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EF20, Estrel, arrival by car, parking garage, costs
Drift:
@ Klaatu: on the downside, you increase your CO2 emission by approx. 150% when taking the plane instead of the car (and even more when comparing to a train). :(
For that reason, in order to cover small distances as @ 600km, I reccomend taking the the train (especially inside Germany) or organising a car sharing - I am quite sure there will be some more people (furries and non furries) driving from Cologne to Berlin that day ;)
Ragear:
Klaatu: watchout. I'm flying to CFz (also die to time reasons) The flight ticket is 40€, taxes 100€ and because I'll have my suit with me who takes up some space it'll be an extra 75-100€ PER LEG of the trip (another 200€!) for the second suitcase I'll need. So travelling by car, especially if you find compaions to travel with is quite an option. Aside from the fact that I hate it to be treated like scum and a potential terrorist at the airport ...
Ragear
Klaatu:
--- Quote from: Drift on 06.02.2014, 17:51:20 ---@ Klaatu: on the downside, you increase your CO2 emission by approx. 150% when taking the plane instead of the car (and even more when comparing to a train). :(
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Wait....what?! xD The plane will also fly when I'm not inside. xD It's not my personal private jet. *g* So that really makes no big difference.
--- Quote from: Ragear on 06.02.2014, 20:01:14 ---Klaatu: watchout. I'm flying to CFz (also die to time reasons) The flight ticket is 40€, taxes 100€ and because I'll have my suit with me who takes up some space it'll be an extra 75-100€ PER LEG of the trip (another 200€!) for the second suitcase I'll need. So travelling by car, especially if you find compaions to travel with is quite an option. Aside from the fact that I hate it to be treated like scum and a potential terrorist at the airport ...
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I know that "problem", I will also fly to ConFuzzled AND Eurofurence, but fortunately my fursuit is only a partial-suit and it's fits perfectly into my normal (free) luggage-case (a really robust one that I bought extra for my fursuit transportation). All the rest will fit into my handluggage, so that I won't have any extra costs.
Of course it's a problem when you have a fullsuit (a big one), but of course not everyone here has a fursuit and some might also only have a partial suit like I do, so I was just talking in general.
So the point with the high extra costs relates not to everyone and I don't even know if Rush_Lion owns a fursuit. ;)
So for ConFuzzled I personally pay only about 155€ for both flights together.
But generally you are definitely right, for some people (like you) it might be way more expensive than driving by car. Totally understand that problem. :/
And yes, that airport security cheks will be really annoying, but I don't have to hide something so I hope that I will go through that pretty fast and easily.
Wawik:
Also, this thread is getting -somewhat- off-topic. Ahem.
Klaatu:
Well....yes. Back to topic.
--- Quote from: synthfox on 05.02.2014, 20:25:26 ---Are there some better and favourable options around the hotel?
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I only know one. But it's kinda far away. There is a possibility to buy a weekly ticket for a parking space in the "Neukölln Arcaden" for 20€/week.
Information: http://www.apcoa.de/en/parking-in/berlin/neukoelln-arcaden.html
"Enter and leave the car park at will within a defined period of time. The ideal alternative to a long-term rental contract if you want to park regularly in the same car park for less than 3 months."
It's called "Season Ticket" and you can (or you have to) directly book it on the webpage (see link above).
BUT: The "Neukölln Arcaden" are 2,3 km away from the Estrel, here ist the map: Google Map
So you will have to find a good way to reach the hotel after parking, cause otherwise it would be a 30-minutes footway.
But remember that you only pay 20€ for the full week, so that's approximately 80€ cheaper than parking at the Estrel, so even calling a taxi for that 2 km might be cheaper then parking at the Estrel for a full week.
And as Ragear already said, there's a train station not far away from the hotel, so you can also try to find a cheap parking spot elsewhere in Berlin (close to another train station) and then reach the Estrel by train.