My schedule:

12/3
EWR-DTW-YUL-AMS-WAW

12/5
WAW-AMS-YYZ-JFK

I would be in for a dinner with fellow FTers (feel a bit odd saying fellow, as I recently joined; we all start somewhere :cool:) No particular budget, i'd be happy with a square meal ;)

OT so please don't go out of your way to check anything for me, really just looking for input from people who have already picked a place, as I will do some more research when I'm free anyways.... I think there are a few that have an overnight in Toronto, and if so I would be interested in any hotel recommendations. I have never been there, but heard very good things, so I definitely want to check out the city. I've already checked out the city and found that there is a westin & sheraton close to YYZ with decent rates. Those in the know, would you recommend airport hotel or city hotel?

Never been to WAW so thanks to the few members who have and provided food/sight recommendations. I've made a tradition of getting travel guides to places i'm visiting and purchased 2 travel guides, one specifically for WAW and the other more for future trips. Since the first was only $1, if anyone is interested in it I can check it out and give a review of whether I think its worth getting.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...=docs-os-doi_0
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1741796768

ps. I have no vested interested in either of those two links, and have not read either yet (don't even have one), so please don't view that as a recommendation.

I'm done with the studies, finally :)
Yeah, next time your in KRK, let me know. I'm not permanently based out here.

Lounge in WAW
 

I was planning to stay in the airport in Warsaw the night before the 6:15 AM flight out on 11/30. I saw that WAW has a lounge open 24/7 on the Shengen side and was wondering if it's possible to go through passport control the night before and spend the night airside?

Anyone have experience doing this?

Flying into WAW Nov 19th (4:10pm from AMS)

Flying out of WAW Nov 20th (12:55pm to AMS ... some extra time in the Netherlands was too good to pass up)

Currently have no plans/hotel booked ... probably should get on that.

Arriving WAW 3/23 at 12:00pm
Departing WAW 4/1 at 7:05am

Will be staying a few days in WAW, and then hitting up a few other (yet to be determined) cities as well.

I just got back from Warsaw, had a great time there. bwiadca's 3 zloty fare is pretty good from airport to Central Rail Station/Centrum, but another option that might work for people is the 12 zloty ticket which covers public transportation (tram/bus/metro rides) for Warsaw for a 24 hour period, including bus rides to/from the airport terminal. Might be useful if you want to get around - depending on what you plan to sightsee in Warsaw city on a short stay. There are a couple of bank ATMs right in the terminal, so after pulling out some zlotys I bought a 24 hour ticket at the Ruch newspaper kiosk a few steps away. Across from the terminal entrance is the public bus stop, you can take #175 or #188 into the city (#175 includes stops by Centralna and Centrum, so people might take #175 over #188, since more hotels in the city are along #175's route).

http://www.ztm.waw.pl/mapa/mapa_5.htm

I stayed at the Sheraton Warsaw, a short walk away from #175's Smyk stop on Aleje Jerozolimskie. Thanks SPG points and cash!

http://ztm.waw.pl/rozklad_nowy.php?c=182&l=2&q=175

and click on the specific stop for its schedule. #175 may not work for those flying out of WAW really early in the morning, but I rode it leaving Warsaw city to the airport since my flight was early afternoon. No problem.

Make sure you validate/timestamp the ticket in the little machine as you get on the bus. A transportation official stepped on a few stops into the journey from airport to city center and was checking tickets and passes.

Have fun!

Wow! Thanks for posting all this great information!

One thought on the ATMs. If your bank is charging you $5 + % of the money withdrawn from ATMs bring with you cash and exchange the money at the airport. The transaction fee will be like $2 total. Not like here in US when you exchange money and they charge you $15 to do it.
Exchange $100 at the airport and later on you will find in the city places called Kantor, they have little bit better exchange rate than at the airport and they don't charge any transaction fees.
Kantor's are legal places to exchange the money. Don't exchange any money with strangers on the streets. I think thats no brainer :)

krakow meet ?
 

Jason thanks for all the great information. We will be in Krakow Sunday
Nov.20th as part of a DL MR to Warsaw . I would love to meet you for a
drink and/or dinner probably some time between 4-7pm. PM if interested.

11/24 arriving into WAW from JFK-YUL-CDG overnighting @ The Marriott and heading via Train to Krakow 11/25 , flying back to WAW 11/28 and WAW-CDG-JFK on 11/29

theres a Courtyard @ WAW that costs 10k Marriott pts for a room,a steal especially if you have an early morn flight out

In town The Marriott is a Cat 3 = 15k in pts

I never stayed at either but compared to what the others want it was a no brainer of a choice for me

I've stayed at both properties. Downtown Marriott is pretty nice. They have a lounge on 42nd floor with very nice view. There is plenty of restaurants around that building. This Marriott is located in the highest building in Warsaw. Also, there was no alcohol in the lounge on weekend. (didn't stay there during the week).

As for the CY at the airport. You just cross the street from the departures level and walk for 2 minutes straight ahead. Bad thing about this hotel were the prices in the restaurant. It was so expensive that I've decided to eat in the terminal (which is also expensive but cheaper than restaurant in the CY).

I dont plan to be spending much time in either Hotel, basically a place to shower & grab some zzz's . per the CY I arrive at WAW @ 10pm and I have a 7am flight the next morn, so it made no sense going into the City, and no time to eat. So if its anything like the CY @ PRG its perfect!

Count me in. I arrive at noon on the 26th. Never been to WAW before, probably staying at the Hilton downtown. If anyone wants to hang and sightsee together please DM me.

Thanks
Val

Updated the first post about dinner
Dinner 26 Nov with Jason8612 and FTers
6PM U Kucharzy
Confirmed:
Jason8612 (staying at the IC)
KissFlyGoodbye
MR_MAMA
anbhc
matuag

I will arrive sometime in the early afternoon (by train), so I can meet up before dinner. Dinner should be yummy. I'm a big fan of their steak tartare there. They also got some nice Polish food. And if I recall a nice bakery also :D
The next day, I probably won't leave till the early afternoon (by train) so I'd be up for some breakfast/lunch.