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Is that bus returning the same night as the game or the next day..is the 50euro one way or both ways. Did ya find out what time the bus leaves Dubrovnik at? Any advice!!?? Cheers!!Quote:
I got an email back from Bradley at Katie O'Connors this morning, thats six of us booked in for the bus trip. Has anyone any idea what time the bus will be leaving Dubrovnik on the Wednesday, the earlier the better I say.
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Originally Posted by Juanace
Bus is definetly €50 return but nothing yet on times etc.
That's my plan, I haven't booked anything yet though.Quote:
Originally Posted by Babysis
lads just inform you about the bus..its 8 hours journey on the day 4 there and 4 back..i for one cant stomach it so will be staying in budva as it will only be an hour max to podgorica
We fly into Dubrovnik on the 7th at 11.45..is anyone trying to get from the airport to Budva. Seems like a pretty cool place to stay .thinking of staying there and going up for the game..if there was enough of us on the flight we could arrange a mini-bus:D
I emailed Katie O'Robbery's pub over a week ago to tell him 48 - 50 Euro per person return from Dubrovnik is daylight robbery and that yet again an Irish bar abroad is ripping off the Irish people. No reply from them as yet funny enough. Told them I had got a quote from a local bus company which hired a 48 seater for 520 Euro, you do the maths, I think it's a bit more reasonable than what Katie O'Robberys is quoting. Anyhow, it is a shame as Citizen says, it is 4 hour bus journey each way... so I wouldn't fancy that trip especially at about 23:00 after a game. I am in the middle of getting quotes from a Mntenegrin company that the previous company recommended so will update...:D
So what happened the company that offered you the 48 seater bus.
Well, we're not going with it cos we are staying in podgorica. We might stay in Budva one night. We would run bus from Budva but not from Dubrovnik as it is too long a journey. I can PM you or post up the details from the bus company as they were very good... :)Quote:
Originally Posted by NeilMcD
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Originally Posted by Green Tribe
Send it on to me and i will get onto your man in the pub!! actually heading to Dubrovnik on Sunday week with the girlfriend for a weeks holidays!!
Have no bother going in and meeting this bradley chap. I work as a Q.S so i will get a few quotes and get the best deal if ye want me to.
Well the bradley chap in Katie O'Robbery's has already got an email from me stating his rip-off carry-on. He has chosen to ignore it. Feel free to go in to the pub and tell him to sort a better deal or yous will be organising your own bus and poaching his customers.....I told the company in Dubrovnik I would recommend him to other Ireland fans who would be looking for transport from Dubrovnik even though we are not using him now. His details are as follows.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Scientist
He is very good, knows we are not like England fans :D He was quoting 520 Euro for a 48 seater, works out about 10 euro per person. Excellent as this includes night driving, parking in Podgorica and ferry tickets across the Kotorska Bay. 4 hours each way, he is aware it is Ireland fans and is flexible with regards to picking up about noon or earlier and coming back at midnight if need be. You can tell him that I (Julie) had recommended his company.
Maro Carevic
Managing Director
Mediterranean Experience Ltd.
Cira Carica 3, 20000 Dubrovnik
tel: +385 20 436 846
fax: +385 20 436 847
mob: +385 91 2442 201
e-mail: info@mediterranean-experience.hr
www.mediterranean-experience.hr
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Originally Posted by Green Tribe
Will we try and get a crew organised for this bus and let Bradley go do one with his €50 a head :rolleyes:
If its true that he has three bus's for it then surely we could get 48 people off here and do it much cheaper.
His hole has he 3 buses full so far. :mad: And IF he has 3 buses full, I can't see people stumping up the money in advance. If he gets a few emails from fans saying 50 E is rip off and they are going with Maro, he'll soon change his tune. We were considering changing our accomodation recently to stay in Dubrovnik and run the bus from Maro, but when we found out it was a 4 hour journey each way, the thought of carting ourselves back on a 4 hour bus journey was not appealing. Basically, if someone is willing to take on the responsibility of it, I can forward all the emails i got from Maro's company. You would get 48 people on here no bother, even if you only got 30 people you're still looking at 17 E per person, much better than E 50. If it is anything like the San Marino bus we did, we ended up turning people away as we had loads of people asking us on the day as word spread. Arrange to meet as many people as possible in Dublin/at Serbia game to pay for bus tickets in advance, so you are not running around collecting money on the day and at least you have cost covered. PM me if anyone wants to do it and I'll email you all the emails from Maro.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fr. Joe
Just make sure people know it is a 4 hour journey each way.;)
Guys can I suggest we also boycott the bar as well as the bus.
I'm fed up of people trying to ripoff our fans (most of them are Irish too). I've never been to Dubrovnik but I bet the local bars are much cheaper than this guy's bar too.
didnt get a chance to email him yesterday, up to my tits here in work. lads will do a bit of donkey work when im out ther on holidays on sunday week!! give ye a run down on the pubs and clubs. i will also meet this bradley guy and will defo sort things out with Marco if the buses are going to be this cheap!!
send me on what details of what ye have and i will get in contact with him when im out there and we can do some sort of a deal!!
if i book the bus we will setup a topic here and give foot.ie posters first shout on the seats!!
Good man gspain, glad someone else is seeing it too. Anyone who is willing to pay 50 Euro to some money grabbing git deserves to be ripped off. These people annoy me too. That's why when we got the great quote from Maro's company we were planning to change our accomodation to Dubrovnik and runa bus from there as a 48 seater worked out at 10 euro each! We were up for it until we found out about the 4 hour journey each way.
Just shows you that Bradley did not reply to my email saying I was disappointed that yet again Irish bars abroad were ripping off their own people. He didn't even get back to me to suggest a lower price. I agree with gspain, boycott the bar ( there will always be some that go to it though), local bars are better fun and cheaper. Boycott the bar AND poach his bus customers :D
Maro said he can offer 2 buses if demand is there, I tried to get him down in price even more but he wasn't budging and in fairness it is a great price, especially if you fill the bus(es), which i believe you will. Put a poster up in a few bars the night before the game if you have spare seats saying what pub the bus is leaving from. I will email Maro and say that you might be dropping in Scientist in a week or so??
From the bus running in San Marino, I would recommend it, it was great fun, we had cd's playing and it was a laugh. If I had booked for Dubrovnik, I'd be doing it. Might yet run a bus from Budva and stay one night there.
GT I'm beginning to think you are a frustrated "Clippie":DQuote:
Originally Posted by Green Tribe
now now sligo hornet!:D:eek:
This has been going on for years. I swerve big time from any Irish pubs. They were cooool about 89 but once they marketed themselves as bare-faced rip off kips I tend to avoid them. During Ireland games they tend to work on w*nkers the way magnets work on iron filings.:mad:Quote:
Originally Posted by gspain
Love that line Lopez!!:DQuote:
Originally Posted by lopez
Lads I am heading to Dubrovnik the day of the game so I will not be coming back from Montenegro and I am staying there for a few days, otherwise I would go an organise the bus with this lad. But What I am going to do is e mail him and express my interest.
I am with GSpain and Green Tribe and we should avoid the Irish Bar. I have been in Dubrovnik. No need to go any where near the Irish Bars there.
To be honest I will probably take it easy at that stage and just enjoy some sunshine and some nice meals etc.
Can we get a list going for this guy and then we can e mail him with a a good lot of names rather than mailing in Dribs.
I can put down
Neil +3