[Foundation-l] Re: [WikiEN-l] [elian-EFJ1a5riuIw-XMD5yJDbdMReXY1tMh2IBg at public.gmane.org: wikimedia conference, round two]

[Anthere]

Delirium a écrit:
> Anthere wrote:
> 
>> Best I can suggest is to prepare a *very* solid report for a city. Low 
>> costs, good accomodation, plenty of locals to help, funny nights, 
>> conference and sleeping at the same place... do all this, and you get 
>> a chance ! :-)
> 
> 
> The main thing would probably be plane tickets, if anyone manages to 
> come up with some great ideas or good pointers to cheap transatlantic 
> tickets.  This depends partly on when exactly the conference is and how 
> the airline market fluctuates over the next six months or so, but in the 
> one European vacation I've paid for (not counting family trips when I 
> was a kid), the plane tickets accounted for around 75% of the total trip 
> costs.  It seems hard to find a transatlantic flight for under US$600 in 
> the summer, and NYC-London is the only route that is even that 
> cheap---most others are $800-$1100.
> 
> Of course, perhaps something exciting could happen in the international 
> airline market in the next few months...
> 
> -Mark

Are you volunteering to try to negociate for us good travel 
transatlantic ticket Mark ?

That is a great idea you have here, and I hope you can help on this.
It will be much appreciated.

Anthere