Euro 2012 - general info

[francesco_1]

The hotel is called Słowianin and the address is Modliszewo 8B, 62-200 Gniezno. Like I said its our back-up plan as we're looking for places nearer or in Poznan but it's better to be safe and have something to fall back on just in case.

Ya makes perfect sence to book a hotel now with free cancelation. There are some nice hostels & Hotels in the city from the poznan website.

http://www.poznan.pl/mim/public/turystyka/class.html?id_cz=6049&id_klasy=1110&lang=en


I only need to stay in poznan on match day's as im staying in Sztum just outside Gdansk. Most of the hostels would only accept 3 day minimum stay and some won't be takin bookings for another couple of weeks.

I priced the single train journey from Gdansk to Poznan and it was 44zloty, about 10 euro's.

[MariborKev]

We're going the Camper route.

Few of us have rented them out of Germany(SwanvsDalton has another).

As other have said, the host cities look a mare for accommodation on match night and in my view the best night is always the night before, so the camepr gives us the flexibility for this.

[punkrocket]

Out of interest Kev, what is the going rate for hiring a campervan? Nothing fancy like.

[Hale]

Just emailed a hostel in Poznan....they sent me details for bookings during the Euros......

Price is 7 times the normal price with a minimum 4 night stay.....

I told them where they can stick their offer!

Looks like it will be really hard to get somewhere to stay........Ive been there before so i remember a few places i could pitch my tent!

[SwanVsDalton]

Out of interest Kev, what is the going rate for hiring a campervan? Nothing fancy like.

We got a six-man camper out of Hamburg from June 7-20 for about £1700 (2000E I think?) all told - just over £280 per man.

[TheOwl]

The hotel is called Słowianin and the address is Modliszewo 8B, 62-200 Gniezno. Like I said its our back-up plan as we're looking for places nearer or in Poznan but it's better to be safe and have something to fall back on just in case.

Booked in the exact same place with the exact same plan - hopefully won't need it.

Not a disaster though as Gniezno has two trains an hour to Poznan and they run all night (takes 45 mins to an hour depending on the train).

That hotel is 7km for Gniezno though but it is dirt cheap (less than 50 euro a night for a double room)

[francesco_1]

Lad's go on to www.wizzair.com.

They have sale and just got my return flights cork to Warsaw for 200 euro.

[BonnieShels]

Booked in the exact same place with the exact same plan - hopefully won't need it.

Not a disaster though as Gniezno has two trains an hour to Poznan and they run all night (takes 45 mins to an hour depending on the train).

That hotel is 7km for Gniezno though but it is dirt cheap (less than 50 euro a night for a double room)

Just got the second last double room there for 125.00.

Thanks lads.

[Silly Billy G]

I purchased flights to Gdansk on the 13th June from cork. Of course they brought out a sale then today !
Looking on ryanair there too, v cheap flights still available to Bysgotzh (!) spelling a bit mongo there,
That town is half way between the two venues and serviced from Dublin.
I travelled there last summer, airport in the middle of nowhere but if you rented a car at the airport and had a few lads to share the cost of car hire you would save a fortune in flight costs.

[punkrocket]

We got a six-man camper out of Hamburg from June 7-20 for about £1700 (2000E I think?) all told - just over £280 per man.
It sounds like you went for the fancy option there. It's at times like this that I realise the profound love that I have for my old VDub

[Hale]

Booked in the exact same place with the exact same plan - hopefully won't need it.

Not a disaster though as Gniezno has two trains an hour to Poznan and they run all night (takes 45 mins to an hour depending on the train).

That hotel is 7km for Gniezno though but it is dirt cheap (less than 50 euro a night for a double room)

That hotel is the far side of the town of Gniezno even if you got the train back which i doubt you could so late at night after the game you would than need a cab to finish the journey.

Has anything checked out the 'football fans camp Poland'
They have 2 man tents for 50 euro a night

[SwanVsDalton]

It sounds like you went for the fancy option there. It's at times like this that I realise the profound love that I have for my old VDub

Don't know if it's fancy - it ain't a VDub like but it's for six men, rented from a reputable place and has an engine and room. Suits us since we it's our home from home for 13 days.

I guess we could've went budget and constructed a mini-bus out of rice krispie squares, but the insurance would be insane. A

[DeLorean]

I am coming pretty close to booking a campervan in Poland, so I'd be really grateful if somebody could answer these few questions:


1. Does my full driving licence cover me to drive (a) a campervan (b) a campervan abroad?

2. What's the story with insurance? should this be sorted out with my own car insurance company or with the company with which I hire the van? They haven't mentioned anything about it in the mail correspondence.

3. Is it awkward to find designated areas to park the van or can you pretty much throw it anywhere within reason?

4. Is there a maximum amount of people you can have in the van or is it done by weight? Presume there wouldn't be a major issue squeezing in an extra one or two??

[Docboy]

Your Irish licence should cover you for Poland providing you're over 25. The insurance will be included in the final price that you're charged. They do seem to stipulate, in order to satisfy the insurance requirements, that you park up overnight in a guarded camp-site. Bear in mind that they can track your location via GPS. There is a weight issue, so if you are taking more than the van is catered for I'd recommend only showing up with the recommended amount and pick up your mates along the way.

Not sure if you'll find it that easy to rent a van in Poland. We had a look and couldn't really find much going. We've booked flights to Frankfurt and making our way in a van from there. Best of luck anyway!

[TheOwl]

That hotel is the far side of the town of Gniezno even if you got the train back which i doubt you could so late at night after the game you would than need a cab to finish the journey.

Has anything checked out the 'football fans camp Poland'
They have 2 man tents for 50 euro a night

Yes you would need a cab from the station from Gniezno back to the hotel but there is a train from Poznan to Gniezno at 03:11 on both nights Ireland are playing in Poznan which takes only 36 minutes (and costs less than four euros).

Not a nightmare to wait that long, especially if you fancy a few beers in Poznan after the game.

Again, far from ideal, but it is free to cancel and better than nothing.

For those wishing to check train timetables in Poland here is the site to do it...

http://nowy.rozklad-pkp.pl/bin/query.exe/en

[Paddy the Dog]

Apologies for the double threading lads, I thought this was important.

There are Cat 1 tickets for the Croatia game available NOW from the UEFA ticket portal. A bit pricey at €120 plus €24 booking fee but if you want to guarantee a ticket, they're there.

[Closed Account 2]

Using that site:

Your purchase is being made and any payment required is being taken.
Please be patient as this may take some time during busy periods.

>>>>>>

Please do not navigate away from this page, it will eventually allow you to continue.

Hopefully the order goes through.

[Junior]

It should do. If you log back in on a new tab you'll find the tickets should be there. That was the case for me anyway.

[DeLorean]

Seems to be all Ukraine based venue tickets available now. There were England v France tickets going for €30 while ago!

[Closed Account 2]

I got the Ireland Croatia tickets! I thought I handn't but as Junior said if you wait long enough after purchase you seem to get them on logging back in.

There were tickets for a Quarter Final in Donetsk which we would be in if we won our group for 30 EUR a few mins ago.

[DeLorean]

Fair play Edmundo. I could have got one myself but I only had a debit card and there isn't enough in my account. €152 in total for one ticket was a bit mad anyway from the official website. I'd get over it if I had to give it to some punk last minute.

[Paddy the Dog]

[QUOTE=cfdh_edmundo;1558857]I got the Ireland Croatia tickets! [QUOTE]

Nice one Edmundo! I waited for a full 90 minutes with the screen telling me to be patient, then it told me I was timed out!!! But when I checked again the tickets were in my inbox thankfully.

To date I've only seen single tickets available for sale on the UEFA.com ticket portal, which I reckon are from punters who weren't impressed with the line-up, having bought tickets for their local venue yonks ago. These tickets were snapped up very quickly on the ticket portal.

This morning was different though. The tickets were available all morning. I reckon they were corporate returns. I'm not complaining, now that I've got tickets for one game I can book some flights.

[Junior]

Lads on YBIG secured 4 tickets and I myself got 2 tickets for the IRL v CRO game from the portal.

GER v HOL available yesterday for €30. All the England games have been available. Basically Ukraine venues but others as well in Poland so rule is just to keep checking.....

[brine3]

Ireland - Croatia has appeared again if anybody is interested. I can't make that game.

Cheek of UEFA, a 70 euro resale ticket works out at 97 euros after fees and admin. This site is supposed to help clamp down on scalpers? UEFA are scalping!

[Silly Billy G]

Ireland - Croatia has appeared again if anybody is interested. I can't make that game.

Cheek of UEFA, a 70 euro resale ticket works out at 97 euros after fees and admin. This site is supposed to help clamp down on scalpers? UEFA are scalping!

I came in to tell everyone this

Damn you and your efficiency brine3

[brine3]

It's gone again. I've seen every match from our group now except for Spain-Ireland and Italy-Ireland.

[brine3]

And it's back again... somebody changed their mind.

[footballplease]

Ireland v Italy tickets on sale on UEFA.com right now. Just got 2.

[Paddy the Dog]

You beat me to it!

[Closed Account 2]

Ireland italy is there!!!

[Silly Billy G]

Ireland v Italy tickets on sale on UEFA.com right now. Just got 2.

me too, bloody saucy though

[footballplease]

True - not cheap but at least you're in! Roll on June!

[zero]

It should do. If you log back in on a new tab you'll find the tickets should be there. That was the case for me anyway.

i had the same experience. a guy here just got 2 for the italy game though and got a confirmation number, and a confirmation email. i never received a confirmation email

the tickets are still in my account though, and the outstanding balance is zero, so i hope it's ok.

[Nah Nah Nah Nah]

i had the same experience. a guy here just got 2 for the italy game though and got a confirmation number, and a confirmation email. i never received a confirmation email

the tickets are still in my account though, and the outstanding balance is zero, so i hope it's ok.

Did you check your spam folder? That's where my e-mail went too

You can take me off the list for the Italy game please Stu

[BonnieShels]

Is anyone having problems logging in? The log in button is gone and I can't use "pressing enter" to get in.

[Paddy the Dog]

Is anyone having problems logging in? The log in button is gone and I can't use "pressing enter" to get in.

I've had no probs. I sometimes get a 'too many people trying to access the site, please wait' type message, but only for a few seconds. Here's the link again, straight in to the login button:
https://ticketing.uefa.com/euro2012-en/default.aspx

[BonnieShels]

It's been working for me again today. No Croatia tickets though.

[Hale]

Just got tickets to the Italy game now......

[Paddy the Dog]

It's been working for me again today. No Croatia tickets though.

You might find that lads who got Croatia tickets on the UEFA ticket portal are also successful with their 'season ticket' application through FAI/UEFA which opens on Monday, and therefore have spares which they might pass on here. Unfortunately I believe applicants for such tickets aren't informed of success or otherwise until March. I find this infuriating; for play-off games applications can be lodged, processed and results made available within a short few weeks yet they feel the need to draw out this application process for months.


The Croatia tickets which have been made available to date have been Cat 1 only, as far as I've seen. It may be the case that Cat 2 and Cat 3 tickets are released a bit later on. It would make sense for sellers to release Cat 1 tickets first to entice nutters, like those of us who have bought them, part with €142 per ticket. The trend for other games seems to be to make them available in descending price, as far as I can see.

If we do manage to secure a hat-trick of tickets on the UEFA ticket portal by purchasing Cat 1 tickets for the Spain game, that'll be an outlay of €426 for 3 games. If my missus finds out I've paid €426 for 3 games there'll be some fierce repercussions on the credit card in terms of a shopping splurge in some fine ladies clothing stores...

[brine3]

Still waiting to get my hands on Spain tickets...

Found a site on the internet with people selling Spain tickets for between $350-$700 dollars. E-mailed UEFA to try and get them shut down. Site still there.

If I was from any other country at the Euros I'd have three tickets for 30 euros each already. Seems Ireland tickets are in demand and don't the touts know it.

[IsMiseSean]

I think I just got a ticket for the Spain match. It's in the 'my tickets' section on the portal but no email confirmation though...

[holidaysong]

This UEFA site is a joke. Crashed while I was buying Spain tickets and now it has locked me out from trying again. I didn't get a confirmation email for my Croatia ones but they showed in 'my tickets' and my credit card was charged.

[brine3]

I take my eye off the ball for half an hour and look what I miss out on!

[ArdeeBhoy]

Found a site on the internet with people selling Spain tickets for between $350-$700 dollars. E-mailed UEFA to try and get them shut down. Site still there.

If I was from any other country at the Euros I'd have three tickets for 30 euros each already. Seems Ireland tickets are in demand and don't the touts know it.

Fair play Bryaniesta. Though could take a while for UEFA to act on that, presuming they can, or even will?

As for the €30 bit, Germany, England, Netherlands, Russia and the home sides will all have the same problems. And most bring more fans...

[BonnieShels]

In fairness I do think Brine has a point. I could have had tickets to more or less my pick of games except Ireland Croatia. Netherlands Germany which would be the pick of all the non-Ireland games in a lot of people's minds was there for 2-3 days.

[brine3]

As for the €30 bit, Germany, England, Netherlands, Russia and the home sides will all have the same problems. And most bring more fans...

No, if I had been following any of the sides you are mentioning I would have had three group stage tickets already. Seen all their matches come up repeatedly.

[ArdeeBhoy]

But at what prices?

Maybe their fans are less used to buying tickets so far in advance. The FAI are in theory in dealing with their regular fans first.
And know the Ingles/German games should be over-subscribed.

[French Toasht]

This UEFA site is a joke. Crashed while I was buying Spain tickets and now it has locked me out from trying again. I didn't get a confirmation email for my Croatia ones but they showed in 'my tickets' and my credit card was charged.

Exact same thing happened to me re the Spain match but I'm STILL locked out 15 hours later.

I keep getting this message when I attempt to buy tickets: While your previous purchase is being processed you cannot buy further tickets. Please try again in 5 minutes.


Has this been resolved for you?

[ArdeeBhoy]

That's kind of why I said after the World Cup draw, cretins like UEFA/FIFA shouldn't be allowed to administer the game or these tournaments...

[holidaysong]

Exact same thing happened to me re the Spain match but I'm STILL locked out 15 hours later.

I keep getting this message when I attempt to buy tickets: While your previous purchase is being processed you cannot buy further tickets. Please try again in 5 minutes.


Has this been resolved for you?

Exact same issue with me and it's still there with the same message. Opening up second accounts with different passport numbers seems to be the only option to get round it.