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1. UK Debian travel to Debconf 5 in Helsinki, Finland, 2005

Debconf site is at http://www.debconf.org/debconf5/ for more details. Dates are Sunday 10th July to Monday 18th July.

1.1. People

Add your name below if you're interested in travelling in a group.

Name	Nick	DD?	Location
SteveMcIntyre	Sledge	Yes	Cambridge
David Pashley	JD	hahaha	Brighton
JonMasters	jcm	No	Reading
BenHutchings	Womble2	No	Cambridge
NattieMayerHutchings	nattie	Like, no	Cambridge
RobTaylor	robtaylor	Nope	Cambridge
MarkBrown	broonie	Yes	Edinburgh
JonathanMcDowell	Noodles	Yes	Norwich

Sledge: I'll add links to flight information etc. as I cba.

Womble2: Here are the prices I found (updated 2005-03-07):

Airport	Additional travel	Airline	Departure airport	Fare including additional travel	Fare reduction for other dates
Helsinki	local bus	Finnair/BA	Heathrow	£161 + a little = ~£165	£10 less if returning on morning of 17th
Tallinn	ferry, 3 hours	Easyjet	Stansted	£121 + EUR40 = ~£145	£45 less if returning on 16th or 19th
Tampere	bus, 2.5 hours	Ryanair	Stansted	£184 + EUR50 = ~£219	£40 less if going on 11th, £20 less if returning on 19th
Stockholm	ferry, 16-17 hours	Ryanair	Luton or Stansted	£73 + EUR74 = ~£124 (no cabin, group rate)	no

I'm inclined to take the quick and simple route, though going via Tallinn and spending an extra day there is looking somewhat tempting now.

moray: I'm planning to go, but will be travelling from Edinburgh - though it looks like flying via London may be sensible. broonie: Me too.

Womble2: KLM will fly you from Edinburgh to Helsinki via Schiphol for about £200.

Gatwick is good for me, Heathrow isn't too bad. Stansted is a little more stressful, but more than doable. - JD

mhy: I'll be going; travelling from Newcastle as usual. I'll have to check how much cheaper flying via London is.

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||SteveMcIntyre      ||Sledge     ||Yes         ||Cambridge     ||
||David Pashley      ||JD         ||hahaha      ||Brighton      ||
||JonMasters         ||jcm        ||No          ||Reading       ||
||BenHutchings       ||Womble2    ||No          ||Cambridge     ||
||NattieMayerHutchings||nattie    ||Like, ''no''||Cambridge     ||
||RobTaylor          ||robtaylor  ||Nope        ||Cambridge     ||
||MarkBrown          ||broonie    ||Yes         ||Edinburgh     ||
||JonathanMcDowell   ||Noodles    ||Yes         ||Norwich       ||
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||'''Airport'''||'''Additional travel'''||'''Airline'''||'''Departure airport'''||'''Fare including additional travel'''    ||'''Fare reduction for other dates'''    ||
||Helsinki     ||local bus              ||Finnair/BA   ||Heathrow               ||£161 + a little = ~£165                   ||£10 less if returning on morning of 17th||
||Tallinn      ||ferry, 3 hours         ||Easyjet      ||Stansted               ||£121 + EUR40 = ~£145                      ||£45 less if returning on 16th or 19th   ||
||Tampere      ||bus, 2.5 hours         ||Ryanair      ||Stansted               ||£184 + EUR50 = ~£219                      ||£40 less if going on 11th, £20 less if returning on 19th||
||Stockholm    ||ferry, 16-17 hours     ||Ryanair      ||Luton or Stansted      ||£73 + EUR74 = ~£124 (no cabin, group rate)||no                                      ||

I'm inclined to take the quick and simple route, though going via Tallinn and spending an extra day there is looking somewhat tempting now.
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-Gatwick is good for me, Heathrow isn't too bad. Standstead is a little more stressful, but more than doable. - JD
+Womble2: KLM will fly you from Edinburgh to Helsinki via Schiphol for about £200.

Gatwick is good for me, Heathrow isn't too bad. Stansted is a little more stressful, but more than doable. - JD

mhy: I'll be going; travelling from Newcastle as usual.  I'll have to check how much cheaper flying via London is.