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Rob · 01-13-2006, 08:00 AM

Hello,

Sorry to start another thread, but... sod it. I'm coming too (85% definite). Is anyone able to help me out with accommodation - maybe sharing or something?

Another thing... I can probably get work to pay for a return trip to the New York office. Is it practical to come down to DC for a weekend. I don't know how far it is in miles, but really what I'm asking is how far is it in travelling and how do you do it? On the railway?

Cheers you lovely people.

Rob

JonMikal · 01-13-2006, 08:10 AM

you have several options: amtrak, trailways, hitch a ride with another member coming from your area. nyc to dc is approximately 3 1/2 hours in driving time.

you should check out the conversation in the meet-up forum. there has been a lot of discussion there and the list of members scheduled to come grows and grows. you may find a member willing to split accommodations with you.

danalec99 · 01-13-2006, 08:14 AM

Rob,

I cannot confirm it, yet, but if I'm in, you are coming with me!

PS: Jon, is it only a 3 1/2 hrs drive from the city?

LaFoto · 01-13-2006, 08:17 AM

Rob, my husband and I will be flying into NYC on April 2, where - according to schedule - we shall arrive at 10:30 p.m.
We are planning on staying on for a while and explore (it will be the first time for both to be in New York, while my husband has been to DC before) and might travel towards Washington ... whenever. Right on the 7th, or on the 6th to already be there on the 7th... no definite plans made as yet. We shall definitely rent ourselves a car. If you know your dates, we might pool.

One thing, however, seems certain for the Schleiffers: we are not going to stay in any central DC hotel. We just cannot afford it (since no company is going to pay for our flight and accomodation this time ... ah, life was easy when my husband's company - the previous one - still did ... *dreaming away*). We must look for a place outside and come in by Metro.

JonMikal · 01-13-2006, 08:46 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by danalec99

Rob,

I cannot confirm it, yet, but if I'm in, you are coming with me!

PS: Jon, is it only a 3 1/2 hrs drive from the city?

for me. i drove it several times in 2005...never took longer. the key is to avoid Baltimore and DC in late afternoon/early evening.

terri · 01-13-2006, 08:51 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by JonMikal

for me. i drove it several times in 2005...never took longer. the key is to avoid Baltimore and DC in late afternoon/early evening.

And use a radar detector...?

Dan I hope you can make it!

Rob · 01-13-2006, 09:32 AM

I'm working on the assumption that work won't be able to pay for it at the moment.

Looks like it's £377 on BA or Virgin and £448 on United. New York is only about twenty pounds cheaper at that time of year. I've got all my work colleagues on the case finding cheap flights now

Rob

terri · 01-13-2006, 09:46 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by Rob

I'm working on the assumption that work won't be able to pay for it at the moment.

Looks like it's £377 on BA or Virgin and £448 on United. New York is only about twenty pounds cheaper at that time of year. I've got all my work colleagues on the case finding cheap flights now

Rob

Have you checked out the meetup thread, Rob? Maybe you can find someone to bunk with in DC, there are a couple people looking at that right now. Check it out!

Chase · 01-13-2006, 05:40 PM

Wooo more the merrier!

danalec99 · 01-13-2006, 05:47 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by JonMikal

for me. i drove it several times in 2005...never took longer. the key is to avoid Baltimore and DC in late afternoon/early evening.

Thanks Jon. I'll defenitely get in touch with you for your map, if I'm in.

Terri, I hope so too!

tempra · 01-13-2006, 08:31 PM

I was looking at the flight prices, it's a pity it's not the weekend after, it's £267 on BA - very tempting at that price, although I'd have to pay for meself - and it's the wrong weekend - is that easter?

tempra · 01-13-2006, 09:09 PM

Hmm, American Airlines is £268 with a change at Chicago - have to study finances over the weekend - and the wifes face when I mention it

Rob · 01-14-2006, 05:13 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by tempra

I was looking at the flight prices, it's a pity it's not the weekend after, it's £267 on BA - very tempting at that price, although I'd have to pay for meself - and it's the wrong weekend - is that easter?

It's like half the price two weeks beforehand as well. Sods. The best I've found so far is about £300. Opodo seems to be the best site.

Rob

hobbes28 · 01-14-2006, 05:20 AM

I would pay the extra to fly BA. Even up to $100 more actually. Nothing like having great service when you're stuck in a plane for that long. I've made that flight more times than I can count and they made the flight the best.

LaFoto · 01-14-2006, 10:29 AM

We found ourselves some flights on BA for €900,- for the two of us (Hamburg - New York with a stop-over at Heathrow each way), which was the best offer we could find anywhere around. (That is about €450,- per person, so that would again be about £ 300,-/person). All we can hope for now is that what says British Airways will also BE British Airways. I was told that even though the flight number might carry the BA plus the number, it is not secured that the carrier will be a British Airways carrier...

tempra · 01-14-2006, 10:43 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by LaFoto

We found ourselves some flights on BA for €900,- for the two of us (Hamburg - New York with a stop-over at Heathrow each way), which was the best offer we could find anywhere around. (That is about €450,- per person, so that would again be about £ 300,-/person). All we can hope for now is that what says British Airways will also BE British Airways. I was told that even though the flight number might carry the BA plus the number, it is not secured that the carrier will be a British Airways carrier...

Corinna, You should be able to check on the BA website with the flight number, if it's a joint route, then they will tell you who will be operating it - I know they share some routes with quantas to australia, and they do specify who the plane belongs to, should be the same for the states.

mentos_007 · 01-14-2006, 03:52 PM

omg... if you'll be talking more about the dc meetup I'll end up spending away my cash collected for dslr and just go to dc... ahhh........ grrrrrr....

Matty-Bass · 01-14-2006, 11:39 PM

Anyone from Alberta gonna be going? My chances of going are 0-4% and probably won't change. Unless I can carpool or planepool or whatever down there. Airfare is like 1300$ there and back

I'll set a meetup for Western N. America

Alexandra · 01-14-2006, 11:45 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by Matty-Bass

Anyone from Alberta gonna be going? My chances of going are 0-4% and probably won't change. Unless I can carpool or planepool or whatever down there. Airfare is like 1300$ there and back

I'll set a meetup for Western N. America

come over to the yet unplanned/totally hypothetical Montreal meetup

and some totally awesome pics, guys! Glad to see you had such fun!

Unimaxium · 01-15-2006, 12:55 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by tempra

Hmm, American Airlines is £268 with a change at Chicago - have to study finances over the weekend - and the wifes face when I mention it

Wow... that's a good deal, but it's like 900 miles out of your way! (considering the distance it takes to fly over washington to Chicago and then back to Washington) Hopefully you don't mind spending a lot of time in a plane

PS the best way to travel between DC and NYC in my opinion is by an Amtrak train. It's a very nice train ride and isn't all that long. You can take one of their high-speed Acela Express trains and get there in even less time than their normal trains, but IMO it's not worth the extra price over the regular ones. Perhaps you could stop by Philly on your way to DC Corinna? (all NYC-DC trains stop here anyway)

I just realized that I'm going to be travelling to Italy on a school trip at the end of March and early April... the timing of this meetup is going to be very interesting. I'll have to see exactly what date I get back. It might turn out I end up arriving home in Philly like the day before the meetup

01-13-2006, 08:00 AM	#1 (permalink)
Rob TPF Junkie! Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: London Posts: 6,217	DC Meetup and me Hello, Sorry to start another thread, but... sod it. I'm coming too (85% definite). Is anyone able to help me out with accommodation - maybe sharing or something? Another thing... I can probably get work to pay for a return trip to the New York office. Is it practical to come down to DC for a weekend. I don't know how far it is in miles, but really what I'm asking is how far is it in travelling and how do you do it? On the railway? Cheers you lovely people. Rob __________________ Oi Guv'nor! London Meetup - November 2006 Internationales Fotografentreffen Deutschland - 2008

01-13-2006, 08:14 AM	#3 (permalink)
danalec99 TPF Junkie! Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 8,362 My Photos Are NOT OK to Edit	Rob, I cannot confirm it, yet, but if I'm in, you are coming with me! PS: Jon, is it only a 3 1/2 hrs drive from the city? __________________ S Jobs : 21 Ways I'm not responsible for my photographs. Photography is not documentary, but intuition, a poetic experience. It's drowning yourself, dissolving yourself, and then sniff, sniff, sniff – being sensitive to coincidence. You can't go looking for it; you can't want it, or you won't get it. First you must lose your self. Then it happens. -Henri Cartier-Bresson Last edited by danalec99; 01-13-2006 at 08:17 AM.

01-13-2006, 08:17 AM	#4 (permalink)
LaFoto Just Corinna in real life TPF Subscriber Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Lower Saxony, Germany Posts: 29,114 My Photos Are NOT OK to Edit	Rob, my husband and I will be flying into NYC on April 2, where - according to schedule - we shall arrive at 10:30 p.m. We are planning on staying on for a while and explore (it will be the first time for both to be in New York, while my husband has been to DC before) and might travel towards Washington ... whenever. Right on the 7th, or on the 6th to already be there on the 7th... no definite plans made as yet. We shall definitely rent ourselves a car. If you know your dates, we might pool. One thing, however, seems certain for the Schleiffers: we are not going to stay in any central DC hotel. We just cannot afford it (since no company is going to pay for our flight and accomodation this time ... ah, life was easy when my husband's company - the previous one - still did ... dreaming away). We must look for a place outside and come in by Metro. __________________ www.Corinna-me-myself-i.blogspot.com

01-13-2006, 08:51 AM	#6 (permalink)
terri a rush hour soul TPF Editor TPF Subscriber Site Moderator Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: In the mental ward of this forum Posts: 17,310 My Photos Are NOT OK to Edit	Quote: Originally Posted by JonMikal for me. i drove it several times in 2005...never took longer. the key is to avoid Baltimore and DC in late afternoon/early evening. And use a radar detector...? Dan I hope you can make it! __________________ Beaten Path Photography Site updated at last! 3) Recognize that if you're not part of the solution, you're likely part of the problem - whatever you perceive it to be.

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Rob TPF Junkie! Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: London Posts: 6,217	I'm working on the assumption that work won't be able to pay for it at the moment. Looks like it's £377 on BA or Virgin and £448 on United. New York is only about twenty pounds cheaper at that time of year. I've got all my work colleagues on the case finding cheap flights now Rob __________________ Oi Guv'nor! London Meetup - November 2006 Internationales Fotografentreffen Deutschland - 2008

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01-13-2006, 08:10 AM	#2 (permalink)
JonMikal TPF Junkie! Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 12,262	you have several options: amtrak, trailways, hitch a ride with another member coming from your area. nyc to dc is approximately 3 1/2 hours in driving time. you should check out the conversation in the meet-up forum. there has been a lot of discussion there and the list of members scheduled to come grows and grows. you may find a member willing to split accommodations with you.

01-13-2006, 08:46 AM	#5 (permalink)
JonMikal TPF Junkie! Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 12,262	Quote: Originally Posted by danalec99 Rob, I cannot confirm it, yet, but if I'm in, you are coming with me! PS: Jon, is it only a 3 1/2 hrs drive from the city? for me. i drove it several times in 2005...never took longer. the key is to avoid Baltimore and DC in late afternoon/early evening.

01-13-2006, 09:46 AM	#8 (permalink)
terri a rush hour soul TPF Editor TPF Subscriber Site Moderator Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: In the mental ward of this forum Posts: 17,310 My Photos Are NOT OK to Edit	Quote: Originally Posted by Rob I'm working on the assumption that work won't be able to pay for it at the moment. Looks like it's £377 on BA or Virgin and £448 on United. New York is only about twenty pounds cheaper at that time of year. I've got all my work colleagues on the case finding cheap flights now Rob Have you checked out the meetup thread, Rob? Maybe you can find someone to bunk with in DC, there are a couple people looking at that right now. Check it out! __________________ Beaten Path Photography Site updated at last! 3) Recognize that if you're not part of the solution, you're likely part of the problem - whatever you perceive it to be.

01-13-2006, 05:40 PM	#9 (permalink)
Chase I am now benign! Site Administrator Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Deep in the heart of Texas! Posts: 7,801 My Photos Are OK to Edit	Wooo more the merrier! __________________ "Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream." - Mark Twain

01-13-2006, 05:47 PM	#10 (permalink)
danalec99 TPF Junkie! Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 8,362 My Photos Are NOT OK to Edit	Quote: Originally Posted by JonMikal for me. i drove it several times in 2005...never took longer. the key is to avoid Baltimore and DC in late afternoon/early evening. Thanks Jon. I'll defenitely get in touch with you for your map, if I'm in. Terri, I hope so too! __________________ S Jobs : 21 Ways I'm not responsible for my photographs. Photography is not documentary, but intuition, a poetic experience. It's drowning yourself, dissolving yourself, and then sniff, sniff, sniff – being sensitive to coincidence. You can't go looking for it; you can't want it, or you won't get it. First you must lose your self. Then it happens. -Henri Cartier-Bresson

01-13-2006, 08:31 PM	#11 (permalink)
tempra TPF Junkie! Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Oxford, UK Posts: 1,648	I was looking at the flight prices, it's a pity it's not the weekend after, it's £267 on BA - very tempting at that price, although I'd have to pay for meself - and it's the wrong weekend - is that easter?

01-13-2006, 09:09 PM	#12 (permalink)
tempra TPF Junkie! Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Oxford, UK Posts: 1,648	Hmm, American Airlines is £268 with a change at Chicago - have to study finances over the weekend - and the wifes face when I mention it

01-14-2006, 05:13 AM	#13 (permalink)
Rob TPF Junkie! Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: London Posts: 6,217	Quote: Originally Posted by tempra I was looking at the flight prices, it's a pity it's not the weekend after, it's £267 on BA - very tempting at that price, although I'd have to pay for meself - and it's the wrong weekend - is that easter? It's like half the price two weeks beforehand as well. Sods. The best I've found so far is about £300. Opodo seems to be the best site. Rob __________________ Oi Guv'nor! London Meetup - November 2006 Internationales Fotografentreffen Deutschland - 2008

01-14-2006, 05:20 AM	#14 (permalink)
hobbes28 Incredible TPF Subscriber Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: at work... Posts: 4,806	I would pay the extra to fly BA. Even up to $100 more actually. Nothing like having great service when you're stuck in a plane for that long. I've made that flight more times than I can count and they made the flight the best. __________________ A boy can learn a lot from a dog: obedience, loyalty, and the importance of turning around three times before lying down. - Robert Benchley

01-14-2006, 10:29 AM	#15 (permalink)
LaFoto Just Corinna in real life TPF Subscriber Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Lower Saxony, Germany Posts: 29,114 My Photos Are NOT OK to Edit	We found ourselves some flights on BA for €900,- for the two of us (Hamburg - New York with a stop-over at Heathrow each way), which was the best offer we could find anywhere around. (That is about €450,- per person, so that would again be about £ 300,-/person). All we can hope for now is that what says British Airways will also BE British Airways. I was told that even though the flight number might carry the BA plus the number, it is not secured that the carrier will be a British Airways carrier... __________________ www.Corinna-me-myself-i.blogspot.com

01-14-2006, 10:43 AM	#16 (permalink)
tempra TPF Junkie! Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Oxford, UK Posts: 1,648	Quote: Originally Posted by LaFoto We found ourselves some flights on BA for €900,- for the two of us (Hamburg - New York with a stop-over at Heathrow each way), which was the best offer we could find anywhere around. (That is about €450,- per person, so that would again be about £ 300,-/person). All we can hope for now is that what says British Airways will also BE British Airways. I was told that even though the flight number might carry the BA plus the number, it is not secured that the carrier will be a British Airways carrier... Corinna, You should be able to check on the BA website with the flight number, if it's a joint route, then they will tell you who will be operating it - I know they share some routes with quantas to australia, and they do specify who the plane belongs to, should be the same for the states.

01-14-2006, 03:52 PM	#17 (permalink)
mentos_007 The Freshmaker! Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Poland, Sz-n Posts: 9,305	omg... if you'll be talking more about the dc meetup I'll end up spending away my cash collected for dslr and just go to dc... ahhh........ grrrrrr.... __________________ my portfolio <- my new webpage!!!!

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01-14-2006, 11:45 PM	#19 (permalink)
Alexandra TPF Junkie! Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Montreal, Canada Posts: 2,569	Quote: Originally Posted by Matty-Bass Anyone from Alberta gonna be going? My chances of going are 0-4% and probably won't change. Unless I can carpool or planepool or whatever down there. Airfare is like 1300$ there and back I'll set a meetup for Western N. America come over to the yet unplanned/totally hypothetical Montreal meetup and some totally awesome pics, guys! Glad to see you had such fun!

01-15-2006, 12:55 AM	#20 (permalink)
Unimaxium TPF Junkie! Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Northeastern University, originally from Philly Posts: 2,682 My Photos Are OK to Edit	Quote: Originally Posted by tempra Hmm, American Airlines is £268 with a change at Chicago - have to study finances over the weekend - and the wifes face when I mention it Wow... that's a good deal, but it's like 900 miles out of your way! (considering the distance it takes to fly over washington to Chicago and then back to Washington) Hopefully you don't mind spending a lot of time in a plane PS the best way to travel between DC and NYC in my opinion is by an Amtrak train. It's a very nice train ride and isn't all that long. You can take one of their high-speed Acela Express trains and get there in even less time than their normal trains, but IMO it's not worth the extra price over the regular ones. Perhaps you could stop by Philly on your way to DC Corinna? (all NYC-DC trains stop here anyway) I just realized that I'm going to be travelling to Italy on a school trip at the end of March and early April... the timing of this meetup is going to be very interesting. I'll have to see exactly what date I get back. It might turn out I end up arriving home in Philly like the day before the meetup