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Shared travelling and other ways to make competitions more accessible

AvGalen

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Competition: Danish Open 2009
Offering: travelling by car
Requesting: a room for Friday-night and saturday-night
Departure: Friday 2009 04 03 18:00, leaving from Schiphol
Return: Sunday 2009 04 05 after competition/dinner
Other details: Lars/Clement/Laetitia/Erik are coming, Charlie can't make it. On Sunday night, we can all sleep at my place
 

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Competition: Danish Open 2009
Offering: travelling by car
Requesting: a room for Friday-night and saturday-night
Departure: Friday 2009 04 03 18:00, leaving from Schiphol
Return: Sunday 2009 04 05 after competition/dinner
Other details: Lars/Clement/Laetitia/Erik are coming, Charlie can't make it. On Sunday night, we can all sleep at my place

You can stay at my place, and while you're at it, you can collect me after the test :rolleyes:
 

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Competition: Danish Open 2009
Offering: travelling by car
Requesting: a room for Friday-night and saturday-night: Request granted by Frank SeverinsenDeparture: Friday 2009 04 03 16:00, leaving from Schiphol
Return: Sunday 2009 04 05 after competition/dinner
Other details: Lars/Clement/Laetitia/Erik are coming, Charlie can't make it. We are offered a place to stay in Denmark. More details through MSN (I liked this system)
 

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Competition: Carnegie Mellon or Captains Cove
Requesting: Room for Friday/Saturday night. Ride to/from airport.
Departure: Friday after school(for either)
Return: Sunday morning.
Other details: I have free airfare to either place, but need a place to stay. Someones floor/split hotel room is more than enough.
 

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Czech Open 2009
The idea is to have 3 days!

Plans are not final but we try to schedule it 17,18,19 July

I will update when plans are more final

  • Czech Open 2009
  • Offering the infamous red travelling system (aka car)
  • Just offering travelling. Rooms will be available from the organisation
  • Thursday 2009 07 16 after work
  • Sunday 2009 07 19 after competition dinner
  • Other details: Me, Charlie, Erik and Sebastien are coming (leaves a semi-place). Staying at my place before/after(/during ;)) is possible as always
For Germany, Joey/Erik/Charlie/Adam/me makes a full car. But by then Erik should have "his own car"

For Czech, Lars is coming as well. Shared travelling seems to work fast!
 
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  • Competition/Meeting details Czech open 2009
  • Requesting
  • Travelling
  • Date/time of departure: 17/18 july (before 18 july's registration)
  • Date/time of return: 19 july after the winner's ceremony
  • Other details: I live in Utrecht, but I can travel by train for free in the Netherlands, so I can easily get to any train station in the Netherlands.
 

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Competition: Carnegie Mellon or Captains Cove
Requesting: Room for Friday/Saturday night. Ride to/from airport.
Departure: Friday after school(for either)
Return: Sunday morning.
Other details: I have free airfare to either place, but need a place to stay. Someones floor/split hotel room is more than enough.

I can provide rides from/to the airport unless I have class at that time. But I don't have a place for you to stay.. This is for Carnegie Mellon Spring 2009, not for Captains Cove.
 

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Competition: German Open 2009
Requesting: A ride to German Open (Erik is getting a car? :O) A floor where I can install my sleeping bag.
Departure: Any time on friday 24 April 2009
Return: Any time after the competition (Sunday evening) :p
 

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Competition: German Open 2009
Requesting: A ride to German Open (Erik is getting a car? :O) A floor where I can install my sleeping bag.
Departure: Any time on friday 24 April 2009
Return: Any time after the competition (Sunday evening) :p

I have the exact same request, except that I plan on taking a room at a hotel. My parents are kindly paying for that.
 

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Competition: German Open 2009
Request: ride to the competition(and possible lift from the airport(also, possible room on sunday))
departure: friday 24th April
Return: any time after the competition

This is starting to get tricky:S
 

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Competition: German Open 2009
Request: ride to the competition(and possible lift from the airport(also, possible room on sunday))
departure: friday 24th April
Return: any time after the competition

This is starting to get tricky:S

Keep in mind, Breandan will repay you by letting you watch the fastest PLL time attack ever. ;)
 

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Update:

Competition: German Open 2009
Offering: A room for 2 nights
Requesting: Maybe a ride to the competition, but not necessarily, I might have an alternative
Departure: On Friday 24 April 2009 after 16:00
Return: After the competition on Sunday 26 April 2009
 

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Update:

Competition: German Open 2009
Offering: A room for 2 nights
Requesting: Maybe a ride to the competition, but not necessarily, I might have an alternative
Departure: On Friday 24 April 2009 after 16:00
Return: After the competition on Sunday 26 April 2009

I would like that room. Will it hold 3 people (Joey, Hakan and me) if Hakan and I sleep on the floor?

Competition: German Open 2009
Offering: travelling by car
Requesting: a room for Friday-night and saturday-night
Departure: Friday 2009 04 24 at 16:00 from Schiphol
Return: Sunday 2009 04 26 after competition/dinner
Other details: Erik is driving "our" car. Lars already has a place to stay. Charlie and Adam are not coming so for now it is just Joey and me in that car. I am expecting Hakan and Lars at Schiphol, but they will have to confirm that. That leaves at least 1 more half spot in my car.

This seems to be the Europe shared traveling post =P
I think that is because Europeans have a different definition of "car pooling" ;)

Seriously, I don't want this to become "Arnauds car reservational system". Hopefully more people (and from more countries) are going to use this thread
 

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Update:

Competition: German Open 2009
Offering: A room for 2 nights
Requesting: Maybe a ride to the competition, but not necessarily, I might have an alternative
Departure: On Friday 24 April 2009 after 16:00
Return: After the competition on Sunday 26 April 2009

I would like that room. Will it hold 3 people (Joey, Hakan and me) if Hakan and I sleep on the floor?

Competition: German Open 2009
Offering: travelling by car
Requesting: a room for Friday-night and saturday-night
Departure: Friday 2009 04 24 at 16:00 from Schiphol
Return: Sunday 2009 04 26 after competition/dinner
Other details: Erik is driving "our" car. Lars already has a place to stay. Charlie and Adam are not coming so for now it is just Joey and me in that car. I am expecting Hakan and Lars at Schiphol, but they will have to confirm that. That leaves at least 1 more half spot in my car.

Phew, it's a single hotel room, but I guess we could make it work ;) I'll have to check if there is a couch in there. If so it should work if Hakan and you sleep on the floor, and Joey sleeps on the couch.

About the ride: I think I should be able to get there as well by train. I will have to get back to you.
 

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Update:

Competition: German Open 2009
Offering: A room for 2 nights
Requesting: Maybe a ride to the competition, but not necessarily, I might have an alternative
Departure: On Friday 24 April 2009 after 16:00
Return: After the competition on Sunday 26 April 2009

I would like that room. Will it hold 3 people (Joey, Hakan and me) if Hakan and I sleep on the floor?

Competition: German Open 2009
Offering: travelling by car
Requesting: a room for Friday-night and saturday-night
Departure: Friday 2009 04 24 at 16:00 from Schiphol
Return: Sunday 2009 04 26 after competition/dinner
Other details: Erik is driving "our" car. Lars already has a place to stay. Charlie and Adam are not coming so for now it is just Joey and me in that car. I am expecting Hakan and Lars at Schiphol, but they will have to confirm that. That leaves at least 1 more half spot in my car.

Phew, it's a single hotel room, but I guess we could make it work ;) I'll have to check if there is a couch in there. If so it should work if Hakan and you sleep on the floor, and Joey sleeps on the couch.

About the ride: I think I should be able to get there as well by train. I will have to get back to you.
I'll check again around 8 tonight when I get home
 

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I tried calling but nobody answered, which I found kind of weird. Maybe I got a wrong number or nobody's in the reception anymore. Will try again later.

I am not too sure about the room having enough space to fit all 3 of you, but 2 should be feasible for sure ;).

If you do have time (and space) to stop by Aachen on your way, I'd love to come along, but if it's easier for you, I'll take the train instead. Just let me know.
 
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