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RWC 2015 - Rugby World Cup 2015 Travel Plans

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    #992
    TheDoctor
    Registered Users Posts: 4,977 ✭✭✭TheDoctor


    So for anyone going to the Cardiff games, what do people think is the best travel plans?
    Are people staying in Cardiff or travelling up from nearby places?


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    #993
    aimee1
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    TheDoctor wrote: »
    So for anyone going to the Cardiff games, what do people think is the best travel plans?
    Are people staying in Cardiff or travelling up from nearby places?

    cardiff has no hotel rooms left unless you are willing to spend a grand, or anywhere near. Day trip it if you can get flights.


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    #994
    Clearlier
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    aimee1 wrote: »
    cardiff has no hotel rooms left unless you are willing to spend a grand, or anywhere near. Day trip it if you can get flights.

    Worthwhile including Bristol in your thinking for travelling and possibly staying if needed. It's less than an hour by train to Cardiff and has an airport. If time isn't a big consideration then there are options for train and boat from Dublin and Rosslare as well.


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    #995
    TheDoctor
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    Clearlier wrote: »
    Worthwhile including Bristol in your thinking for travelling and possibly staying if needed. It's less than an hour by train to Cardiff and has an airport. If time isn't a big consideration then there are options for train and boat from Dublin and Rosslare as well.


    Thats where I was thinking of looking, has anyone had a look at Bristol yet in terms of accommodation availability/price?


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    #996
    aimee1
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    TheDoctor wrote: »
    Thats where I was thinking of looking, has anyone had a look at Bristol yet in terms of accommodation availability/price?

    lot of decent stuff on offer actually. Especially if you dont hang around in cardiff at all either side of the games there


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    #997
    almostover
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    Searching for accommodation for 6 for the Canada game too! Looking bleak at this point.


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    #998
    Podge_irl
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    TheDoctor wrote: »
    Thats where I was thinking of looking, has anyone had a look at Bristol yet in terms of accommodation availability/price?

    I'm booked in to stay in Bristol for the QF weekend. It's not ideal obviously, but it's better than nothing. Bristol is a grand place to go out in anyway!


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    #999
    Steven81
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    nearly all tickets on sale now


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    #1000
    aimee1
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    Steven81 wrote: »
    nearly all tickets on sale now

    all catagory tickets for france game too


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    #1001
    aimee1
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    tickets for france game snapped up again. AB only left. flights to cardiff/bristol are 500 quid roughly. you need a 3 day trip to get that down to 100 or else go to birmingham


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    #1002
    Steven81
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    Got home today from work logged on and tickets for nearly every game available, spent hours yesterday and got nowhere. There were ABCD for the french game, ABCD for QF saturday night. Got my tickets so all happy to have tickets for both quarter finals and not to be looking on that website again.


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    #1003
    TheDoctor
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    Got a Cat B ticket for France game. Will do for the time being. If anything lower comes up in the next few weeks I'll try trade down and put the B back up for sale.


    Afraid to look at the bank account.


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    #1004
    aimee1
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    TheDoctor wrote: »
    Got a Cat B ticket for France game. Will do for the time being. If anything lower comes up in the next few weeks I'll try trade down and put the B back up for sale.


    Afraid to look at the bank account.



    have a cat c for france, will resale if cant organise flights at a reasonable cost


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    #1005
    TheDoctor
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    Won't be looking at flights and accomodation until after next pay day!!


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    #1006
    Steven81
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    TheDoctor wrote: »
    Won't be looking at flights and accomodation until after next pay day!!

    http://www.abbeytravel.ie/sports/rugby.aspx


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    #1007
    TheDoctor
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    Is there any pattern to tickets going up on the site or is it just random?


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    #1008
    xredmanlfcx
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    TheDoctor wrote: »
    Is there any pattern to tickets going up on the site or is it just random?

    Mad they could have had all categories up again today, even for "sold out" matches.

    Yesterday was "all remaining tickets" on sale. Odd system they have, the money grabbing shower.


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    #1009
    Do You Even Squat
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    So are all hostels in Cardiff booked out for the QF weekend?


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    #1010
    NoelJ
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    Do You Even Squat wrote: »
    So are all hostels in Cardiff booked out for the QF weekend?

    They've been booked out since last September


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    #1011
    Do You Even Squat
    Registered Users Posts: 90 ✭✭Do You Even Squat


    NoelJ wrote: »
    They've been booked out since last September

    Shít. Been looking for hostels in Newport and there's nothing. Kinda fúcked now. Any advice?


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    #1012
    Podge_irl
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    Do You Even Squat wrote: »
    Shít. Been looking for hostels in Newport and there's nothing. Kinda fúcked now. Any advice?

    Bristol. It's as close as you're gonna get.


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    #1013
    Esto Fidelis
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    Hi Guys

    Got 4 tickets for Ireland vs France after 3 hours wait on Thursday, now it's on to getting over there.

    I am looking for a bit of advice on the various options I am considering.

    1) fly to Birmingham and get train to Bristol and get train on the day
    2) hire camper here and get the boat
    3) hire camper over there

    Option 3 cuts out the €600 ish for the ferry so would fly over then instead.

    If I go with option 1 does anyone know best places to go to experience the rugby vibe and Craic.

    If I go with 2 or 3 do you have any recommendation on places to park up, I looked up Llandaff but looking for your help choosing somewhere that might have something going on.

    Thanks in advance.


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    #1014
    xredmanlfcx
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    Esto Fidelis wrote: »
    Hi Guys

    Got 4 tickets for Ireland vs France after 3 hours wait on Thursday, now it's on to getting over there.

    I am looking for a bit of advice on the various options I am considering.

    1) fly to Birmingham and get train to Bristol and get train on the day
    2) hire camper here and get the boat
    3) hire camper over there

    Option 3 cuts out the €600 ish for the ferry so would fly over then instead.

    If I go with option 1 does anyone know best places to go to experience the rugby vibe and Craic.

    If I go with 2 or 3 do you have any recommendation on places to park up, I looked up Llandaff but looking for your help choosing somewhere that might have something going on.

    Thanks in advance.

    We are going option 1, flying to birmingham, train to bristol, staying in bristol and bus/train to cardiff. Going for the opening weekend, ireland v canada and wales v uruguay, both in millenium.

    Booked that way because it was the cheapest and also because theres no accomodation left in Cardiff. Bristol seems like a nice place from people I have talked to and what Ive read.


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    #1015
    tmkly
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    Got tickets for the Sunday quarter final in Millennium. Bit presumptuous that Ireland will top the group but if not we will swap with Saturday people! 10 of us travelling. We had booked our ferry months ago even with accommodation booked out everywhere.

    We are planning to camp in a tent for 4 nights in Cardiff Harlequins RFC who do a camping service for big games like these. They did for Heineken cup finals that were in the Millennium before. However as time ticks on we are looking at renting a camper van when we get off the ferry and wondering are they many doing the same?

    Camping in a welsh field in the middle of October isn't exactly the ideal holiday but sure it will still be almighty craic regardless.


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    #1016
    vienne86
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    Category A tickets available for the France game ATM.


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    #1017
    TheDoctor
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    £250!! Good one.

    Have a Cat B £175 for that game - as soon as I can get a C or D I'll be trading down!

    Currently I have 3 tickets:

    Ireland V France - Cat B
    Win D V RU C - Cat C
    Win C v RU D - Cat C


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    #1018
    .ak
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    vienne86 wrote: »
    Category A tickets available for the France game ATM.

    I'd like to remind everyone that your favourite mod, yours truly, just had a significant birthday and didn't receive a collective pressie from the posters here.

    Just sayin'....


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    #1019
    xredmanlfcx
    Registered Users Posts: 531 ✭✭✭xredmanlfcx


    .ak wrote: »
    I'd like to remind everyone that your favourite mod, yours truly, just had a significant birthday and didn't receive a collective pressie from the posters here.

    Just sayin'....

    Any spare tickets?


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    #1020
    Esto Fidelis
    Registered Users Posts: 208 ✭✭Esto Fidelis


    @tmkly

    Just remember it will be October and you could get any weather, tent may not be a good idea. By the way I booked a camper into Llandaff RFC today but I don't think they take tents. We are flying in to LUTON, picking up a four berth camper and driving across. If you are travelling by boat you could do similar if you google it you will find lower cost van every thing from the hippy style to a small car van to the larger type. It would be worth looking into if you have a few to split the costs as you will be in Cardiff rather than getting say Bristol and missing out on the WRC vibe


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    #1021
    xredmanlfcx
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    Esto Fidelis wrote: »
    @tmkly
    If you are travelling by boat you could do similar if you google it you will find lower cost van every thing from the hippy style to a small car van to the larger type. It would be worth looking into if you have a few to split the costs as you will be in Cardiff rather than getting say Bristol and missing out on the WRC vibe

    Id say there will be a decent amount of Irish in Bristol too.
    Anyway, its only five quid away so you only need to be in Bristol to sleep and can spend the day (and half the night) in Cardiff if you want.


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