Pete wrote:Just booked my train up to Manchester for the Saturday. Virgin Trains wanted a ridiculous amount of money, but by splitting the journey in Stoke, I've managed to bag first class for £25.50, saving nearly £200.
So, will be at the Manchester Airport Hilton just before 7pm. What's the plan?
I had ideas for a plan..
The Hilton has a bar and restaurant and meeting rooms.
Now, depending on everyone's preference,and, as the majority of the V-Flyer Inaugural Travel Party (V-FIT Party
) are staying at the Hilton, we can stay at the hotel and use these facilities. The V-FIT party members staying at the Radisson will only have a short walk between hotels.
The Hilton restaurant closes at 22:00, the bar at 23:00...but will probably stay open for residents.
I can travel to the Hilton to see if they can do anything for us as a group and report back. I'm only 25 minutes away by car and probably driving past anyway during my travels for work.
If we do this, we need to decide...do we want to eat in the restaurant or, have our own function room and invade the bar afterwards?.
Or,
We can book up taxis and head into Manchester itself...about a £20 taxi ride one way...."splittable" between the riders in each cab and enjoy the great delights of Manchester's Deansgate bars and restaurants.
Either way,numbers need to be confirmed so that any research can be done efficiently.
So, that's me offering to help on this bash.
I suppose we need to have a vote on who wants to do what.
Although my gut feeling is that we stay at the Hilton (or the Radisson) as we all need to be up at the crack o'sparrow fart to catch the plane.
That's only my starter for 10 on this. if anyone has anything better in mind, then please dive in.
Paul