chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez Posted January 18, 2007 Report Share Posted January 18, 2007 so ive come to realize the main obstacle of gettin chewy 2 europe is not the passport, nor even obtaining the genesis ticket- the problem is getting the airfare. ive checked expedia travelocity, etc,,,cheapest i can find it for is around 1200, 1,300-- this is despite what city i fly to....i tried paris, lyon, belgium, finland, amsterdam. the amsterdam show is standing room only which makes that priority #1, a few others are too, i think lyon, but not the ones in england. anyways i have never been to europe and really look at is as being physically impossible- i would need to exachange my american money, as well as find a quick place to stay etc, but all that stuff doesnt bother me as much as fiding CHEAP AIRFARE> there are these student travel places im going to check out, but i CANT spend even a grand on airfare- thats about the whole budject alltogether for this thing- i HAVE to find a cheaper way-- is it possible? have any of you gone to europe for under 500? maybe 6? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rooster_Ties Posted January 18, 2007 Report Share Posted January 18, 2007 Best of luck using "expedia travelocity, etc" without a credit card... RT is right- ill pay whatever!! but i do not utilize credit card- so amazon is out..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDK Posted January 18, 2007 Report Share Posted January 18, 2007 The best airfare from the west coast might be as low as $800, but you'll have to wait for some special offer. Cost me $1200 to fly from L.A. to Brussels last summer. If you're desperate enough there's always this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez Posted January 18, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2007 is it actually possible to legally hitch rides on mail planes for extra cheap prices? id be all over that. the sign @ the student travel place say its only 393 to go to rome, but im sketched about the rome date cause its free and for 300,000 fans- it will be a madhouse trying to get in the front row. but if i have a ticket for gen admission, to say, the football stadium in amsterdam, i can ensure ill be right in front of phil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sal Posted January 18, 2007 Report Share Posted January 18, 2007 When is the Genesis tour? If its in the late winter/early spring months, you shouldn't have any trouble getting a round trip ticket from the West Coast for $500-$600 if you sign up for special promotion alerts from the airlines. If its in the summer, that's another story. No way you'll pay less than a grand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neveronfriday Posted January 18, 2007 Report Share Posted January 18, 2007 (edited) 2007/06/11 Helsinki Olympic Stadium Finland 2007/06/14 Herning Messecenter Denmark 2007/06/15 Hamburg AOL-Arena sold out Germany 2007/06/17 Bern Stade de Suisse Switzerland 2007/06/18 Linz * Gugl Stadium Austria 2007/06/20 Budapest Puskas Ferenc Stadium Hungary 2007/06/21 Katowice Slaski Stadium Poland 2007/06/23 Hannover AWD-Arena sold out Germany 2007/06/24 Brussels Stade Roi Baudouin NEW Belgium 2007/06/26 Düsseldorf * LTU-Arena sold out Germany 2007/06/27 Düsseldorf * LTU-Arena Germany 2007/06/29 Stuttgart Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion sold out Germany 2007/06/30 Paris Parc des Princes France 2007/07/01 Amsterdam Arena sold out Holland 2007/07/03 Berlin Olympic Stadium Germany 2007/07/04 Leipzig Zentralstadion sold out Germany 2007/07/05 Frankfurt * Commerzbank-Arena sold out Germany 2007/07/07 Manchester Old Trafford sold out UK 2007/07/08 London Twickenham Stadium sold out UK 2007/07/10 Munich * Olympic Stadium Germany 2007/07/12 Monaco Louis II Stadium Monaco cancelled 2007/07/12 Lyon Gerland Stadium France 2007/07/14 Rome Colosseum Italy free entry * VIP Tickets available Edited January 18, 2007 by neveronfriday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted January 18, 2007 Report Share Posted January 18, 2007 is it actually possible to legally hitch rides on mail planes for extra cheap prices? id be all over that. the sign @ the student travel place say its only 393 to go to rome, but im sketched about the rome date cause its free and for 300,000 fans- it will be a madhouse trying to get in the front row. but if i have a ticket for gen admission, to say, the football stadium in amsterdam, i can ensure ill be right in front of phil Don't worry about WHERE you get off the effin' plane, Chewy, so long as it's in Europe, you can get a cheap flight to wherever you want to - or a train. So, if Rome is the cheapest, get that and then go where you're going. MG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownie Posted January 18, 2007 Report Share Posted January 18, 2007 (edited) So Monaco's been cancelled Good thing for chewy. The city is horribly expensive and the cops there are wild. And they don't waste time messing around with people of chewy's caliber. They take them to the local precinct before expelling them to neighboring France, the land of Freedom! Edited January 18, 2007 by brownie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted January 18, 2007 Report Share Posted January 18, 2007 hey, you're not allowed to post in here, unless you grew a beard in the meantime! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownie Posted January 18, 2007 Report Share Posted January 18, 2007 It's my mind which sports a beard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted January 18, 2007 Report Share Posted January 18, 2007 - or a train. Excluding travel in the UK I guess, unless you want to stand the whole journey in the john like a sardine just to get a 'seat'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Dolan Posted January 18, 2007 Report Share Posted January 18, 2007 Chewy, I have no idea who you are, Brother. But I gotta say I love your style! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Alfredson Posted January 18, 2007 Report Share Posted January 18, 2007 Chewy, I have no idea who you are, Brother. But I gotta say I love your style! You like idiots? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Dolan Posted January 18, 2007 Report Share Posted January 18, 2007 Oh yeah!! This cat absolutely cracks me up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Posted January 18, 2007 Report Share Posted January 18, 2007 (edited) I just bought a ticket RT from LA to Amsterdam for about $650. It was $499 plus taxes & fees. Did it through the American Airlines site directly - better fares than show up on Expedia & Travelocity. Amsterdam is never that expensive, if you are buying a decent amount ahead of time. $1200? No way. Edited January 18, 2007 by Adam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez Posted January 18, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2007 whoa where did you find that handy map? how useful-- i havent seen that yet!!!! thanks for postin that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Bresnahan Posted January 18, 2007 Report Share Posted January 18, 2007 Originally, this tour was going to reunite "Genesis", as in "Genesis with Peter Gabriel". If that had happened, I'd be there, come hell or high water. But the "Then They Were Three" Genesis?? They toured like 8-fucking-trillion days during the 80's & 90's. Why spend big bucks to see them? Use your money and pre-order the new multi-channel SACDs (and a cheap, as in less than $200 - think Oppo Digital DV-970HD, SACD player) and enjoy their music ad infinitum. BTW, if you decide to go the SACD route, buy the box set. It has an additional SACD of extras, including the elusive "Me & Virgil". These SACDs are going to break my CD budget for a few months. Gotta buy them from Japan. 5 discs for over $100... gah! But for a Genesis fan, it's a must. Kevin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Posted January 18, 2007 Report Share Posted January 18, 2007 Originally, this tour was going to reunite "Genesis", as in "Genesis with Peter Gabriel". If that had happened, I'd be there, come hell or high water. But the "Then They Were Three" Genesis?? They toured like 8-fucking-trillion days during the 80's & 90's. Why spend big bucks to see them? Use your money and pre-order the new multi-channel SACDs (and a cheap, as in less than $200 - think Oppo Digital DV-970HD, SACD player) and enjoy their music ad infinitum. BTW, if you decide to go the SACD route, buy the box set. It has an additional SACD of extras, including the elusive "Me & Virgil". These SACDs are going to break my CD budget for a few months. Gotta buy them from Japan. 5 discs for over $100... gah! But for a Genesis fan, it's a must. Kevin Holy moly, the pre-order price on these SACD/DVDs are freekin' $43.75 . Crap! And all I want are the SACDs, I could care less about the DVDs since I only have a laptop to play them on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Bresnahan Posted January 19, 2007 Report Share Posted January 19, 2007 Holy moly, the pre-order price on these SACD/DVDs are freekin' $43.75 . Crap! And all I want are the SACDs, I could care less about the DVDs since I only have a laptop to play them on. Wait for www.cdwow.com They will have the Japanese versions for way less than that, and yeah, I agree, screw $43.75 each!! hmv.co.jp alread has the box (at pre-order) for around $100 but wait. As the release nears, the prices drop like crazy. Be aware that the Japanese set is the only place to get NTSC (US standard) DVD video discs. The EU sets will have PAL DVD video discs. It makes no matter to me as I am only interested in the SACDs anyway, but even less matter - my Denon player will convert PAL to NTSC. Kevin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Posted January 19, 2007 Report Share Posted January 19, 2007 Originally, this tour was going to reunite "Genesis", as in "Genesis with Peter Gabriel". If that had happened, I'd be there, come hell or high water. But the "Then They Were Three" Genesis?? They toured like 8-fucking-trillion days during the 80's & 90's. Why spend big bucks to see them? Use your money and pre-order the new multi-channel SACDs (and a cheap, as in less than $200 - think Oppo Digital DV-970HD, SACD player) and enjoy their music ad infinitum. BTW, if you decide to go the SACD route, buy the box set. It has an additional SACD of extras, including the elusive "Me & Virgil". These SACDs are going to break my CD budget for a few months. Gotta buy them from Japan. 5 discs for over $100... gah! But for a Genesis fan, it's a must. Kevin I'd also stay home for Genesis without Peter Gabriel, but you how Chewy is about Phil Collins... But, If they come to Seattle or Portland, I'd probably give it a shot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sundog Posted January 19, 2007 Report Share Posted January 19, 2007 Genesis SACD/DVDs for preorder at music direct. First 5 for $175. GENESIS PREORDER Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Bresnahan Posted January 19, 2007 Report Share Posted January 19, 2007 Genesis SACD/DVDs for preorder at music direct. First 5 for $175. GENESIS PREORDER Yeah, but if you buy them separately, and not in the box, you miss the extras disc. Besides, $175 is still way too much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDK Posted January 19, 2007 Report Share Posted January 19, 2007 Do the DVDs include video or just DVD-audio? If the latter, what a stupid waste since you're already getting the SACDs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez Posted January 19, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 19, 2007 i want to see phil sing for them like 10,000 times more than peter gabriel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sundog Posted January 19, 2007 Report Share Posted January 19, 2007 Genesis SACD/DVDs for preorder at music direct. First 5 for $175. GENESIS PREORDER Yeah, but if you buy them separately, and not in the box, you miss the extras disc. Besides, $175 is still way too much. Prices are a joke in general for this stuff, and I'm not interested enough at this point to buy any of them. Just thought I'd post that as an option for those who are. Phil's divorce must have been real nasty! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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