Rugby World Cup 2019 Japan Travel etc...

Eod100 wrote: »

joseywhales wrote: »

Usually tickets get freed up when we'll supported teams get knocked out or end up in an unexpected sidekof the draw, if we can get France or Australia or Argentina in a semi maybe we could get tickets.

Isn't it fixed that we'd be playing teams from pool B so SA or NZ?

QF tickets will definitely be sco and ire v nzl and sa

Yes but if you want to try to get a semi final ticket when you are there, there are more permutations, there will always be some upset.

It's all a roll of the dice.

I hate that the stadiums will be full of neutrals though when there are thousands of non neutrals who would love to attend and create more intense atmosphere.

If we make a semi and avoid England and Wales, I don't think many French or argentinians will travel for example.

But then that's a lot of ifs to plan a multi thousand Euro trip on

If Ireland lose, I'll be selling tickets and hitting temples and binging on ramen. Watch the games in hotle rooms.

It will be my wife's holiday at that point.

Right I had a dream last night that could be a preminition.

We win the WC beating England fairly comfortably in the final.

Sob then proceeds to sing his own country rap song, reliving all the feats of the Irish squad members.

It was glorious.

This day next year I’ll be on a plane to Japan

Boscoirl wrote: »

~€4,500

crazy money

so basically saying return business is around 5,000 to 5,000

EDIT
Cathay quoting €3,000 at present for September 2019

https://www.independent.ie/life/travel/world/japan-rugby-world-cup-2019-pl-conghailes-ultimate-travel-guide-37413634.html

We already have a world cup thread which is pretty active:

https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057836197

But to answer your question, I don't think we know yet where Ireland will be based. I'm heading over, I have semi final tickets to the game they should be in and I'm holding out for final tickets as well.

finbarrk wrote: »

Booked my flights yesterday. Austrian Airlines via Vienna, from Heathrow, overnight flights. €660 for what I wanted. Will book Shannon - Heathrow later, it's not available yet.

Not bad, did you have to get that manually or did you use the comparison sites?

Ours were about 840 return from Dublin with 1 stopover in Paris.

lawred2 wrote: »

London to Japan return for €660?

That sounds very reasonable

Well I'm actually returning to Heathrow from Bangkok, so I must still get the Tokyo - Bangkok leg of it, but it's not expensive. I must just decide which day I'll go to Bangkok.

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Garrigai wrote: »

Stein, Club Travel and Killester seem to be the three options for going on a package. Does anyone have any experience of dealing with any of the three or already booked with them?

Killester aere grand, travelled witht hem before

Rugby Travel Ireland are really good also, have had friends rave about them and have a load of Japan packages

Thinking of going to this World Cup but the price of the packages are putting me off.
Anybody booking it themselves?? I think flights are about €800, train ticket €360, Dorm room in hostel €30/€35 per night (14 nights = ~€462) Then hope to book the tours from the hostels.
Any issues getting match tickets for 1st 3 pool games?? How much are they??

GiftofGab wrote: »

Thinking of going to this World Cup but the price of the packages are putting me off.
Anybody booking it themselves?? I think flights are about €800, train ticket €360, Dorm room in hostel €30/€35 per night (14 nights = ~€462) Then hope to book the tours from the hostels.
Any issues getting match tickets for 1st 3 pool games?? How much are they??

You can get tickets yourself. The final ballot closes on Sunday so you need to submit an application pronto.

Here's the link:

https://tickets.rugbyworldcup.com/ticketingInfo.html

It's fairly self explanatory but basically, you pick the games you want to go to and the price level that you want.

Your name then goes into a hat and you'll be told on the 26th if you were successful. You can increase your chances by committing to pay with Mastercard and also by agreeing to be upgraded or downgraded from the price level you originally requested.

There will also be a general sale, ticketmaster style, in the new year.

I've already got semi final tickets and I've submitted an application for tickets to the final as well.

Flights and rail pass sound about right. Hostel might be more or less.

Sabre0001 wrote: »

Massive FOMO . Need to find a way to ignore this thread or have massive self-discipline over the next year. Very jealous...



Anyone want to buy a kidney, lung...any other major organ that I could do without?

To be fair, I couldn't justify the cost other than the fact we want to go to Japan anyway and we have loads of time to save up.

But when I win the Lotto, I'll buy a kidney off you to replace the kidney I sold to fund this trip.

Eod100 wrote: »

I applied for tickets for RWC 2015 but not too sure of process and if it's same this time out.

Anyone know where I can find info on how many tickets/matches can be applied for in current ballot?

There's a few of us thinking of going so thinking of making a couple of applications. I know chances of getting same tickets slim but just in case, if you are successful is the money automatically taken for tickets? Or do you have option to turn down tickets before they take payment?

You don't give your payment details when you apply for the tickets, however you must pay for them within a certain period of being notified if you manage to get some. And the catch - you must pay for all the tickets you've been allocated, you can't just take the ones you really want. So if you happen to decide to apply for every match you can, in the hope of getting a few, be prepared to have to fork out a small fortune if by some miracle you get them all!

Two ballots applied for so far, had some luck in the second ballot and got tickets to two matches, but I don't know of many people who have actually got the matches they wanted so far. We'll see how this ballot goes.

Also, you asked about how many tickets you can apply for, you can apply for 6 per match but you can't apply for two matches on the same day.

All this information is here at the site: https://tickets.rugbyworldcup.com/showNews.html?idNews=100

Hope that's of use.

wexfordhun wrote: »

Has anyone booked accommodation for Tokyo or Yokohama yet? Either with an agent or independently?

I dont know where to start looking.

I've booked my hotel for the night of the semi final just on booking.com

I didn't realise it was a love hotel but sure it's an experience!

I'm not booking the rest until I have confirmed dates. The flights I want should be out next week.

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troyzer wrote: »

I've booked my hotel for the night of the semi final just on booking.com

I didn't realise it was a love hotel but sure it's an experience!

I'm not booking the rest until I have confirmed dates. The flights I want should be out next week.

Looks like the rugby won't be the only semi going on...!

Careful though - they have some weird STD's in Japan, they've one where your bits get all pixelated!

Pixelitis, I've heard. Tragic.

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troyzer wrote: »

Pixelitis, I've heard. Tragic.

I've heard it's rife within the adult movie industry over there, of course I've no idea myself :pac:

Nor do I. What's this adult movie industry? Never heard of it....