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blue matt
I know a engineer who went over to work, as a highly skilled worker he was put in the posh container Village, had toilets and running water
he said the " unskilled slaves " were treated like animals
he left as soon as he could ( which was 3 months ) the money was mega bucks though
:hehe: lucky guy
These lads had nothing to do with the world cup, they were going to work on a luxury yacht. 1 night only for them luckily and they said it was enough.
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Loads ive met already talking of Tenerife.
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Hilts
Loads ive met already talking of Tenerife.
It's a little ironic as many of us exiles may consider that watching the games in Wales would be second best to being in Qatar.
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Taunton Blue Genie
It's a little ironic as many of us exiles may consider that watching the games in Wales would be second best to being in Qatar.
Ha - very true!. Exactly what my son said to me coming away from the match - let's make sure we are in Wales to watch the matches.
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Taunton Blue Genie
It's a little ironic as many of us exiles may consider that watching the games in Wales would be second best to being in Qatar.
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Swiss Peter
Ha - very true!. Exactly what my son said to me coming away from the match - let's make sure we are in Wales to watch the matches.
I can never understand this lark of going to a foreign country and then heading for the nearest Irish bar.
If you want an Irish bar, go to f***ing Ireland
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BLUETIT
I can never understand this lark of going to a foreign country and then heading for the nearest Irish bar.
If you want an Irish bar, go to f***ing Ireland
Was an Irish bar mentioned?
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goats
Hard to think of a worse place to have a World Cup to be honest….
Yes too true. Such a shame.
Spedger
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Bordessa holidays are doing a 3 match package for £4799
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BLUETIT
Paul Corky, from the fans federation, was just on Sky Sports, saying exactly this.
Don’t attempt to book travel or accommodation without getting your match ticket first
Then the FAW need to get ticket allocation for us sorted with FIFA asap Tone. What an expensive ball ache it is going to be. As today has progressed with me looking at travel and accommodation options the less excited i have become. Millionaires World Cup. There seems to be no cheap option, unless we are allowed to pitch a tent up near the stadiums.
Spedger
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Alfresco
Bordessa holidays are doing a 3 match package for £4799
Just looked that up and they are also include the match tickets . That sounds too good to be true. And how did they get hold of match tickets.
Spedger
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Dave Blue
Agreed. That’s what I’m pinning hopes on.
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Sloop_Jon_Bee
Just looked that up and they are also include the match tickets . That sounds too good to be true. And how did they get hold of match tickets.
Spedger
Bordessa holidays on Facebook also
5star hotel bed and breakfast 4 nights internal flights from Dubai to Doha included
WALES v ENGLAND match tickets included
£2,099pp
Not bad
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BTW they are based in Carmarthen several friends have used them for holidays my daughter and son in law have used them all swear by them to be reliable and there’s good personal contact with them
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Swiss Peter
Ha - very true!. Exactly what my son said to me coming away from the match - let's make sure we are in Wales to watch the matches.
Be great if the civic powers of cities and towns could create communal venues up and down the country. Not sure how outdoor fan parks/zones would work in November but there should be number of indoor/covered zones organised, you’d like to think?
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Mr Soul '68
Lanzarote for me, I think. I'll go to my usual resort of Costa Teguise. There are some cracking Scots and Irish bars who won't be supporting England out there.
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splott parker
Was an Irish bar mentioned?
YES :thumbup:
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Pembroke blue
Bordessa holidays on Facebook also
5star hotel bed and breakfast 4 nights internal flights from Dubai to Doha included
WALES v ENGLAND match tickets included
£2,099pp
Not bad
But how did/do they get hold of match tickets?
Spedger
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Alfresco
Bordessa holidays are doing a 3 match package for £4799
Risky in the current climate, imagine you could be on the plane and they say sorry the pilots done his hours we are cancelling the flight, we will try and find another for next week!
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We have 2,600 members who qualified for Poland and Netherlands away. Allocation per game should be 2,300. We’ve missed out on the ballots that were massively over subscribed. No chance of tickets unless you go away regular.
With not being able to enter the country, I can’t see many actually being able to go. I hope everyone kept their cool and hasn’t already spent close to a grand on flights with little hope of entry to Qatar.
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Bruce Parry
We have 2,600 members who qualified for Poland and Netherlands away. Allocation per game should be 2,300. We’ve missed out on the ballots that were massively over subscribed. No chance of tickets unless you go away regular.
With not being able to enter the country, I can’t see many actually being able to go. I hope everyone kept their cool and hasn’t already spent close to a grand on flights with little hope of entry to Qatar.
Does anyone know how ticket sales have gone for the World Cup generally?
I remember in South Africa, there were some games with perhaps 10,000 empty seats. It's far poorer than Qatar of course, but with a much greater population and more of a football country.
Are games selling out? Is it not possible that for many games we will see official allocations for each team significantly increase? I can see how Iran, USA and England are probably three of the more interesting teams to Qataris, but are they really going to turn out in their tens of thousands for all these games?
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Official allocation around 2,300 per game. FIFA sales currently closed but last minute phase yet to be opened. I read that sales so far between 40-70% depending on which game, with midweek games down as low as 25% because the locals have to work.
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Last update I read in April said 800,000 sold and 23.5 million applications went in. I wouldn’t bank on it but hopefully we can get more than 2k out there.
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Id be stunned if anyone wanting a ticket for Wales v Iran or USA didnt get one.
Im hoping to see loads of empty seats. Should never be held there.
Watch it on TV in the pub in Wales or at home or join BLUETIT in an Irish Bar in Tenerife.😂😂
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Bruce Parry
Last update I read in April said 800,000 sold and 23.5 million applications went in. I wouldn’t bank on it but hopefully we can get more than 2k out there.
That’s the figure I saw, 800k sold out of 1.3 million on general sale
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JamesWales
Does anyone know how ticket sales have gone for the World Cup generally?
I remember in South Africa, there were some games with perhaps 10,000 empty seats. It's far poorer than Qatar of course, but with a much greater population and more of a football country.
Are games selling out? Is it not possible that for many games we will see official allocations for each team significantly increase? I can see how Iran, USA and England are probably three of the more interesting teams to Qataris, but are they really going to turn out in their tens of thousands for all these games?
I was a bit irked at the Euros in France: I decided to watch a game down in Bordeaux between the two Wales games down there and forked out about 100 Euros by buying a ticket through the portal. On the way to the ground people were selling them for a tenth of that price.
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Taunton Blue Genie
I was a bit irked at the Euros in France: I decided to watch a game down in Bordeaux between the two Wales games down there and forked out about 100 Euros by buying a ticket through the portal. On the way to the ground people were selling them for a tenth of that price.
Between Austria and Hungary, that is.
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Taunton Blue Genie
Between Austria and Hungary, that is.
The Empire derby?
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jon1959
The Empire derby?
I sat with an Hungarian on my left side and with whom I spoke English and an Austrian on my right side with whom I spoke German. It was amusing when, at certain times in the match, one of them was getting out of his seat in excitement when the other was looking nervous and vice versa.
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Taunton Blue Genie
I sat with an Hungarian on my left side and with whom I spoke English and an Austrian on my right side with whom I spoke German. It was amusing when, at certain times in the match, one of them was getting out of his seat in excitement when the other was looking nervous and vice versa.
Don’t you mean “UMGEKEHRT” ?
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Taunton Blue Genie
I sat with an Hungarian on my left side and with whom I spoke English and an Austrian on my right side with whom I spoke German. It was amusing when, at certain times in the match, one of them was getting out of his seat in excitement when the other was looking nervous and vice versa.
Basically you are coming out as a non Hungarian speaker? I long suspected this was the case.
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JamesWales
Basically you are coming out as a non Hungarian speaker? I long suspected this was the case.
the language of Hungary is Magyar.
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JamesWales
Basically you are coming out as a non Hungarian speaker? I long suspected this was the case.
Yes although I did attend City's second leg play-off game against Bristol City away when I couldn't get a ticket on the away end: I thought I would make out that I was Hungarian if challenged (although I can only remember one word of that language).
My logic was that unless anyone there actually spoke Hungarian (which is descended from Mongolian) I wouldn't be tested.
As it happened, my seat was covered by tarpaulin to separate the fans and I had to grunt to several stewards in faux-Hungarian.
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BLUETIT
Don’t you mean “UMGEKEHRT” ?
:thumbup:
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Hays Travel Cardiff are offering packages to the World Cup. Someone posted on Facebook.
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ninian opinian
Hays Travel Cardiff are offering packages to the World Cup. Someone posted on Facebook.
£4799. 11 nights , 5 star hotel , 3 matches. Bed and Breakfast.
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Looks like the above is accommodation in Dubai with internal flights included.
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Hilts
£4799. 11 nights , 5 star hotel , 3 matches. Bed and Breakfast.
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Hilts
Looks like the above is accommodation in Dubai with internal flights included.
not a bad price to be fair
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blue matt
not a bad price to be fair
Agreed, on the face of it. Flying in and out from Dubai for matches may make it a marginally more interesting prospect for some too.
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Hilts
Id be stunned if anyone wanting a ticket for Wales v Iran or USA didnt get one.
Im hoping to see loads of empty seats. Should never be held there.
Watch it on TV in the pub in Wales or at home or join BLUETIT in an Irish Bar in Tenerife.😂😂
Hopefully the miserable moaning sod would get his marching orders before kick off so the rest of the bar could enjoy the game..
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chrisp_1927
I wonder if it's just a case of lots of hotels not being finished yet, that will then come onto the market. This tournament isn't a money making making exercise for Qatar, they don't need the money, and when you factor in bribes and all the new infrastructure they have built then I'd imagine they are willing to take a huge monetary hit on staging the tournament. This is a very costly soft power/diplomacy exercise for the country. I find it hard to believe that they will undo all that by not having reasonably priced places for people to stay.
From the mouth of one of the tennis greats “you cannot be serious”.
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Taunton Blue Genie
Yes although I did attend City's second leg play-off game against Bristol City away when I couldn't get a ticket on the away end: I thought I would make out that I was Hungarian if challenged (although I can only remember one word of that language).
My logic was that unless anyone there actually spoke Hungarian (which is descended from Mongolian) I wouldn't be tested.
As it happened, my seat was covered by tarpaulin to separate the fans and I had to grunt to several stewards in faux-Hungarian.
You could have just spoken with that very finished accent you have Steve . No one would have put you in the Cardiff camp.
" I say old chap , did you see that heathen just foul one of our chaps , disgusting..."