Interstate Football Games

ando051 · Post: # 1044423Post **ando051** » Mon 28 Feb 2011 3:56pm

Can someone give me an idea about the best way to go about traveling to the Gold Coast for our game in July. I know it is our first trip the the GC but people my have an idea from previous trips interstate.

The AFL events office is offering packages for $715 all inclusive.

Does the club also offer packages? or is it best to organise yourself

Any help would be appreciated.

wasaintsfan · Mon 28 Feb 2011 4:30pm

get a price from tiger website. Call jetstar. Get the 10% price beat. Doesnt matter if u go brisbane or gold coast. 2 nights acc. Ticket n public tpt lookn bout 450 1person. 550 for 2.

saintdooley · Mon 28 Feb 2011 5:05pm

i always book mine on my own, no package or anything. im guessing that will be a saturday night game, just go up sat morning, 1 night accom and fly home sunday. book anywhere, they have free bus trips to and from the ground (they did 2 years ago)

matrix · Post: # 1044453Post **matrix** » Mon 28 Feb 2011 5:31pm

i say this every year
be careful with tiger
they can change the times of the flight quite late if they have probs with a plane

i was due to fly into melbs at nooonish one day and they changed it to arrive after the first bouince because one of the planes was down.

of course no refund of 90 bucks if you cancalled
so i bite the bullet and went with jetstar

i know peeps that have flown with tiger many times and never had a prob.
yet i had one before my first take off

ill never go with them but thats my personal choice
virgin or jetstar all the way for me

plugger66 · Post: # 1044479Post **plugger66** » Mon 28 Feb 2011 6:26pm

Go Virgin or Jetstar and do it all yourself. Stay at Broadbeach and you are only 15 minutes drive from the ground or stay at he Royal Pines golf course and you are walking distance but if you want some nightlife at least stay at Broadbeach. And stay 2 nights if you going to go that far.

saint66au · Post: # 1044531Post **saint66au** » Mon 28 Feb 2011 7:48pm

Do not fly Tiger EVER the same day you have to be somewhere important

Football, work, weddings..I know people who have missed them all cos theyve booked with Tiger to fly the same day of their appt.

ando051 · Post: # 1044541Post **ando051** » Mon 28 Feb 2011 8:14pm

Cheers for your help, I wont be going Tiger, been caught out before with a 15hr delay in Perth.

Does anyone know the price for a Taxi from Broadbeach to Carrara?

Jetstar have flights now for $104 one way. The AFL airline Virgin is about $60 more expensive at the moment. Go figure.

maverick · Post: # 1044554Post **maverick** » Mon 28 Feb 2011 8:58pm

ando051 wrote:Cheers for your help, I wont be going Tiger, been caught out before with a 15hr delay in Perth.

Does anyone know the price for a Taxi from Broadbeach to Carrara?

Jetstar have flights now for $104 one way. The AFL airline Virgin is about $60 more expensive at the moment. Go figure.

There's a free shuttle bus from pacific fair shopping centre, it's about a 10 minute trip. Be careful after the game though, the bus leaves before the fan get together finishes!!!

Carrara is still in the midde of nowhere....not many cabs 1 hr after the game....

wasaintsfan · Mon 28 Feb 2011 9:00pm

ando051 wrote:Cheers for your help, I wont be going Tiger, been caught out before with a 15hr delay in Perth.

Does anyone know the price for a Taxi from Broadbeach to Carrara?

Jetstar have flights now for $104 one way. The AFL airline Virgin is about $60 more expensive at the moment. Go figure.

didnt say go tiger... said... get the price from tiger... call jetstar with that price as they beat it by 10%

wasaintsfan · Mon 28 Feb 2011 9:12pm

staying overnight

jetstar 89 at 6 am (flying out 6am melbourne 30th july fly back 3pm 31st)
tiger 59 at 6.15am
so calling jetstar with tigers price...
jetstar charge $53

then a 3pm return sunday 62 with jetstar after 10% off of tigers price

thats straight to gold coast aswell

so for a quick phone call a saving of $113 per person and still going the jetstar service

Saint_Ash · Post: # 1044600Post **Saint_Ash** » Tue 01 Mar 2011 7:21am

You also need to allow travel from the airport.

GC Airport is about 15-20 mins drive from Broadbeach so a taxi or hire car is needed. I believe there is a bus but i don't know how reliable or expensive it is.

Guessing based on Melb prices taxi would be about $30 each way. Hire car (could be the go if you wanted to do other things up there) for 1.5 days around $175-$200 (around $100 if you hire the car for under 24 hours).

ando051 · Post: # 1044696Post **ando051** » Tue 01 Mar 2011 4:29pm

GC Airport is about 15-20 mins drive from Broadbeach so a taxi or hire car is needed. I believe there is a bus but i don't know how reliable or expensive it is.

Looked into that Saint Ash $33 return for airport bus to and from accommodation.

wasaintsfan great idea, how far time difference does Jetstar except, there is a tiger flight for $69 at 1305 could i get a jetstar flight at say 11am for the same price. Sorry 6am is to early.

wasaintsfan · Tue 01 Mar 2011 4:54pm

only a hour each way i believe

PakenhamSaint · Tue 01 Mar 2011 5:04pm

Saint_Ash wrote:You also need to allow travel from the airport.

GC Airport is about 15-20 mins drive from Broadbeach so a taxi or hire car is needed. I believe there is a bus but i don't know how reliable or expensive it is.

The bus:
http://translink.com.au/resources/trave ... 28_702.pdf
$6.10 to travel 4 zones or $6.90 for 5 zones one way with a paper ticket.
With a Go Card it's $3.52 for 4 zones or $4.02 for 5 zones one way off peak.

saintbrat · Post: # 1044773Post **saintbrat** » Tue 01 Mar 2011 8:27pm

here's the packages Ando as mentioning
http://www.afleventoffice.com.au/events ... m?co=AFG16

Saint Bev · Tue 01 Mar 2011 11:02pm

ando051 wrote:Can someone give me an idea about the best way to go about traveling to the Gold Coast for our game in July. I know it is our first trip the the GC but people my have an idea from previous trips interstate.

The AFL events office is offering packages for $715 all inclusive.

Does the club also offer packages? or is it best to organise yourself

Any help would be appreciated.

Doing a package deal can be quite expensive, personally I would just keep an eye out for cheap fares. Don't be put off by Tiger, all airlines have problems, its part of cheap travel. I travel with Tiger all the time and have never had a problem.

It is half an hour from the airport to Broadbeach. I would not suggest public transport as it does not stop directly at the airport and can be a bit tricky to find the stop and a bit of a walk with luggage. A taxi is around $45.

As advised by others Broadbeach is the best place to stay and confirming also that you can catch a bus from Pacific Fair Shopping Centre to the game and return.

There will be a function, will post details closer to the time.

ando051 · Post: # 1045266Post **ando051** » Thu 03 Mar 2011 8:04pm

Does anyone know when tickets go on sale for the games at Gold Coast Stadium? I don't want to book flights and accommodation and find out i can not get a ticket other than the ones in the AFL packages to see the Mighty Saints.

saintbrat · Post: # 1045267Post **saintbrat** » Thu 03 Mar 2011 8:10pm

ando051 wrote:Does anyone know when tickets go on sale for the games at Gold Coast Stadium? I don't want to book flights and accommodation and find out i can not get a ticket other than the ones in the AFL packages to see the Mighty Saints.

from previous experience - ok vs Victorian teams- tickets not a problem...
I note they allow 1 bay designated for away fans-- pretty sure there will be more than that

how many is the new seating supposed to hold?

ando051 · Post: # 1049461Post **ando051** » Fri 18 Mar 2011 6:44pm

Just to let anyone know that maybe interested. Peppers Broadbeach which is a 5 star hotel has a very good special at the moment called 'Hot Getaway Special' which is $193 per night for a 2 bedroom ocean view room for the weekend we play the Gold Coast. You will not get any cheaper, i have looked everywhere!

eppo67 · Post: # 1049462Post **eppo67** » Fri 18 Mar 2011 7:02pm

I live near Metricon Stadium and I can tell you guys that it is really looking he goods.
The update on the old Carrara Stadium is quite amazing and I think you Victorians will be very impressed.
Can't wait to see the boys take on the Suns up here.

saintspremiers · Fri 18 Mar 2011 7:11pm

Tiger is cheap 'n nasty.

I've copped a few delays with them, plus their checkin was shytehouse.

As my wife has reminded me - don't be tight - pay a few bucks more and go with a different airline, it aint worth the hassle/risk!

saintnick12 · Fri 18 Mar 2011 8:47pm

We went up for the Sydney game in round 1 last year.
I phoned the club before hand to ask which bays were saints bays as when I was trying to buy tickets, the cheaper ones were only coming up next to the Swans cheersqaud and not at the Saints end.
The club gave us free tickets. I only phoned up to get advice about how to buy tickets in the Saints area, but the club offered them as I was a "travelling member" they said. They were fantastic seats. Just a few rows behind the cheersquad.
The only problem was picking them up. They only send them out a few days before the game. As we drove up and went to a few other places and made a bit of a holiday out of it, we weren't able to get the tickets before we left. They club ended up leaving them for us to pick up at the gate. It was a bit of a pain, but well worth it. We had tried to do the trip on a shoestring budget with the kids so free tickets (and great ones at that) was such a bonus and much appreciated.

wasaintsfan · Fri 18 Mar 2011 10:04pm

saintspremiers wrote:Tiger is cheap 'n nasty.

I've copped a few delays with them, plus their checkin was shytehouse.

As my wife has reminded me - don't be tight - pay a few bucks more and go with a different airline, it aint worth the hassle/risk!

or pay a few bucks less and go with jetstar using their 10% price beat garentee

saintdooley · Fri 18 Mar 2011 10:17pm

wasaintsfan wrote:
saintspremiers wrote:Tiger is cheap 'n nasty.

I've copped a few delays with them, plus their checkin was shytehouse.

As my wife has reminded me - don't be tight - pay a few bucks more and go with a different airline, it aint worth the hassle/risk!

or pay a few bucks less and go with jetstar using their 10% price beat garentee

or just dont go and save all your money

...but i could never do that

matrix · Post: # 1049501Post **matrix** » Fri 18 Mar 2011 10:20pm

im sure i saw a package somewhere recently for the gold-coast game(?)

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