BUH and AMS Stays
 

With all the people the are going to BUH because of this fare I thought it would be nice to start a thread so people can meet up. I'm currently scheduled for Nov 19-Nov 25 in BUH, but I'm thinking about taking the train through Bulgaria to Istanbul on that trip.

My second trip is a quick turn in BUH with May 13-May 19 in AMS. I'll probably plan on a hotel in Harlem.

Thanks to FourWheels for setting up a Yahoo Calendar. This will allow people to see the Budapest as well as other stopover points that we are doing.

Am doing 3-10 Aug '07 and have booked most of the stay at JW Marriott in Bucharest.

Anyone else around then, let's get together and swap war, or travel, stories.

I'll be there from 02/13 until 02/17 ^

Booked early March and early June RT's from Vancouver to Bucharest. 100% KLM metal too, that I can readily upgrade. :)

Oddly they are not "zero" rate error fares, and are fully flexible and fully cancellable.

Base Fare: CAD142.00 Tax: 17.00

Tax: .90 Tax: 75.43 E-Ticket Total: CAD235.33

Method of Payment: American Express************4011

Fare Calculation: 7 YVR KL X/AMS Q63.97KL BUH M 0.00KL X/AMS KL YVR Q63.97M 0.00NUC127.94END ROE1.10974NW XT15.00SQ11.60CJ12.86RN5.64VV 10.58DC19.75RO

Other Restrictions:

Name/Place of Issue: NWA.COM CA E-TICKET TAR MPLS/ST PAUL MN/

AMS and BUH
 

I'll be in AMS from 2/25 to 3/1 then BUH from 3/1 to 3/4. Got ticket numbers at 2:30am, 1 hr after purchase. :)

2/24 YYZ - AMS
3/1 AMS - BUH
3/4 BUH - YYZ (5-hr lay over in AMS)

here is my trip schedual over thanksgiving, if anyone wants to meet up :)

Sat, Nov 18 yyz-ams
Fri, Nov 24 ams- otp
Sat, Nov 25 otp-ams
Sat, Nov 25 ams- yyz

Alright .. I modified my reservation a bit (actually it's my second reservation and I will cancel my first one :D )

2/11 YYZ-AMS
2/15 AMS-OTP
2/22 OTP-BCN
2/25 BCN-YYZ

I kinda regret spending 7 days in OTP as I noticed others only have one or two days layover there. However I like the train ride idea to Bulgaria, Turkey & Moldova.

If I decide to stick with the trip, I'm in AMS from 12/10-16. Any tips on finding a decent hotel at a good price in AMS?

I'll be in BUH for Nov 17 - Nov 22. Got in just under the wire on nwa.com this morning or I would've done a quicker turnaround in BUH. Anyway, the train ride to Istanbul sounds interesting. MCRT? You and I are there roughly at the same time. ;)

Me and two friends are in for November 29th - December 5th.

I'll be there Aug 12-18. Probably going to try to catch a flight somewhere else for at least half of that, probably 15, 16, and 17. BCN maybe. Or maybe train to some castles. No idea where I'm staying. Likely half Hilton, half hostels.

And here I thought I'm the only one who like staying at hostels on FT.

Beside it being cheap, it's a great way to meet other people when you're traveling alone.

is there any chance that the OP in thread one can compile a listing by date/city/hotel of when FT'ers are going

but thanks for starting this thread :)

Apr. 1 - 6

Now to find a good, cheap hotel with hi-speed internet. :)

Assuming Paper tix are honored by NWA.com.....>>>
 

2007
party of four

June 29th Depart YYZ to AMS
June 30 6 hr layover at AMS and arrival at OTP ( 2 nights Marriott - tentative award, not booked yet)
July 2nd arrival at AMS (7 Nights TBD - need to determine best choice of SPG/HH/MR for location, amenities and award cost)
July 9th back to IAD and then UA goes to YYZ

Bucharest and AMS stays
 

Bucharest Feb 28th 1 night
AMS July 7th to July 12th
Bucharest July 12th to July 15th

Looking forward to both ticketed trips.

I did backpack and hostel for a year. My pack has more miles than any other piece of gear.

Arrive on 8/11/07 to Bucharest
For now, the plan is:
Spend 1 night in Bucharest
Take a flight or train on the 12th to Istanbul, Turkey
Return on 8/17/07 to Bucharest
Take flight on 8/18/07 back to YVR via AMS -- Have about a 6 hour layover in AMS.

Regards,
Angeleno228

We will be there in June
Arrive Bucharest June 9th @ 5 p.m.
Depart Bucharest June 17th @ 6 a.m.
Tranisting through AMS on June 9th and June 17th with 4-5 hours layover each way.

We did our fist tri tyo EAstern Europe in Nov. It was kind of cold. February is cold to in Central Europe. Despite the cold you can find enough to do.

I have done hostelling with family as well. Often it's better and cheaper to get a hotel. We have hosteled in Budapest, Prague, Austria and Portugal.

^For a family, it may be cheaper to stay in a hotel instead of hostel, since hostel usually charge you based on per person or the private room can cost pretty high.

However, if you're a single traveler like me, it really helps to stay in a hostel .. especially when you're looking for things to do and try to interact with fellow travelers without having to go to the bar.

Hostels are the best in AMS..http://www.flyingpig.nl/multimedia/newspaper4.10.shtml

I would stay at the hostel in AMS .. however I have two brothers and sister who live in Holland. Family = free stay , which beats any hostelsl price lol

I was originally thinking about doing that, but I realized that with all of the dates that people were getting it would quickly become very difficult to maintain. If it were just Nov and Dec, fine, but all the way til Sept...

As the thread grow I would use the thread search and find all of the posts with your month. If someone else want to compile a list I won't be offended. Does anyone know of a shared online calendar that we can all put our info on? Also try to post your info on Airtroductions. We might find some flights in common there.

My wife and kids and I will be in AMS 6/2-6/8 and then BUH 6/8-6/10 We will have to join you and your family for a few drinks!! Haven't seen you since the SIN run. :D

We have two trips one to Libya (8 nights) and Holland (2 nights) and one to Romania (12 nights);


YVR-AMS-BUH-MXP-TIP Departing March 28 for the 32 hour flight!

TIP-MXP-AMS April 7

AMS-YVR April 9



YVR-AMS-BUH August 16

BUH-AMS-YVR August 28

Not sure what we're planning, probably renting a car and seeing something of rural Romania and Bulgaria. Looking forward to reading everyone else's trip reports before we go.

Hi all,

For those that cannot find good hotel rates in Bucharest during their stay I'm recommending a company called RomVision (www.romvision.ro) which rents apartments throughout the city center for rates lower than the major hotels.
I have used them once and they've been great. I know the offer an airport or train station shuttle for 20EUR, and if you stay over x nights it's free. I stayed for 2 weeks and it was free. They have free hi-speed internet included, local phone calls included, maid service every 2 or 3 days, full kitchen, fridge (although I'm sure you're not going to BUH on vacation to cook :D), overall they were extremely helpful and great when I used them - this was in Jun-Jul of this year.

Frommer's guide to Bucharest and other recommended cities to visit:
http://www.frommers.com/destinations...538010029.html

Here's Fodor's guide to Bucharest:
http://www.fodors.com/miniguides/mgr...n=bucharest@36

Have a look also at this .pdf guide to Bucharest:
http://inyourpocket.com/instant/buch...tant-guide.pdf

For those of you not planning to stay in Bucharest and that have train trips to nearby countries in mind, have a look at the offers from Rail Europe: www.raileurope.com and look for the Balkan FlexiPass (http://www.raileurope.com/us/rail/pa..._flexipass.htm)

thnaks..
 

thank you for your hotel suggestions and links,

i am in BUH may 1-may 9 2007; june 2-14, n august 22-29 so if anyone wants to meet up then let me know..

as for hotels, i reserved first 2 nights marriot JW, and may go the accor route for the rest due to the accor favourite guests discounts

ciao ciao..

First trip I'm for sure on my own and the other two I have the partner booked and so far is humouring me and tagging along....we will see!

12/05 YVR-AMS
12/09 AMS-BUH
12/12 BUH-YVR

2/08 YVR-AMS
2/11 AMS-BUH
2/14 BUH-MAD
2/23 MAD-YVR

4/02 YVR-AMS
4/04 AMS-BUH
4/10 BUH-YVR

i found some great pics of many cities in Romania
take a look at http://sabin.ro/gallery/album279

Wow, cool, I'm impressed, three trips awesome

Wish I was doing that but getting to/from YYZ just is too difficult/expensive/hassle

We'll see you in BUH that week. At the very least I'd like to buy you a drink as thanks for discovering this deal.

I second this motion ^
I'll also (hopefully) be there during that time on my second ticket, if I can manage to take the time off ;)

I'd be happy to start a Yahoo calendar like the UA RCC meet-ups one. I'm away from home at the moment though. Will post a link if/when I've got it set up.

Marriotts in both BUH & AMS.
 

I would recommend the JW Marriott in Bucharest. When I was there in Nov 02 it was the most modern, brand-new looking hotel in the city! Maybe the best building in the city.

AMS has the Renaissance and Marriott, one is close to the Centraal Station, the other near the Leidseplein and Heineken museum. :D

If you are staying for a long period of time, Marriott has gift cards for $1k and $2k for 10% off using this link:

https://www.marriottgiftcardoffer.com/validate.aspx?m=

If you hop over to the Marriott forum, people have been saying that paying for your stay with a gift card is like paying with a Visa card, and could make for some lucrative points bonuses using Marriott's Fall megabonus promo:

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showt...4&page=1&pp=20

Enjoy both cities!

I'm going to miss you in BUH by one day :p

If I decided to stay in Romania for the whole week, I'm going to look into helping out with the local Red Cross or something for two or three days :D

Helping out the Red Cross
 

I'm sure de vill vant yer blood! Renfield!

Yes, we haven't. It would be great to meet your family.

I only have one trip booked and planned from this deal:

YVR-AMS AUG 14
AMS-LHR AUG 15

LHR-AMS AUG 25
AMS-BUH AUG 26
BUH-AMS AUG 26
AMS-YVR AUG 26

I planned for several days of stop-over at LHR. However, I intend to spend only about a couple of days in London. As for the rest, I will most likely be heading out somewhere, which currently is still too far ahead for me to predict ;) .

Best wishes to those heading out to Bucharest in the coming few months :) .

The buh_bound Yahoo Calendar
 

http://calendar.yahoo.com/buh_bound

I thought it best to keep it simple, so I plugged in:
FTer: city pairs
and in the Notes box: hotel

Let me know what you think. Suggestions welcome, but be kind. :p