Euros Info
 

Im not sure if Jimmy will make this thread sticky but i thought it would be good to have some where to ask questions and chat to others who are going.

Firstly has anyone found any good prices on flights, the best prices i have found is £347 per person flying out on the sat before and flying home on the sunday after.
This was flying out from manchester via helsinki then an internal flight to vaasa.

Hiya Lee, looks like we've found the same flights as you have, I searched a number of websites trying to find a good deal, some prices came back at 1600+ per person, I think 335 each was the best I found, on expedia.
Looking for car hire now, expedia didn't offer the most competitive car hire rate so I'll continue looking around. It'd be interesting to know what deals other people have found.

We got our flights through BA for £170 return each, from Heathrow to Helsinki, and the 6 of us are going to hire a minibus (£500 for 8 days) and drive the last 240 miles.

I looked into flying to Helsinki then driving the rest of the way, but it was going to work out just as expensive and very inconvenient as far as time constraints. It's more expensive to fly from Manchester than Heathrow, but for us to travel to Heathrow would increase the cost just as much anyway. So we're going for the convenience factor and just flying to Vaasa with one stop each way.

Did I read that there is free internet access at the track? does that mean I don't have to drive about looking for an open wifi?

Correct Jimmy, it should allow you an extra hour a night to re-hydrate:eh?:

Guys and girls!

The distance betwen helsinki and wasa is only like 400-500km and all of you are
probobly all gona rent cars any way so see if skipping the last domestic flight
can save some money.

Another thing might be to see if you can go via stockholm arlanda?
they have direct flights to Wasa there if i am not wrong.

Otherwice there is some space left in my car to the euros :D

/Daniel

I bet it's a quality pimp mobile, just like those shades you've got P.I.M.P. ;) :D

Flights
 

Remember to check the price from SAS/Blue1. They have a discount for this event, but I don't know how much is it from England. If you are flying to Vaasa, I would recommend to go via Stockholm. I checked the price from Blue1 and Manchester-Vaasa-Manchester was around 280£ without discount. The timetables are not the best possible, but we are sorting it out with SAS at the moment. I think www.amadeus.net is pretty good place to find flight timetables.

The road from Helsinki to Vaasa is pretty good. It's 400 kilometers so it takes around five hours to drive to Vaasa. Only problem is that there are plenty of speed cameras on the way :)

BTW Jimmy, we have a free internet access at the track for you

Prices for flights are going up by the week now. We ended up paying about £225 each from Bristol to Stockholm then on to Vassa. Its a long wait in Stockholm but hey!

BTW the SAS/Blue1 discount is a rip off, you have to fly "economy plus" which is about £150 more than economy, you then get your 10% discount.

We will arive high rolling and pimpin in the Mercedes :D

Thanks for the info. I think I need to take a call to SAS :)

BBQ: Any news about Nordics?

I not eazy when the swedish federationdont understand that buggy
is geting big. . . . . .
They say we can have a unofficial nordics.. .. . . idont know?
What do you think??
And i have had some other shit to do all the time. . . .
And my mom just suddenly past away last week so everting is on hold for the
moment. We have a family business so everting is lithle upside down.

I will get back to you
send me a e-mail and we can talk.

/Daniel

I'm sorry to hear about your mother Bbq. I will send you email as soon as I have some time.

I got reply from SAS and they said that the discount should be 15% if you fly economy plus and with regular economy the discount should be 10%. If you have some problems, send me email and I will take care of it ([email protected])

Thank you JussiL :)

I will call SAS on Saturday and let you know what they say

Has everyone booked flights yet?

I had another browse before and found finnair flying from amsterdam to vaasa via helsinki was good (£250 pp) if you flew out the fri and came home on the monday morning;)

Well this year it looks like we're all going to be in 'official' tshirts- I'm sure I can adapt mine to say Jimmy on there somewhere though.:)

What's the link to the track website? I can't remember it

Some Pictures from the race in Vasa this past weekend

http://www.rc-kim.com/vaasa/indeksi.htm
http://mikak.1g.fi/kuvat/Maastosarja+2%2C+Vaasa+9.6+La/
http://mikak.1g.fi/kuvat/Maastosarja...Vaasa+10.6+Su/
http://copter.threewee.com/ripak/Kuv...a2_2007-Vaasa/

Awesome - thanks mate.
It should be a great one, free wifi internet access! can't beat that.

Live up date "track side" :D

Last time we went to the Euros (austria) we wen't even allowed a magazine on the plane. So - how do you fly with the racing gear? I don't take much, but obviously charger, cells, 2 cars, controller and a few spares, tools and tyres.
Are they a bit funny with cells and odd looking electric bits in your checked baggage?

I've been having the same worries Jim.

It seems as though everything needs to go in the hold, which bothers me a lot. I'll be taking nearly £2000 worth of cars alone :o

can you not dismantle them to avoid breakages? like main components.. shock towers.. shocks.. etc

when you go to "check in" tell them that you got sporting goods and tools
in you bags and that is usualy all they need.

Last year going to Austria i had my transmitter and bateries with me on the plane
i just explained what they were when they X-rayed the stuff.
no problems at all :D

When i went to the LRP race a few years ago they pulled us all to obe side and went through everything on the UK side, they didnt like the look of the pro trak charger with a keypad on the front and a digi display:D but they were fine and even let motor spray and stuff pass through.

On the german side when we were coming back they didnt even look at our stuff or xray it we were running that late but mr drescher still managed to get a £45 charge for excess baggage:D

Hi

Can anyone tell me whether the Bus service is going to be a reliable way to get around for the week with the obvious load of equipment we'll be carrying backwards and forwards? I understand that it runs from 6 am to 9pm but do you know how often?

I ask because i'm flying to Helsinki and planning on driving up to Vaasa, but wondered whether it would be worth just renting the car for one day to get me to Vaasa Airport. Then i could catch the bus to the hotel and use it for the rest of the week and rent another car on the sunday to get me back to Helsinki.

Cheers

Kev,

I looked into it because im doing the same, you can get a car fiesta size for about £180 for the 8 days if i remember rightly.

Not super cheap but it does mean you have some freedom:D

Booked hotel today and it aint cheep to go alone to a event like this =)
What hotel have you guys and girl got?
I booked at the official euros hotel.

I owe some ones dad a beer from last year :D

I think were in that one too our rep from the uk has booked ours;)

How much is it by the way i might bring a tent:D

It's 72 euros a night or about £50

Cool that you are in the same place dude, that hotel looks to be a good one! disco! haha


Anyone have any suggestions as to what they'd like to see in my oOple report? or particular photos they'd like to see?

We were thinking of doing the usual interview madness - maybe some more 'unusual ones' rather than the usual big boys.
We were thinking of handing out some spec sheets to get a flavour of what people are using also... but feel free to suggest anything else.

it say 72 euro on the web page but it is 78 euro.

That sounds awsome.
Disco and bar can become a baaaad combination
I have to bring my boogie shoes with me then :D

The intreviews are wery fun to read but i often want to se more pit action and
what all the diffrent peopel have under the body of the car.
And not to forget all the strange home made stuff that pops up at a event
like this hehehe. . .
Like the S.P.O.R.T. 2006 Raptor by Arne Schmiedeberg from Germany
that car was cool

I want to see who the top unsponsored driver is:o

Top unsponsored driver, that's a good idea. Need a researcher !

that's you darling! haha
I remember back in 2003 when I had some more comprehensive webstats that photos inside cars are by far the most popular - I just usually forget to take them, but will do mi best!

I will remind you hehe . . . . .

this is how i get ready for the Euros

Uh oh... what have you done?!