RateBeer European Summer Gathering 2017: Latvia-Estonia-Finland / July 20-23

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Message gnoff P beers 11277 º places 838 º 04:39 Sat 5/13/2017 Anyone not looking to stay private and not booked room so far, willing to share room to get prices down? I’m still not booked for Riga and Tartu, but figured it is starting to get time to look into this.
Message Travlr beers 33878 º places 4582 º 22:10 Sun 5/14/2017 Originally posted by gnoff Anyone not looking to stay private and not booked room so far, willing to share room to get prices down? I’m still not booked for Riga and Tartu, but figured it is starting to get time to look into this. jinroh mentioned organizing some sort f method for booking the recommended hotels at a discount. I tried booking directly but couldn’t get the discount, so I haven’t booked anything. jinroh, will hotel discounts be available for the group, or should we just book individually? hotel bottle shares at the end of each day are one of the best parts of a gathering, and much easier if we’re all together
Message jinroh beers 4531 º places 5 º 10:38 Mon 5/15/2017 Yep, these discounts work only when I book through a travel agency, so basically we should get our numbers together (who needs a hotel) - and I can take care of the booking. I guess you can also just BM me, and I can already make some sort of list for that.

Message gnoff P beers 11277 º places 838 º 17:09 Mon 5/15/2017 BM sent :)
Message Borresteijn P beers 11296 º places 404 º 02:17 Tue 5/16/2017 What time will the pubcrawl start on day 1? I’m strongly considering coming to the first 3 days (skip Helsinki). There is a direct flight to Riga, but it arrives at 13.35 earliest. Any indication how long it will take me from the airport to the hotel and into the city?
Message jinroh beers 4531 º places 5 º 06:26 Tue 5/16/2017 Originally posted by Borresteijn What time will the pubcrawl start on day 1? I’m strongly considering coming to the first 3 days (skip Helsinki). There is a direct flight to Riga, but it arrives at 13.35 earliest. Any indication how long it will take me from the airport to the hotel and into the city? I think we would gather at Beerfox around 16-17 for a start and take it from there. From the airport to the city it takes about 15-20 minutes (depending on traffic). There is a bus (costs a few EUR) or you could use Taxify app to get a taxi (sort of like Uber but also working with taxi companies) - Taxify price to the city should be 7-9 EUR. Also on the way back from Tallinn, there are many convenient and reasonably priced buses to choose from: Luxexpress https://luxexpress.eu
Message FatPhil P beers 26061 º places 995 º 03:52 Wed 5/17/2017 By the sounds of it, there’s a good chance of there being an early posse who will be able to have a pre-crawl crawl around a few of the places that won’t fit into the proper evening crawl. Probably the old town, we can take that nice and relaxed, and absorb some of the feel of the place the old squares, etc. From the airport, the bus is as cheap as chips, and drops you right next to the old town: http://www.riga-airport.com/uploads/resized_images/2737fae9c5d8ebf3c0810ab194adcf12.jpeg http://www.riga-airport.com/uploads/resized_images/eb1c1eee468437dd9fbf5d85e451a5f4.jpeg If you do the former, you’ll be right next to Aussie pub, which isn’t a bad place to start. If you’re staying there (it’s also a really cheap hostel) - you get your first pint free! (And also one in the morning too!)

Message Travlr beers 33878 º places 4582 º 11:43 Wed 5/17/2017 ^^^ definitely up for the pre-crawl, as nate2g and I will likely arrive in Riga by bus from Vilnius the day before. even up for an evening-before-pre-pre-crawl
Message FatPhil P beers 26061 º places 995 º 15:49 Wed 5/17/2017 Bus from vilnius drops you off at the same place as the first of the airport busses. If you want an early start on the Labietis beers, then their market bar is right next to the bus station. You can’t miss it, it’s the 3rd Zeppelin hanger, and right next to the entrance.
Message gnoff P beers 11277 º places 838 º 17:17 Wed 5/17/2017 Scheduled to land about 14 (2pm) on the 19th, plan to warm up this day.