Has anyone involved in choosing Kansas City as the venue for the IIUG
Conferene ever tried to travel there from "international"?

I'll need to leave in early March to get there on time, having first
arranged a mortgage to pay for the air-fare ... ;-)

Check the KC airport (http://www.flykci.com/). It is 34.3 miles to the
Overland Park Marriott. At the flykci site, you can search for a
flight. For example, departing Los Angeles, CA on April 25, returning
May 2. It will jump to travelocity where most flights with 1 stop can
be had for under $270.00 (US). Nonstop can be had for around $285.00
(US). Sorry, I know nothing of foreign exchange rates.


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Has anyone involved in choosing Kansas City as the venue for the IIUG
Conferene ever tried to travel there from "international"?

I'll need to leave in early March to get there on time, having first
arranged a mortgage to pay for the air-fare ... ;-)


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Aaaah ce Neil alors... and you're always travelling biz class, so it's gonna
be long but comfortable.

it was chosen because it is in the middle of nowhere, sorry, the US... the
worse thing is indeed that you need to fly from the Kansas City to Overland
Park, it is sooooooo far away.

come on, it's going to be fun...

from Strasbourg (middle of nowhere in Europe), now it is 780 euros, which is
about 2 zillion us$ (x 1.45 = $1131), but it'll get cheaper later...

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Check the KC airport (http://www.flykci.com/). It is 34.3 miles to the
Overland Park Marriott. At the flykci site, you can search for a
flight. For example, departing Los Angeles, CA on April 25, returning
May 2. It will jump to travelocity where most flights with 1 stop can
be had for under $270.00 (US). Nonstop can be had for around $285.00
(US). Sorry, I know nothing of foreign exchange rates.


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Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2007 7:46 PM
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Subject: Kansas City, gateway to .....

Has anyone involved in choosing Kansas City as the venue for the IIUG
Conferene ever tried to travel there from "international"?

I'll need to leave in early March to get there on time, having first
arranged a mortgage to pay for the air-fare ... ;-)


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You could fly to Chicago, rent a car and drive down (it's only about a 9
hr drive per mapquest). Might be about the same driving up from Atlanta.
All sorts of fun options to get to the middle.
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I guess I'll land in Boston, ask stuart to pick me up and we'll drive the
Corvette to KC, with my driving, it'll take a few hours (of fun)...

;-)

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You could fly to Chicago, rent a car and drive down (it's only about a 9
hr drive per mapquest). Might be about the same driving up from Atlanta.
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And here in the midwest we have this thing called weather....

BTW jgp you divide by 1.43 That is that the $1.43 USD gets you 1 Euro.

As to driving...


AND IF THERE'S Road construction... fugetaboutit.

For those who really want to travel first class... Take a business class flight to Chicago. Then get a group of 10 or so people* and rent a corporate jet.
Depending on the size of the jet and the number of people, it will cost about the same as a first class ticket.

And with those bargin rates you'll save due to the exchange rate (Even Canadians get a break), you can travel in luxury.




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On Dec 20, 9:41 am, Ian Michael Gumby <im_gu... (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote:

I can sympathize and empathize with Neil. The Sunday of the pre-
conference sessions and greeting dinner is the last day of Passover
which ends at around 8:33 because DST will be in effect, so I can't
leave until at least 9:30 (I'm about 35 mins from Newark airport so
event that's pushing it). The last flight that night is shortly after
9:30 and it has a stopover of several hours that gets me into KC at
around 10AM Monday morning. The first flight out on Monday at about
5:30AM has a 40 minute stopover that puts me on the same flight into
KC arriving around 10AM. Thought about driving it, how long could
that take? I don't mind the drive! Well, turns out it takes about
13hours and factoring in that I drive fast, if I leave at 9PM Sunday I
get into Overland Park sometime after 10AM Monday morning. It's a
conspiracy! Maybe a bus or train ride overnight - at least I'd get
some sleep that way.

I guess I could come down on Friday and spend the last two days of the
holiday in KS. I wonder if Jerry K. would mind a house guest that
weekend who only eats Passover food? Just kidding Jerry! I'm no
certain I'd survive making the announcement here at home.

Art S. Kagel
Onint, LLC.

There are non-stop flights from New York LaGuardia to Kansas City via
Midwest Airlines (My favorite airline)

I see a flight leaving at 6:30AM Monday the 28th, arriving in KC 8:35 AM.

No problem. :-)

Cindy

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On Dec 20, 9:41 am, Ian Michael Gumby <im_gu... (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote:

I can sympathize and empathize with Neil. The Sunday of the pre- conference
sessions and greeting dinner is the last day of Passover which ends at
around 8:33 because DST will be in effect, so I can't leave until at least
9:30 (I'm about 35 mins from Newark airport so event that's pushing it).
The last flight that night is shortly after 9:30 and it has a stopover of
several hours that gets me into KC at around 10AM Monday morning. The first
flight out on Monday at about 5:30AM has a 40 minute stopover that puts me
on the same flight into KC arriving around 10AM. Thought about driving it,
how long could that take? I don't mind the drive! Well, turns out it takes
about 13hours and factoring in that I drive fast, if I leave at 9PM Sunday I
get into Overland Park sometime after 10AM Monday morning. It's a
conspiracy! Maybe a bus or train ride overnight - at least I'd get some
sleep that way.

I guess I could come down on Friday and spend the last two days of the
holiday in KS. I wonder if Jerry K. would mind a house guest that weekend
who only eats Passover food? Just kidding Jerry! I'm no certain I'd
survive making the announcement here at home.

Art S. Kagel
Onint, LLC.

jet.
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Jean Georges Perrin wrote:
Lucky you.

Because of cost management, I'm expecting to have to hitchhike and pitch
a tent to sleep in. ;-)

Madison Pruet said:
Interesting phrase.

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