journey
Probably the best ever holiday myself and Mrs stays ever had that wasn't our honeymoon. Lucky backstard. Must get you the name of a fantastic bar we found in Biarritz. Specialised in mainly French Cider and Beer. Have never come across another place like it in France.Donny B. wrote:Flying to Carcassone on Thursday and then doing a week in the Basque country on either side of the border. Had accommodation booked in Santender but managed to get San Sebastien last Sunday so going with that instead. Only annoying thing is that the train options from San Seb are just as bad as Santander so it's another sweaty bus journey
Cianostays wrote:Probably the best ever holiday myself and Mrs stays ever had that wasn't our honeymoon. Lucky backstard. Must get you the name of a fantastic bar we found in Biarritz. Specialised in mainly French Cider and Beer. Have never come across another place like it in France.Donny B. wrote:Flying to Carcassone on Thursday and then doing a week in the Basque country on either side of the border. Had accommodation booked in Santender but managed to get San Sebastien last Sunday so going with that instead. Only annoying thing is that the train options from San Seb are just as bad as Santander so it's another sweaty bus journey
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yellabelly1961 wrote:Took the lazy but expensive option & going with the Killester Travel 2 day trip, still need match tickets though..
baaba maal wrote:yellabelly1961 wrote:Took the lazy but expensive option & going with the Killester Travel 2 day trip, still need match tickets though..
Likewise! We opted not to take the E165 tickets ("not face value" as they grudgingly mention!), so are hoping the ST lottery gets us two tickets.
footrush wrote:baaba maal wrote:yellabelly1961 wrote:Took the lazy but expensive option & going with the Killester Travel 2 day trip, still need match tickets though..
feel strongly that they will be lucky to fill the ground and that they have totally overestimated the numbers of us that will travel.
footrush wrote:Have a feeling that a large number of tickets just as the accommodation is being allocated to tour packages , looking at the Racing Forum can’t see a deluge of their fans travelling. From what I saw of the chart at different stages there were large chunks of the stadium unavailable even from an early stage during the public sale, would say that an All Ireland final would have been the organisers dream or Munster v ASM for that matter, feel strongly that they will be lucky to fill the ground and that they have totally overestimated the numbers of us that will travel. Can clearly see this on our forum with tickets appearing from Northampton and Leicester, there is a big difference in the number of people who speculate on tickets for these finals and those who actually turn up, had one for Lyon a few years ago for the final and didn’t bother going went to Edinburgh last year to be with the ASM supporters and because it is really easy to get to. If you have a ticket for this and are neutral you would only travel based on several factors does the tie capturing the imagination of the general public and is it accessible ?, no matter how much we might like to think for neutrals particularly in England outside of Gloucester this has little to offer, it is not us v Leicester in Edinburgh or us v Northampton in Cardiff and there aren’t two Irish teams in London to fill the place ?. Not saying it’s not going to be a great game if I was a neutral in England with a ticket would this match up bring me all the way down to the Basque Country probably not ?.
macboomba wrote:Any plans for a Leinster supporter base on the Saturday pregame or on the Friday evening. There are 2 of us coming in on Friday afternoon with 3 more driving from Toulouse on Friday. Planning on heading in for the Challenge Cup final while we're there on Friday night as I presume it's not going to be full.
Re: Nerves
Postby Dave Cahill » April 28th, 2009, 11:01 pm
Leo or Sam?
Scooby Shaggy Swerve wrote:footrush wrote:Have a feeling that a large number of tickets just as the accommodation is being allocated to tour packages , looking at the Racing Forum can’t see a deluge of their fans travelling. From what I saw of the chart at different stages there were large chunks of the stadium unavailable even from an early stage during the public sale, would say that an All Ireland final would have been the organisers dream or Munster v ASM for that matter, feel strongly that they will be lucky to fill the ground and that they have totally overestimated the numbers of us that will travel. Can clearly see this on our forum with tickets appearing from Northampton and Leicester, there is a big difference in the number of people who speculate on tickets for these finals and those who actually turn up, had one for Lyon a few years ago for the final and didn’t bother going went to Edinburgh last year to be with the ASM supporters and because it is really easy to get to. If you have a ticket for this and are neutral you would only travel based on several factors does the tie capturing the imagination of the general public and is it accessible ?, no matter how much we might like to think for neutrals particularly in England outside of Gloucester this has little to offer, it is not us v Leicester in Edinburgh or us v Northampton in Cardiff and there aren’t two Irish teams in London to fill the place ?. Not saying it’s not going to be a great game if I was a neutral in England with a ticket would this match up bring me all the way down to the Basque Country probably not ?.
I've gone pretty much every year to the final since 2011 (missed 2015 due to work), a lot of neutral rugby fans do the same, I know a group of Wasps supporters that travel every year, booking travel and accommodation before Christmas. I'm flying into Santander return for under €100, nice hotel for €75 per night, so those "event junkies" or rugby supporters as I like to call them are already paid up to travel etc and the current stupid fares are not impacting them.
Saying that, with a lot of groups of 40 something men there is always one or two who can't travel because it clashes with a communion etc, so there will be some tickets up for grabs.
The stadium will be full.
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