Djnoisy Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 Anyone booked a hotel yet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
periodictabledancer Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 1 minute ago, Jamboross said: There aren't any international trains in the Baltics unfortunately (they're working on it but I don't think construction has even started yet). Flixbus and LuxExpress have great, cheap coaches between Vilnius, Riga and Tallinn. There used to be a minibus service between Kaunas airport and the Old Town of Vilnius I assume there still is (its about 12 years since I was last there though). If not there's definitely a decent train service between central Kaunas and Vilnius though. Can you clarify - it is a six hour train journey ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
periodictabledancer Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 1 minute ago, Djnoisy said: Anyone booked a hotel yet? I'm hoping someone will give us some tips on where to stay/avoid and what's easier for getting to the stadium. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamboross Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 2 minutes ago, periodictabledancer said: Can you clarify - it is a six hour train journey ? Between Kaunas and Vilnius?! It shouldn't be any more than an hour. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alicante jambo Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 3 minutes ago, periodictabledancer said: I'm hoping someone will give us some tips on where to stay/avoid and what's easier for getting to the stadium. Im looking at this too. Booking.com got places withjn half mile of skonto riga stadium but is that where it will get moved to? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randle P McMurphy Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 14 minutes ago, Carl Weathers said: Thinking: Edin to Dublin Dublin to Riga Riga to Oslo Oslo to Edin I’ve done that as outbound but struggling for return as can only come back on Friday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamboross Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 Booked in the Hotel Valdemars. 10 minutes walk from the Old Town and 5 minutes walk from the Skonto Stadion, which is where they played Linfield so I assume where we will also play. Looks decent, £48.50 for the night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
periodictabledancer Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 3 minutes ago, Jamboross said: Booked in the Hotel Valdemars. 10 minutes walk from the Old Town and 5 minutes walk from the Skonto Stadion, which is where they played Linfield so I assume where we will also play. Looks decent, £48.50 for the night. Accor hotels ? Who did you book with ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
periodictabledancer Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 7 minutes ago, alicante jambo said: Im looking at this too. Booking.com got places withjn half mile of skonto riga stadium but is that where it will get moved to? Posters on here saying RFS have already been playing their Euro games at the bigger stadium. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamboross Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 1 minute ago, periodictabledancer said: Accor hotels ? Who did you book with ? Booked it direct through Accor. It's available on Hotels.com etc but at a slightly more expensive price, set up a free acount with Accor and you save a few quid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Djnoisy Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 BOOKED - Riga Islande Hotel - free parking and breakfast. About 30 min walk to the stadium and near the bars just on the river. Plus most meet in the Doma Laukums square so not far away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Weathers Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 9 minutes ago, Randle P McMurphy said: I’ve done that as outbound but struggling for return as can only come back on Friday Think we be ok timewise transferring in Dublin? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heartsmad1874 Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 13 minutes ago, alicante jambo said: Im looking at this too. Booking.com got places withjn half mile of skonto riga stadium but is that where it will get moved to? Got a hotel pretty much right next to the Skonto stadium on booking.com. Not intentionally though i must say. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heartsmad1874 Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 11 minutes ago, Randle P McMurphy said: I’ve done that as outbound but struggling for return as can only come back on Friday Riga to Stansted was a good option but prices for that soared through the roof. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Djnoisy Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 Riga to Newcastle still cheap on the Friday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
periodictabledancer Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 11 minutes ago, Jamboross said: Booked it direct through Accor. It's available on Hotels.com etc but at a slightly more expensive price, set up a free acount with Accor and you save a few quid. Yeah, I use Ibis/Accor a lot, cheers. Have booked the same place, at that price I don't care what it's like. 😁 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
periodictabledancer Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 (edited) 11 minutes ago, Djnoisy said: BOOKED - Riga Islande Hotel - free parking and breakfast. About 30 min walk to the stadium and near the bars just on the river. Plus most meet in the Doma Laukums square so not far away. . deleted. Edited August 27, 2022 by periodictabledancer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Djnoisy Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 (edited) 6 minutes ago, periodictabledancer said: Yeah, I use Ibis/Accor a lot, cheers. Have booked the same place, at that price I don't care what it's like. 😁 🇱🇻🇱🇻🎉🎉🍻🍻 Edited August 27, 2022 by Djnoisy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jambo in Gala Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 Dodo hotel in riga, £58 for two nights in a twin room. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alicante jambo Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 Thats the ibis booked 145 pound for 2 of us with breakfast and cancellation for 3 nights Just need to get from kaunas to riga now lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamboross Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 9 minutes ago, alicante jambo said: Thats the ibis booked 145 pound for 2 of us with breakfast and cancellation for 3 nights Just need to get from kaunas to riga now lol I was looking on the website for Kaunas airport earlier and it says there is a direct bus from there to Riga city centre operated by http://easytravel.lv/. Their website doesn't exactly seem up-to-date though so it might be worth dropping an email and seeing if they're still running. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alicante jambo Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 1 minute ago, Jamboross said: I was looking on the website for Kaunas airport earlier and it says there is a direct bus from there to Riga city centre operated by http://easytravel.lv/. Their website doesn't exactly seem up-to-date though so it might be worth dropping an email and seeing if they're still running. Thanks pal im on it now. If it means a taxi to kaunas bus station then from there then thatll be fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamboross Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 If anyone is planning a night or two in Vilnius I'd book a hotel pretty soon, was wondering why it seemed so much busier than Riga & Tallinn, turns out Zalgiris are at home to Basel same night we're in Riga so looks like the Swiss are taking all the cheap rooms! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fabienleclerq Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 1 hour ago, Randle P McMurphy said: I’ve done that as outbound but struggling for return as can only come back on Friday Riga to Newcastle 11 o'clockish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daftie Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 Can’t wait, me and my other half have booked for our first foreign away match. Wed-Sat Can’t wait.. We’re booked Edinburgh, Stansted, Oslo, Riga and coming back Riga, Stansted, Dublin , Edinburgh. Booked the same hotel as somebody above, Riga Islande Hotel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beefybathgate Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 All booked, Edinburgh - Bologna Thur 13th 07.05-10.40 Train to Florence and stay in Florence. Fri 14th Train Florence to Pisa Pisa - Stanstead 15.05-16.20 Stanstead- Edin 21.00-22.25 Saturday and Sunday will be a write off 😁 Got a couple of season tickets but not highest loyalty points. Probably in the same boat as thousands folk but if anyone would be eligible but is not going.....please?😅 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrey96 Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 Booked flights from Manchester direct to Riga. £104 per person. Still to book accommodation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alicante jambo Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 1 minute ago, Jeffrey96 said: Booked flights from Manchester direct to Riga. £104 per person. Still to book accommodation. Booking.com got some cheap places. Im in the ibis near centre 145 pounds for 3 nights with breakfast included and private bathroom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FionaHmfc Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 We’ve booked to Tallinn on the Wednesday and going to get the Lux bus from there to Riga on the Thursday. £50 for the bus in the comfier seats and they have seat back tvs, WiFi and coffee machines etc. 4hr journey but got a decent price. £80 flights to Tallinn and £20 for the bus to Riga Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Weathers Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 Booked: Edinburgh-London-Riga on Tues Riga-Oslo-Edinburgh on Sat There's a cheap direct flight back from Riga on Sunday evening. Too late for me unfortunately. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeaOfMaroon Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 For anyone who lives in London, or nearby, and looking for flights, pm me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Djnoisy Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 53 minutes ago, daftie said: Can’t wait, me and my other half have booked for our first foreign away match. Wed-Sat Can’t wait.. We’re booked Edinburgh, Stansted, Oslo, Riga and coming back Riga, Stansted, Dublin , Edinburgh. Booked the same hotel as somebody above, Riga Islande Hotel See you at the bar! 🇱🇻🎉🇱🇻🎉🍻🍻🍻 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 Edinburgh to Kaunus is cheap. says 3.5 hour buses and 3 per day. tuesday-Saturday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bindy Badgy Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 Any educated guesses on how hard it will be to get tickets for this? I'm on 22 loyalty points. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alicante jambo Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 2 hours ago, Jambo in Gala said: Dodo hotel in riga, £58 for two nights in a twin room. Seen it but sold out on booking.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apprentice Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 1 hour ago, alicante jambo said: Booking.com got some cheap places. Im in the ibis near centre 145 pounds for 3 nights with breakfast included and private bathroom. 1 hour ago, Jeffrey96 said: Booked flights from Manchester direct to Riga. £104 per person. Still to book accommodation. We are the same Manchester Tuesday and back Sat with Ryanair. Booked Wellton Resort and Spa sounds posh but 3 of us booked 1 room with 3 beds £170 per person for 4 nights with breakfast if we can face it. Pretty central. Hope this helps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrey96 Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 11 minutes ago, apprentice said: We are the same Manchester Tuesday and back Sat with Ryanair. Booked Wellton Resort and Spa sounds posh but 3 of us booked 1 room with 3 beds £170 per person for 4 nights with breakfast if we can face it. Pretty central. Hope this helps We’ve reserved the same one! We’re only Tues-Fri though. Flight home is via Norway, didn’t realise at the time but not a big issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Loblaw Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 Wed: Edi-Dublin Dublin-Riga Fri: Riga-Newcastle £69 all in, including the train back from Newcastle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazzas right boot Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 I'm in Krakow the Fri to Mon, was looking at going a day earlier to riga then straight from riga to krakow. Be on my tod, unure yet, flights from riga to krakow are about £100, they are £25 on the thur! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jambo in Gala Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 2 hours ago, alicante jambo said: Thats the ibis booked 145 pound for 2 of us with breakfast and cancellation for 3 nights Just need to get from kaunas to riga now lol Doing Luxtravel bus from Vilnius. 23 pound for two of us, think its about four hours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jambo in Gala Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 13/9 20;00 GLASGOW - LEEDS (BUS) 14/9 09:30 LEEDS - VILNIUS (PLANE) 14/9 17:30 VILNIUS - RIGA (BUS) TWO NIGHTS STAY 16/9 11:10 RIGA - VILNIUS (BUS) 16/9 21:30 VILNIUS - LEEDS (PLANE) 17/9 06;10 LEEDS - GLASGOW (BUS) Trains planes and automobiles but managed to get it all in for under £150pp for two of us Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randle P McMurphy Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 2 hours ago, fabienleclerq said: Riga to Newcastle 11 o'clockish Price has shot up to 260+ Ended up on euro tour to get back as my son goes on holiday on Sat. So for us it's Edinburgh Dublin riga on wed on way out. Coming back on Friday its riga to Oslo to gdansk to Edinburgh 😀 what can possibly go wrong? Glad it's not my holiday on the Saturday. I'm fine with a bonus night in Oslo or gdansk if it doesn't work out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apprentice Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 17 minutes ago, Jeffrey96 said: We’ve reserved the same one! We’re only Tues-Fri though. Flight home is via Norway, didn’t realise at the time but not a big issue. See you in the bar, we will be the ones with hearts tops😄😄. 6 of us now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fabienleclerq Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 19 minutes ago, Randle P McMurphy said: Price has shot up to 260+ Ended up on euro tour to get back as my son goes on holiday on Sat. So for us it's Edinburgh Dublin riga on wed on way out. Coming back on Friday its riga to Oslo to gdansk to Edinburgh 😀 what can possibly go wrong? Glad it's not my holiday on the Saturday. I'm fine with a bonus night in Oslo or gdansk if it doesn't work out Aye shot up quick, only thing with extra stops is you end up spending more money on route anyway. Hopefully no issues getting home fir you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ribble Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 37 minutes ago, Jambo in Gala said: 13/9 20;00 GLASGOW - LEEDS (BUS) 14/9 09:30 LEEDS - VILNIUS (PLANE) 14/9 17:30 VILNIUS - RIGA (BUS) TWO NIGHTS STAY 16/9 11:10 RIGA - VILNIUS (BUS) 16/9 21:30 VILNIUS - LEEDS (PLANE) 17/9 06;10 LEEDS - GLASGOW (BUS) Trains planes and automobiles but managed to get it all in for under £150pp for two of us Basically the same for us but doing edin - Leeds on the train and have booked hotels for the Tuesday and Friday nights Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alicante jambo Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 37 minutes ago, Jambo in Gala said: 13/9 20;00 GLASGOW - LEEDS (BUS) 14/9 09:30 LEEDS - VILNIUS (PLANE) 14/9 17:30 VILNIUS - RIGA (BUS) TWO NIGHTS STAY 16/9 11:10 RIGA - VILNIUS (BUS) 16/9 21:30 VILNIUS - LEEDS (PLANE) 17/9 06;10 LEEDS - GLASGOW (BUS) Trains planes and automobiles but managed to get it all in for under £150pp for two of us Thats brilliant btw proper trip. Ive got it sorted from kaunas airport now. Taxi fi airport to kaunas bus station the bus to riga canne wait. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biffa Bacon Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 We have booked Edi to Luton on easyjet Tues 13th 19:45 - 21:00, hang about airport unti Wed 14rh 06:50 Luton to Riga arriving 11:30 wizz air 2 nights in Riga (still to sort out accommodation Friday 16th , bus to Kaunas (to be sorted but shouldn't be more than €20) Hotel in Kaunas Sat 17th Ryanair kaunas 23:40 arrives at 00:30 in Edinburgh. £99 for flights per person Bus plus 3 nights hotel to be added. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jambo in Gala Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 13 minutes ago, Ribble said: Basically the same for us but doing edin - Leeds on the train and have booked hotels for the Tuesday and Friday nights Sadly the other traveller is as tight as the proverbial so no chance of going for that. Hopefully the wait times aren't too bad! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jambo in Gala Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 14 minutes ago, alicante jambo said: Thats brilliant btw proper trip. Ive got it sorted from kaunas airport now. Taxi fi airport to kaunas bus station the bus to riga canne wait. Long live the national express! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alicante jambo Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 18 minutes ago, Jambo in Gala said: Long live the national express! You going on the bus on sunday by any chance fi gala? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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