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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	womble	No	Cambridge
NattieMayerHutchings	nattie	Like, no	Cambridge
RobTaylor	robtaylor	Nope	Cambridge

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

womble: Here are the prices I found:

Airport	Additional travel	Airline	Departure airport	Fare including additional travel
Helsinki	local bus	Finnair	Heathrow	£150 + a little = ~£155
Tallinn	ferry, 3 hours	Easyjet	Stansted	£120 + EUR40 = ~£145 (£50 less if leaving 16th)
Tampere	bus, 2.5 hours	Ryanair	Stansted	£144 + EUR50 = ~£179
Stockholm	ferry, 16-17 hours	Ryanair	Luton or Stansted	£77 + EUR74 = ~£128 (without cabin, at group rate)

I'm inclined to take the quick and simple route unless the air fares to Tallinn or Tampere drop substantially.

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

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

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-BenHutchings: The cheapest fare for London to Helsinki appears to be Finnair's at £150. The closest airports I could find that are served by budget airlines are Tampere (2 hours away by train) and Tallinn (3 hours away by ferry). Their fares for these dates are not much lower than Finnair's. Stockholm (Ryanair) might is rather cheaper to fly to but requires a long and maybe expensive ferry journey after.
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||'''Airport'''||'''Additional travel'''||'''Airline'''||'''Departure airport'''||'''Fare including additional travel'''||
||Helsinki     ||local bus              ||Finnair      ||Heathrow               ||£150 + a little = ~£155               ||
||Tallinn      ||ferry, 3 hours         ||Easyjet      ||Stansted               ||£120 + EUR40 = ~£145 (£50 less if leaving 16th)||
||Tampere      ||bus, 2.5 hours         ||Ryanair      ||Stansted               ||£144 + EUR50 = ~£179                  ||
||Stockholm    ||ferry, 16-17 hours     ||Ryanair      ||Luton or Stansted      ||£77 + EUR74 = ~£128 (without cabin, at group rate)||

I'm inclined to take the quick and simple route unless the air fares to Tallinn or Tampere drop substantially.
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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
+Gatwick is good for me, Heathrow isn't too bad. Stansted is a little more stressful, but more than doable. - JD