Mittens Benidorm 2006 - WED 16 AUG to WED 23 AUG

m0ds · Sun 02/04/2006 20:06:33

Tres interesting! Well Barcelona sounds cool, [if it means getting a van then that's cool but how much is that going to cost extra? You've booked your flights now, though I was looking at direct ones to Alicante with BA, for about Â£180. How much were yours, CJ?

scotch · Sun 02/04/2006 20:07:28

About Â£87 at the moment, easyjet told us Â£64, what liars they are! But still, not too bad.

Pet Terry · Sun 02/04/2006 20:19:11

I have bookeded too now, so I guess I'm really officially in. I'll be arriving in Alicante at 13:25 on 16th and I'll be leaving Alicante behind (

) at 14:50 on 23rd. The flight back to Finland has two stops and I'm back in Helsinki the next day! Talk about madness, I'll be dead when I get back home.

See you all there! Is anyone else arriving around that time? We could catch up and travel to Benidorm together!

Grundislav · Sun 02/04/2006 20:29:21

The flight I'm looking at gets to Alicante around noon, so we'll meet up, Petteri!

Of course, I'm still a couple of months away from booking, but you can bet I'll be there!

Pumaman · Sun 02/04/2006 20:31:58

Quote from: m0ds on Sun 02/04/2006 20:06:33
Barcelona sounds cool, [if it means getting a van then that's cool but how much is that going to cost extra?

Well, teh MITTENS VAN!!11 looks like it would cost about 40 GBP per person, this seems to be slightly cheaper than a return train or bus ticket. Of course once you add petrol onto that it probably comes to about the same.

However, the important question as to whether it would be viable or not is how many people want to do it. You can only get 7 and 9-seater vans, and there seem to have been quite a few people saying they "might" fly to Barcelona. Therefore, it'd be good to know how many people have actually / are actually going to book flights to Barcelona, and hence how many people will actually be going to Benidorm with us.

Disco · Sun 02/04/2006 20:50:00

Count me in the van please, I've got a single from Barcelona to Luton:

I am hearing more people going direct to Alicante anyways. Petteri, Grundislav (will), Becky and Adam are skipping out on Barcelona.

m0ds · Sun 02/04/2006 21:31:51

So teh van stands at 6 people so far, excluding me. I'm still un-decided, but if I were to use it that would be 7... I'm not too fussed, it would be a coool road trip! 90ish for flight plus 50/60 ish for van and petrol is going to be just under a direct flight to Alicante. How are people getting from Alicante to the campsite?

scotch · Sun 02/04/2006 21:39:41

Bus, 40 minutes, couple of euros.

For the Barcelona crew, it'd be Â£39 exactly if the 7 of us get a car, I think it's not a bad idea... we'd have an easy way to go shopping in the week, or whatever. On the other hand, I think it's a bit more than getting the train... but factoring in local transport as well as the train, perhaps there's no difference.

Sinitrena · Sun 02/04/2006 22:20:52

For everyone to know, these are my flight details:

Airline: Air Berlin

Wednesday, 16 Aug:
Frankfurt/ Main (FRA) 4.15 am - Alicante (ALC) 6.45 am

Wednesday, 23 Aug:
Alicante (ALC) 14.00 - Frankfurt /Main (FRA) 16.35

Matt Goble · Mon 03/04/2006 00:12:38

I'm certainly in on the barcelona run - will book flights tomorrow.

Luton Airport eh?

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Renal Shutdown · Mon 03/04/2006 01:10:17

"Nah, Luton Airport..".

..And put me down for the Big Blue Cup Bus. I'll book when I can afford it.

m0ds · Mon 03/04/2006 01:46:08

Ah sheet, so that now makes 9 people in the blue van excluding me. And I was just about to say I'd go for it! Grrr!

scotch · Mon 03/04/2006 02:07:41

It makes 9 people including you, as far as I can see.

m0ds · Mon 03/04/2006 02:22:32

Ahh, cool. Then I'll book the ticket in the next few days.

Also, from what I can see the driving age is 18, so I should be able to lend a hand with driving if need be. Not that I don't trust Chris!

But then I don't really know what the laws and restrictions of the hire company are. I probably have to be 34 or something.

SSH · Mon 03/04/2006 09:59:58

Car hire companies ususally prefer their drivers to be over 25. Younger ones can drive of course, but they usually add 250 quid or so for the priviledge.

Pumaman · Mon 03/04/2006 19:22:05

Yeah, the problem with car hire is that if you're under 25 they add a huge extra charge that can almost double the cost of the booking. It would be handy to have someone else to share the driving with though if we go down that route; Matt/Spleen, do either of you have a license?

m0ds · Mon 03/04/2006 22:04:55

As far as I'm aware neither of them drive...d'you really think they'd issue Spleen a license?

Matt Goble · Mon 03/04/2006 22:24:21

Well, officially I do have a license, although I haven't driven since 1998 and it took be a good few attempts to pass!

I'm not sure if I'm confident enough to drive a vehicle with you lot in it - navigation is more my cup of tea...

I've dropped CJ a message with regards to the flights you guys have booked - it's easier for me to come via heathrow / gatwick and there are some Iberia flights on Lastminute which are pretty close to your flight times.

magintz · Mon 03/04/2006 23:03:56

Well I'm definatly in for the ags van thing as I'm going to be i barcelona with Dsico, so don't count me out. I need to buy my ticket (the same as disco has done) but have to wait till I have the money in my account, which will be in the next few days. Disco, how much was the single?

Disco · Mon 03/04/2006 23:07:19

Aw, I was hoping to help out with the driving, but I'll only be a mere 24.16 years old by that time

I'll have to battle Matt for the position of navigator, or maybe I can just be on tactical duty $:-\$ .

Magintz, it was â,¬74.99 before fees. They charged me â,¬7.50 booking fee because I paid with a Mastercard credit card, but if you have a Visa debit card they only charge â,¬1.50.