[resending this, as it went to Andrew, not the list]
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From: Andy Mabbett <andy(a)pigsonthewing.org.uk>
Date: 13 June 2016 at 15:19
Subject: Re: [Wikimania-l] Accommodation
To: Andrew Lih <andrew(a)andrewlih.com>
On 13 June 2016 at 14:58, Andrew Lih <andrew(a)andrewlih.com> wrote:
Iolanda, I find this entirely unsatisfactory:
“If you did not buy a ticket for your direct transport from and to the
airport, you do not have direct transport from and to the airport.”
The link never worked the many times I tried. Andy Mabbett and I have
reported to you the problems with the Eventbrite link being listed as
“unavailable.”
I missed the quoted part of Iolanda's comment, as it was prefixed (on
a separate line) with "Pleonastic", which I misread as being someone's
name.
I have never been presented with a working opportunity to "buy a
ticket for your direct transport from and to the airport", not least
for the reasons Andrew cites.
I have just been told in private email that I may, at an unspecified
time today or tomorrow, "buy a return ticket" for bus transfer, via
Eventbrite.
I do not want a return ticket. I am travelling - as I was advised to
do - from central Milan to Varenna-Esino-Perledo by train. I therefore
need a bus from VEP to EL on the 21st.
We have conflicting information about the need to book the latter in
advance (Where? How?), or on arrival at VEP. There is (as I recently
highlighted) conflicting information about regular scheduled service
and specially-commissioned buses. No guarantee has been given, that
everyone will be able to get a place on the buses
On the 27th, I need a bus from EL to Malpensa airport.
I still do no know whether I can obtain this; what it will cost, or
when I should try to do so: will there be many people competing for
few tickets? Will they go one sale at a time when I am in a meeting,
or asleep?
If I cannot get a bus from EL to Malpensa airport on the 27th, then I
must get a bus from EL to VEP, and train to Milan. The issues noted
above again come into play.
I too, am doing this as a volunteer, and am spending time today, when
I should be doing paid work, to make up for not earning any money
during Wikimania, trying to sort out these issues.
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Andy Mabbett
@pigsonthewing
http://pigsonthewing.org.uk
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Andy Mabbett
@pigsonthewing
http://pigsonthewing.org.uk