The North Germany TPF Meet-Up in May 2008

PlasticSpanner · Jun 22, 2007

Tangerini said:
I'd very much like to attend and am starting to plan for this too
The only hiccup I've run into so far is figuring out whether or not getting my husband's passport would jeopardize his standings here in the US.

Yep, probably best to get your own passport, especially if you weren't going to tell him you were using his! :lol:

OK Back to sensible mode! :grumpy:

Tangerini · Jun 22, 2007

PlasticSpanner said:
Yep, probably best to get your own passport, especially if you weren't going to tell him you were using his!

OK Back to sensible mode!

Ha, ha, ha.

Xmetal · Jun 23, 2007

LaFoto said:
Can't say anything about airfares from there to here and back, but I can make accomodation as cheap as can be for you (given you want to stay with a family of six, two teenage children, two toddlers?) - so in that case das Leben could be even better .

That would be outstanding, really it would. two teenagers and two toddlers I can handle. Something tells me i'll need to start learning the German language.

The airfare part I can handle as I have good ties with a few friends in the travel industry so it shouldn't be a problem.

Tangerini · Jul 23, 2007

For any Americans who are planning on making this trip and who do not already have passports, get one! The sooner the better really, non expedited passports are taking 14 weeks these days...

LaFoto · Jul 23, 2007

Good hint! Very good hint! Thanks for that, Tangerini!

Hertz van Rental · Jul 24, 2007

I'll be there - I'll bring a tent but I might do the hotel thing.

LaFoto · Jul 24, 2007

http://www.landkrug-trau.de/

This is the site of the hotel I am thinking of... It is in the neighbouring village on the other side of the road ("highway" in American), some 5 km from my house.

Groups of four to six people who would want to share a holiday apartment might be interested in this one here, about 2 minutes walk from my house:
http://www.heideurlaub.de/bauernhof/ferienhof/bollenhagen.html

Hertz van Rental · Jul 29, 2007

I'd be up for the holiday apartment. Anyone interested in sharing? It would make the most sense to do that if we could get the one in the town.

What's the total price in Euro's Corinna? My German is very rusty.

Alex_B · Jul 29, 2007

hmm, I thought of my tent, but those two places look fairly good value for money!

Hertz: Actually, the pricing confuses me a bit as well, for http://www.heideurlaub.de/bauernhof/ferienhof/bollenhagen.html
it says 32 to 39 EUR per night and 6 EUR for each additional person.

So I guess, but it is only a guess, that this includes always one person?

Apartment I has one bedroom, II has 2 and II has 3 bedrooms.

Then there is a 26 EUR fee for cleaning and some extra costs. That fee seems to be per Apartment and per stay, no matter how long the stay is.

So 3 people in Apartment 3 makes 39+2x6 per night plus 26 EUR.
So that is 17 EUR per night and person plus a fee of 8.67 EUR per person. Incredibly cheap, I must have misunderstood something.

Hertz van Rental · Jul 29, 2007

That's what I thought it said and I decided that my German was at fault.
If it is that cheap then I'll rent the whole damn place for myself and people can stay if they want.

LaFoto · Jul 29, 2007

I'll phone up those people and ask for further detail. OK?
Unfortunately my place is far from being a town. It is so small, I fear that place is the only possible stay. Don't know about the caravan park, though ... there might be caravans for rent. I should inquire.

And if we declare the meet-up a convention, and if there are enough people to use the hotel (given there will be a CROWD coming!), they have special offers for "conventions" .... but we would not be able to make full use of their offers, actually, so I never mentioned it.

Keep in mind (especially those on a budget) that there also is the possibility I find you FREE accomodation with a family - signal me your interest and I begin to ask around among my choir friends. The offer is no joke, it is quite serious.

LaFoto · Jul 29, 2007

Well, I just checked the official site of my place again, www.lauenbrueck.de and found under "Aktuelles" and then "Tourismus" the following:

Fintel
Oentrich, Heinz -
Nuddelhof 52, Fintel
Tel. 04265/1356

2-3
ab 22 €
Vahlde
von Beesten, Gernot -
Riepe - Auf der Worth 32, Vahlde
Tel. 04267/775
Fax. 04267/8243

2-6
45-60 € u.a.

Kategorie Ferienwohnungen: Gemeinde
Vermieter
Anschrift
Tel./Fax./Mail
Betten
Preis
Fintel
Familie Behrens -
Wohlsberg 24
Tel. 04265/453
www.upholershoff.de
2-5
38 €
Fintel
Renken, Waltraud -
Masch 31, Fintel
Tel. 04265/739
Fax. 04265/9540100
Waltraud.Renken@t-online.de
2-4
ab 31 €
Fintel
Riebesehl, Marion -
Schneverdinger Str. 2, Fintel
Tel. 04265/696

2-4
ab 31 €
Fintel
Hagemann, Heiner -
Feldtor 18, Fintel
Tel. 04265/1415
Fax. 04265/1415

2-4
ab 35 € (k. Nbk)
Fintel
Köhler, Marion -
Distelkamp 2, Fintel
Tel. 04265/95122

2-4
ab 31 €
Fintel
Riebesehl, Martina -
Burvagsweg 16, Fintel
Tel. 04265/8230
Fax. 04265/953175

2-6
ab 40 €
Fintel
Schmidt, Heinz -
Freudenthalstr. 31, Fintel
Tel. 04265/1444

2-4
ab 28 €
Fintel
Schweiß, Ilse und Harry -
Pferdemarkt 21, Fintel
Tel. 05193/6855
www.Heideflitzer.de
2-4
ab 37 €
Helvesiek
Meyer, Hans-Jürgen -
Rehr 3, Helvesiek
Tel. 04267/515
Fax. 04267/981066
www.Bauernhof-Rehr.de
12
20-41 €
Lauenbrück
Bollenhagen, Britta -
Mückentwiete 5, Lauenbrück
Tel. 04267/8170
Fax. 04267/953426
www.Ole-Hoop.de, Bollenhagen@t-online.de
2-8
32-39 €
Lauenbrück
Breunig, Helga -
Lindenstraße 18, Lauenbrück
Tel. 04267/600
B.Breunig@gmx.de
2-3
30 €

Kategorie Pensionen und Privatzimmer: Gemeinde
Vermieter
Anschrift
Tel./Fax./Mail
Betten
Preis
Fintel
Tödter, Thea -
Spitzen 9, Fintel
Tel. 04265/1515

4
15 €
Lauenbrück
Gein, Robert -
27389 Lauenbrück, Am Walde 8
Tel. 04267/953156
Fax. 04267/1638
Geinundpartner@t-online.de
3
ab 24 €
Lauenbrück
Baden, Marianne
Berliner Straße 20, Lauenbrück
Tel. 04267/1241

2
15-22 €

And it shows that in my place there are more chances to lodge (not for free but for little money only), and "Bollenhagen" in "Mückentwiete" is the one of the above link. But there are actually more rooms.

And "Rehr" and "Riepe" are not too, too far away, either.

LaFoto · Jul 29, 2007

The www.bauernhof-rehr.de address is worth being checked out, and maybe you want to take a look at http://cities.eurip.com/modul/stadt/bilderserie/7734/Impressionen+von+Lauenbr%FCck/0.html for some pics of the place (you might recognise the photo author

)

Lil Loui · Aug 12, 2007

I'm keen! See how I'm going money-wise after my trip home to Oz for Christmas & back via Brazil!
Would prob like to car-pool with someone as well, share cost & driving.

Antarctican · Aug 12, 2007

Just saw the late July postings on this thread...count me in as a person interested in taking one of the rooms in the holiday apartment. It's so close (2 minute walk to 'party central' at Corinna's), that would be terrific!