How are you getting to Bett '08

[HodgeHi]

More for the people around the Birmingham area really.

 

My boss and i are wanting to go down but when he costed the tickets from B'ham new street to London, it came in around £95 per ticket.

 

Unfortunately we cannot justify that sort of cost since we would be down there one day.

 

Just wondering what ticket costs were for you and if they were the same or if cheaper who you are going with.

 

Would really like to go. I went last time and wanted to come and say hello to you guys but the train to Olympia was late and we had some stands to visit and we also had to be back on the 2pm train back home.

 

So unfortunately i didn't make it to your stand.

[ChrisP]

Jetpack

[Quackers]

I always drive to London, know a tube station right off junction 4 of the M1 with secure carparking and only 2 pounds a day at weekends to park. Cheap and easy.

[HodgeHi]

@ ChrisP

 

Hmm. How much that set you back :-)

 

@Quackers

 

I don't really fancy driving down to London. Not with the breeding of traffic cones thats going on just lately.

[strawberry]

Jetpack

That's the spirit!, make sure you spend time above the *sophos* exhibit!

 

(replace * with name of your choosen company)

[plexer]

Coach normally into victoria coach station and then tube from there.

 

Ben

[HodgeHi]

@plexor

 

How much is it by coach usually then?

 

Can anyone confirm the rip-off train fares?

[Martin]

More like twenty one quid return each if you leave after ten in the morning.

 

Type your preferred times and dates into National Rail Enquiries - with a start of "Birmingham New Street (BHM)" and destination of "Kensington Olympia (KPA)".

 

It is scarey the number of fares available, and the fact the "peak" starts at three thirty in the afternoon (thus take your time, have a beer, and catch a later train )

 

Cheers,

 

Martin

[plexer]

Birmingham to Victoria coach station is £33 for 2 people.

 

National express website.

 

Ben

[crc-ict]

I flew Leeds - Southampton back from a conference back in August, with Flybe for quite a bit cheaper than the train.

 

Having said that, you need to take good care looking for train tickets - they don't always make the cheap fares obvious, and bear in mind with Virgin West Coast you need to look at SINGLE fares - they don't do cheap returns, you just get two cheap singles. I did Havant to Birmingham for about £20 each way like that in the summer.

[Sylv3r]

Myself and 2 others will be flying down from Newcastle into Stanstead, then onto the Stanstead express to liverpool street, then onto another 2 tubes to get to olympia. Cant remember what the total costs per person is probably about £100.

[webman]

@Sylv3r: Which date(s) are you going? Bossman and I are interested in going but will probably only be allowed/able to go for Saturday

[strawberry]

there are free buses running, might be worth looking?

[Oops_my_bad]

Just jump on the train they are so packed the conductors don't bother

[Sylv3r]

@Sylv3r: Which date(s) are you going? Bossman and I are interested in going but will probably only be allowed/able to go for Saturday

 

Going down on the Wednesday, I thought about the Saturday but I think most stalls are in wind down mode and some even pack up on the Friday as they have had enough.

 

Going down with a Deputy Head and Director of e-Learning so they will still be people left to respond to ICT problems.

[srochford]

Sometimes, living in London makes life easy - I could just walk to Olympia :-)

[john]

Drive down or stupid money on the train for me

[limbo]

Type your preferred times and dates into National Rail Enquiries - with a start of "Birmingham New Street (BHM)" and destination of "Kensington Olympia (KPA)".

 

Check out Chiltern trains from Snow Hill Station to Marylbone too - when i used to commute to London a few years back they were much cheaper (about £50) and if you booked in advance it could be as little as £20 (even get breakfast thrown in sometimes!)

 

Chiltern trains take a different route - but usually only fifteen minutes longer than the New Street Station trains - just check the timetable though, occasionally they will throw in a train that stops at every single station along the way - and that can take hours.

[Gatt]

Just looked at trains from Manchester Piccadilly - only direct one takes FOUR hours!!

 

Would need to change at least twice both ways..

 

Unless I can get someone with a car to assist - gonna speak to The Boss today see if he's going down this time..

[russdev]

Just looked at trains from Manchester Piccadilly - only direct one takes FOUR hours!!

 

Would need to change at least twice both ways..

 

Unless I can get someone with a car to assist - gonna speak to The Boss today see if he's going down this time..

 

Are you sure did a quick search on national rail for jan 9th and got:

 

Depart: 06:35 Manchester Piccadilly (MAN)

Arrive: 09:01 London Euston (EUS)

Travel By: Train

Retail Service ID: VT753000

Train Company:

 

* Virgin Trains service from Manchester Piccadilly to London Euston

 

Seating Class: First Class available.

Catering Code: Restaurant for First Class passengers.

Cycle Policy: Train has a cycle policy.

Duration: 2:26

 

Total Journey Duration: 2:26

 

I have added pocket timetable created from national rail website fyi..

 

 

Russ

timetable094030.pdf

[Gatt]

Cheers Russ - thoughy a Taxi may be requried as first bus from my house isn't til 06:15!!

[DSapseid]

Train for me on the thursday. It should be nice and cheap as i now have a railcard thingy that the school bought as me and another member of staff took 10 kids to sheffield recently! 5 hours on the train!!

[g.shaikh]

I'm getting the tube.. i only live about 20 mins away

[jcollings]

Travelling from Oxenholme Lake District to Euston on the wednesday (£77 return), do a bit of BETT on Wed aft, comedy store wed night, more BETT on thursday then 3 or 4 o'clock train back home.

[john]

Would love 2 days in BETT but that won't work, so will be Leeds to London for me looking around £50 return at present.