Actually two tickets, but they are separate. Let me explain. By putting in a couple of orders at CD-WOW (and I think this offer may still be open), I have been awarded two pairs of plane tickets from the UK (I suspect they have to be booked as a pair, so that means from a London airport) to my choice from eight cities: Paris, Prague, Rome, Salzburg, Venice, Barcelona, Madrid and Amsterdam. I can use them any time in the next year; I have to give at least 45 days notice; the catch is having to stay at least three nights in one of the hotels they offer, including a Saturday night, but they aren't pricey - the ones they quote on the site for Amsterdam and Prague are under £40 a night (
http://www10.cd-wow.com/flightoffer.php) (also there are airport taxes to pay, but they aren't much). It's all subject to availability, of course, and I've no idea how much difference that might make.
So I'm looking for someone who might fancy a long weekend or something like that, even though it means sharing a room with me. This is obviously not a sexual proposition, in case anyone fears otherwise. If you do fancy it, you pay for your share of the room, but the plane ticket is free, obviously.
I fancy two separate trips to any two from Prague, Rome (this one, I'd be rather keen on staying longer, maybe a week - the option of switching hotels after three days may be there if there are better/cheaper choices), Venice and Madrid - I went to Barcelona earlier this year; not too keen on Salzburg or Amsterdam; and Paris seems an unnecessary flight, if you see what I mean. I've no strong feelings about dates right now, except I wouldn't fancy going to an even hotter place at the height of summer. I'd like to split the trips reasonably widely too - maybe one in the early Spring, one next Sept/Oct - but on this and most other preferences, I am very open to suggestions and compromise. My idea of what to do on a holiday is see interesting buildings and art, mostly.
So, anyone interested and possibly available for either trip? I'm not sure what I'll do in the unlikely event that lots of people are interested - I guess I'll have to make a choice somehow. Email me if interested, so I'm not having to make such choices on the board.
― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Monday, 8 November 2004 14:23 (twenty-one years ago)
Wow, if you've got no local takers, I might be up for that...
― Orbit (Orbit), Monday, 8 November 2004 18:09 (twenty-one years ago)
There would have to be some first! The flights are only free from the UK, Orbit, so I can't see that it would really save you any money.
― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Monday, 8 November 2004 18:22 (twenty-one years ago)