Travel Company Recommendations

[Bluetonic]

If you're booked on a trip with a Travel Agency that begins with 3 digits then I suggest you get your "guaranteed" match tickets asap.

666 Travel? :rolleyes:

[Forever Dreamin]

666 Travel? :rolleyes:

post of the day :D :D

[Paulie]

If you're booked on a trip with a Travel Agency that begins with 3 digits then I suggest you get your "guaranteed" match tickets asap.

Having experienced travelling with these guys at first hand I can safely say that you really would have to be off your head to use them.

[Reddladd]

Having experienced travelling with these guys at first hand I can safely say that you really would have to be off your head to use them.

I'll second and third that!

[$Leon$]

Travelled with Michael to Paris.
Never again.
He's turned me off travel agents for life.
Booked my trip to Stuttgart for half the price that Michael is offering.

[gspain]

Booked my trip to Stuttgart for half the price that Michael is offering.

Book earlier next time and you'll get it for a quarter.

[$Leon$]

Book earlier next time and you'll get it for a quarter.


Booked it 2 hours after they announced it was in Stuttgart
Fly out Thursday back Sunday

Flights €195
Hotel €100
Match Ticket €45 (eventim)

Michael is looking for the best part of €800, with no ticket guaranteed

[SuperDub]

I could write a book about my experiences with that so called travel agent, Never ever again

[$Leon$]

I could write a book about my experiences with that so called travel agent, Never ever again

I've never heard anyone have anything good to say about them

[GK for the Town]

Just wondering.. anyone go to Stuttgart with travel agents ? Has anyone improved in anyway ?

[SuperDave]

just in the process of planning my first away trip.

hostel €30 for the two of us (1 night)
car hire €40 for two
return flights on ryanair (dublin-stansted-ancona-stansted-dublin) €175 for two

and €22 quid each for match tickets from the fai (though we may end up having to pay 50-ish out there if things don't go to plan)

all in all, under €150 each. Why would anyone use an agent? Lets face it, from the stories on here, they only slightly improve your chances of getting tickets.

[SuperSaints]

Exactly. And if my experience of going to the Faroes - actually we got as far as gate B27 in Dublin Airport and no explanation - with E-Travel is anything to go by . . . . don't bother with agents! Money-grabbing wasters.

You do mean gate B27 to C13 to B27 don't you? Useless shower.

[citizenerased]

I got the san marino trip for good value

48 for flights Dublin - Milan rtn
90 for hotel, one night Milan, two nights Rimini
40 for train rtn from rimini to milan ( i think)
Then 22 for match ticket(if i get one) and bus from rimini to San marino??

Then obviously money on beer, smokes etc 700euro

[Bring Back Mick]

San Marino.............

£55 rtn flights to Bologna
£20 city centre 3* hotel with breakfast
£20 coach transfer
£20 match ticket ( of which there will be plenty )

[ChrisRed]

San Marino

£16 return flights to Ancona
£7 train return from airport
£30 4 star city centre hotel with breakfast for two nites in Rimini
£20 for match ticket

£73 in total wasnt bad, but once you add up the drink and other stuff it soon hits a few hundread pound.

[gspain]

In case you think it is just fans of the national team screwed by travel agents Gerry MxcMahon travel have flights to Athens, 2 nights in a 3* hotel and a match ticket for the bargain price of 2,400 pps.

I got flights for less than 300 euro on Wednesday, Sofitel (prob a 4* or even 5*)for approx 70 euro pps (3 sharing). now match tickets are obviously a problem but even in their wildest dreams the Greek touts won't get 2K a ticket.

Watch the price drop consideraly if it's Chelsea v Milan. :D

[citizenerased]

tickets were going for 5g sterling outside stade de france for last years final in fairness

[gspain]

tickets were going for 5g sterling outside stade de france for last years final in fairness

It doesn't justify the touts. touts in suits or otherwise. They do this for Irish away games too even when tickets aren't a problem. They just charge what the market can bear. There is nothing like the same markup on your 2 week holiday in the sun.

BTW a friend of mine paid £800 for a ticket for last year's final outside minutes befire kickoff. Still crazy I'll admit. However that was Paris which is easily and cheaply accessible from London. Athens is not easily accessible. It is already very expensive to go there nad far fewer will travel without tickets. I believe tickets were not a major problem in Istanbul. My sister paid STG£250 in Barcelona in 1999 and tickets were readily available at that price.

[casso36]

We paid €400 each for Istanbul, and outside the stadium just before police barrier, there was 2 Irish blokes selling tickets for face value!! F..king sick.

But hey the best European Final, would have paid anything to be there:D

[citizenerased]

best way to go......fly to venice with ryanair,,and get the train, it costs about 50 euro.....

[andrew1977]

I just seen the below on diamond travel website. doesnt seem too bad of a price

Just seen this package
Notice DOUBLE HEADER EURO QUALIFIER SEPT 2007 from e649 p

Description Slovakia v Ireland 08 Sept Czech Republic v Ireland 12 Sept.

More Information Direct flights Dublin- Bratislava
Transfer to Hotel
3 nights Hotel B&B.
Train Bratislava to Prague
Transfer to Hotel
2 nights Hotel B&B.
Coach transfer back to Bratislava after Prague match for flight home.
Match Tickets NOT included.

Only a few seats left.
www.diamondtravel.ie

Not a bad price all in, match tickets i am sure will be able to be secured somewhere along the way

[Jerry The Saint]

Coach transfer back to Bratislava after Prague match for flight home.


That's going to take a while, isn't it? I heard it was a 5 hr train journey.

[Dodge]

Seems a rip off to me. Flights should be no more than €200. So you're paying 450 for 5 nights in a hotel and one train journey?

Surely there's cheaper available

[citizenerased]

in fairness the travel agent has to make something.....If there is a cheaper package than that ill be amazed...packages are pants anyway..get the finger out and book urself, way better value

[eirebhoy]

My mate booked a week in Slovakia, flights and hotel for around €450 last week so €650 is a fair price in comparison to what they usually charge.

[SuperDave]

£150 flights on expedia - dublin - vienna on 7th, prague - dublin on 13th.

€40 for two nights in a hostel in bratislava and about €80 in prague for four nights. Nearer €350, though more when you count the train ticket to prague however much that is.

[TheOwl]

Anyone ever have any dealings with Pilgrims Abroad?

http://www.pilgrimsabroad.com

Thinking about using them for the Slovakia/Czech double header.

[Paulie]

Anyone ever have any dealings with Pilgrims Abroad?

http://www.pilgrimsabroad.com

Thinking about using them for the Slovakia/Czech double header.

If you take a look in the Slovakia away thread I think a few people there are using them.

[piggy]

just booked six day trip with pilgrimsabroad.com for 4 of us! €400 from manchester including flights transfers and hotels in bratislava and prague! seems like a great deal! Hopefully its not too good to be true!!:D

[Scram]

Not Stein Travel or Twohigs!!

I went with them to Cyrprus, they kicked anyone who booked with Stein/Twohigs off at one side of the Island and on to a bus while the plane still went on to the other side half empty!

The bus took 3 hours (25 minutes for the plane), bags were stolen and they have never paid out on the travel insurance, or even sent the forms NEVER AGAIN !!

[Greenforever]

Sadly, with the bulk of tickets for away games going to the boy Crazy, the RISSC tends to only organise trips to the places not featured in our forthcoming campaign.:(

I dispute that, the bulk of tickets for away games are distributed directly to fans by the ticket office, only away game tickets were scarce for in the last yrs was Basle MK1

The only game tickets may be scarce for will be Montenegro & Italy but given our ability to source tickets I doubt if there will be shortage for either game.

[Claret Murph]

Travel agents ,I do hate these people I must say but my wife has just informed me that our Bari trip has cost to date Euro 1680 for two of us , due to cancelled flights booking two extra flights , train trips and so on . that's a hard one to swallow at the moment .

[SuperDave]

Travel agents ,I do hate these people I must say but my wife has just informed me that our Bari trip has cost to date Euro 1680 for two of us , due to cancelled flights booking two extra flights , train trips and so on . that's a hard one to swallow at the moment .

e200 each (roughly) at the minute if:

dublin - stansted, sunday morning, first flight

stansted - bari, monday morning

bari - stansted, friday morning

stansted - dublin, friday evening

so that's 400, plus 400 for accommodation for yourself and the good wife here: http://www.hostelworld.com/availability.php/Casina-Murgecchia-Fano/Bari/16724

plus car rental for about 100 from autoeurope (the cheapest i could find)....

all in all, the trip could currently be arranged for about half of what you have paid already.... just to make you feel better, you understand.

[Newryrep]

Travel agents ,I do hate these people I must say but my wife has just informed me that our Bari trip has cost to date Euro 1680 for two of us , due to cancelled flights booking two extra flights , train trips and so on . that's a hard one to swallow at the moment .

:eek:

Booked pretty early and got flights/hotels £600 all in for 2 (for 2 nights)

But even weeks later the flights hadnt changed much:confused:

[Claret Murph]

Without doubt if the game was to be played Rome and airlines and strikes were not on , I think we could have got away at least with 40% of that total . I booked flights in December and it has been problems ever since . Still sofia is as cheap as chips , errrrrr better now speak to soon I think . :o

[Ash]

Travel agents ,I do hate these people I must say but my wife has just informed me that our Bari trip has cost to date Euro 1680 for two of us , due to cancelled flights booking two extra flights , train trips and so on . that's a hard one to swallow at the moment .

Feckin hell. My trip to Bari is costing me around €160 ... and thats including the bus from Athlone to Dublin!

[Claret Murph]

Feckin hell. My trip to Bari is costing me around €160 ... and thats including the bus from Athlone to Dublin!


Yep I know Ash but at least I can count you to but me a few drinks ;) It could be worse as I did hear that people paid Euro 18 for a pizza in Oslo:rolleyes:

[AidoM]

Travel agents ,I do hate these people I must say but my wife has just informed me that our Bari trip has cost to date Euro 1680 for two of us , due to cancelled flights booking two extra flights , train trips and so on . that's a hard one to swallow at the moment .

It's cheaper by half :eek: :rolleyes: :D

[Sligo Hornet]

Travel agents ,I do hate these people I must say but my wife has just informed me that our Bari trip has cost to date Euro 1680 for two of us , due to cancelled flights booking two extra flights , train trips and so on . that's a hard one to swallow at the moment .

Don't travel First Class then;)

[Newryrep]

Don't travel First Class then;)

would you not like the company ?:)

[finbarrk]

e200 each (roughly) at the minute if:

dublin - stansted, sunday morning, first flight

stansted - bari, monday morning

bari - stansted, friday morning

stansted - dublin, friday evening

so that's 400, plus 400 for accommodation for yourself and the good wife here: http://www.hostelworld.com/availability.php/Casina-Murgecchia-Fano/Bari/16724

plus car rental for about 100 from autoeurope (the cheapest i could find)....

all in all, the trip could currently be arranged for about half of what you have paid already.... just to make you feel better, you understand.
Yeah but who in the f wants to go on Sunday? With the Sofia game coming up in June. We are all not loaded with €s.

[Claret Murph]

In life someone will always do cheaper or more expensive but what hurts the most when you have to book two extra flights each , two trains trips and a night in a hotel in London this is the killer when none of these were planned . Yes Hornet you have a point :(

[NeilMcD]

Do you work for FAS

[NeilMcD]

Yeah but who in the f wants to go on Sunday? With the Sofia game coming up in June. We are all not loaded with €s.

I wanna go Sunday so I am.

[Sligo Hornet]

I wanna go Sunday so I am.

Be careful finbarrk......Neil's bite is far worse than your bark!;)

[Claret Murph]

Do you work for FAS

Errrrr no Neil not quite , I in the DS in Galway ( Durg Squad ) I will look forward to meet you sometime soon I think .:)