Dutch Open 2008

[Erik]

The Dutch Open 2008 will take place on October 18/19, 2008 in Eindhoven, Netherlands. Check out the Dutch Open 2008 website for more information and registration.

Places to stay:
We recommend you to stay at the Eindhoven Holiday Inn hotel on Saturday night. This hotel is next to Eindhoven train station and close to the venue.
This hotel has an advance purchase rate of 62 euros per double room per night, not including breakfast. Additional persons at 22 euros per night.
Check out the hotel website for information and bookings.
If you want to share a room with someone else, then please send an e-mail to Ron.

Another option is the Stay Okay youth hostel in Valkenswaard. This youth hostel is 12 km from the venue. The venue is close to the Eindhoven train station and reachable by bus from the youth hostel.
Prices around 25 euros per person per night, including breakfast.
Check out the youth hostel website.

 

[nitrocan]

Whoa! I wish I could come, there will be a 6x6 and 7x7 competition!

 

[Erik]

I'll be there, I'm not sure where I'll stay yet.
If you take a double room at the hotel + one person extra it would be 84 = 28 per night per person (no breakfast)

The youthhostel is also an option, it requires traveling by bus though and it costs 25 pppn (with breakfast).

To everyone who will go: what are your plans?

 

[Hakan]

I think it's better if we form groups of people to stay at the hotel in Eindhoven. It's much closer and the difference between the hostel in Valkenswaard would not be that much.

If we stay with three people in the hotel in Eindhoven, it costs 83 for 3 persons (so about 27 euros per person, but this doesn't include breakfast)

That's only 2 euros more than the hostel in Valkenswaard. If we know how many people they allow per room, this would be even less. So If you want to stay at the hotel in Eindhoven, please raise your hand so that we can form groups.

 

[joey]

I've been told I should come to this competition.

 

[Jacco]

No big cubes/multi blind? Aw

 

[Rama]

I just compete with 3x3x3 (OH) and the 5x5x5.
That means no judging/scrambling for the other events wich means... more time to be lazy.

I wont stay at a hotel this time, I'll just drive back and forth.

 

[CharlieCooper]

i'm going i'll stay wherever (though preferably where most of the competitors are staying!), if anyone wants to share, let me know. i'm not so bad to share a room with

 

[Erik]

I'm sure Joey wouldn't mind sitting on your bed

 

[joey]

I'm sure Joey wouldn't mind sitting on your bed

*whistles*

 

[CharlieCooper]

erik, you are *so* hilarious :|

(i just realised that might have sounded nasty , it wasn't meant to be!)

 

[Ron]

No big cubes/multi blind? Aw

We have to make choices:
1) we want to do 6x6x6 and 7x7x7
2) we need to start later than at Dutch Masters
3) we need end earlier than at Dutch Masters

Multiple blindfolded is an ugly event to organise.

 

[AvGalen]

No big cubes/multi blind? Aw

We have to make choices:
1) we want to do 6x6x6 and 7x7x7
2) we need to start later than at Dutch Masters
3) we need end earlier than at Dutch Masters

Multiple blindfolded is an ugly event to organise.

So all we really need to do is solve faster

I will come (big surprise) and invite Joey and Charlie to stay at my place (about 1 hour driving) but I can understand if everyone wants to stay at an hotel/hostel.

Taylor, do you want to stay at my place as well?

 

[CharlieCooper]

thanks arnaud if everyone is staying in the hotel i will stay there... i think i will get a train straight to eindhoven. but i'm open to other suggestions!

 

[Kenny]

If we mean to stay at the youth hostel in Valkenswaard, should we make a reservation or is it okay to get a room when we get there?

 

[CharlieCooper]

so what's the score with people's hotel arrangements? shall i just email ron, as the website suggests, to stay with somebody else on the friday and saturday night or does someone here still need to book a room?

 

[jazzthief81]

I still need to book a room as well and so did Erik the last time we spoke.

Anyone else?

 

[AvGalen]

So you would all rather book a room than stay with me :confused:

 

[CharlieCooper]

I still need to book a room as well and so did Erik the last time we spoke.

Anyone else?

i will book a room with you guys if that's cool, for fri and sat? if you want me that is. and arnaud, i am staying with you on sunday i haven't abandoned you at all!

 

[jazzthief81]

No certainly not Arnaud, I would love to stay at you place.

It's just the fact that you already offered to a number of people and I know a some of them are (poor) students who have to travel a lot further than I do, so I didn't want to intervene.

But if no one bites, I'll do