May 2009 London Expo?

maybe not one room, depends on how many people are going, and kim its not allowed cause of fire safety things and shizz

I would love to go... but.. what day is it? ^^;

its a weekend saturday and sunday

First post, Taya "23rd and 24th" of May (Saturday and Sunday)

http://www.travelodge.co.uk/search_and_book/hotel_overview.php?hotel_id=294

Don't know where you was looking Richard, but it says this to me:

http://www.travelodge.co.uk/search_and_book/saver_search.php?action=search&tab=list&source=XX&search_for=PROM3&checkInDate=22%2F05%2F2009&locpostText=London+City+Airport

Look at London City Airport that's the best one to stay in for the expo. (and remember you can get three in a room, so you can divide the prices of a room by 3 to get the cost of what you'll have to pay.



You have to remember that prices with the travelodge change constantly (but £19 is generally as low as they go), I'm booking a £19 room for the friday tonight for myself/abbi/viki and then waiting to see if the other two nights come down. If anyone wants talking through the process, speak to me tonight.

kirsty how about staying in london barking, cause its 19 quid each night, or is that too far away???
and have we decided how were getting down there? cause the trains gonna be quite expensive i think, kirsty you need to learn to drive dammit

i wonder if ill have my bike by then? cos if so thats me sorted for transport

Vikkiii wrote:

kirsty how about staying in london barking, cause its 19 quid each night, or is that too far away???
and have we decided how were getting down there? cause the trains gonna be quite expensive i think, kirsty you need to learn to drive dammit

It's about a 2 hour walk x_x (no tubes from barking)

Umm.. probably train (its £16 each way if you get in advance) but I'm trying to convince my parents to let me drive down.. FINGERS CROSSED! If I'm driving by then, I'll be able to take 3, maybe 4 people down (only problem with taking 4 would be room what with everyone's stuff).

damn it, just taken my money out of my bank, but that sounds good price wise, only problem is as vickii said are going to be train tickets as with it being a holiday prices will be up

if we order the train tickets before hand would they be cheaper?

£16 is the cheapest you can get them (they are advance tickets).. you can't even get to Sheffield for that anymore x____x *considers student rail card*

oh well guess we'll just have to wait and see whats available when tickets come on sale (sometime around the 16th febuary)

Kursed wrote:

£16 is the cheapest you can get them (they are advance tickets).. you can't even get to Sheffield for that anymore x____x *considers student rail card*

You have to pay quite a lot to get the student rail card, and you need to catch a lot of trains for it to really pay off

I had one when I was going back and forth between Nottingham a lot and I had to average something like 1 trip every 6 weeks for it to actually save me any money, I've no idea what you'd have to spend for it to be worth it now that trains are really expensive.

Trains are cheaper the earlier you book. I also think fares on main lines are going/ have gone up recently, there was a big fuss about it being an above inflation increase. -so ends another random interjection-

What are the EXACT dates i need to book off work for this?

I need them to be accurate, as in they wont be changed later on...

"First page, Kim n_n

23rd and 24th (saturday and sunday) May. Depends when you are staying really.. I've booked a family room for the Friday night (22nd) Saturday night and Sunday night."

^^^ Kirsty.

I'm hoping to book a room for the three nights too...

But it'll be selfish to have a room to myself with some of us going...

So any two people who want to split a room with me say so now.

i'm wondering if it might not be a bad idea to get a train back on the sunday instead of the monday seeing as mondays a bank holiday and trains will be seriously packed.

As far as trains are concerned i was reading an interesting article in the paper while waiting for me curry, apparently they can be cheaper if you book an advanced ticket quite late on (even on the very day your leaving) also its apparently cheaper to buy 2 tickets for parts of the journey than it is to buy one ticket e.g grimsby to manchester and manchester to london instead of grimsby to london.

Apparently if you look at virgin trains website you can find a deal each month that will allow you to travel from manchester to london from between £1 to £10 a hefty saving

Just camp think of all the money you can save :3

I thought you had to change in Doncaster or Newark to get from Grimsby/Cleethorpes to London?

yeah, last time i went i had to change at doncaster

yeh there is a change at doncaster but when buying the ticket you just buy one ticket as opposed to one for each train

Newark is a horrible place to change, it actually has 2 stations and sometimes you have to walk between them carrying all of your stuff, which is a bastard to do.

i'll bet it is, doncasters pretty grim especially at night. Currently manchesters my favourite

After Newark I'm quite happy as long as the train I have to get onto is at the same station as the train I just got off.

Well, if I don't drive and get the train then I'll just take the easy option and change at Doncaster.. I've never thought it was that bad o_O