World Cup 2006 Germany - Information

donnie_darko_3

We booked with german wings stansted to cologne £47 all in return

Going on 7th june to 17th june got tickets for 3 matches and awaiting results frm latest ballot. we are concentrating on west and south west germany area.

Booked hotel in mountain resort hotel near bonn with leisure facilities and golf course for the days off. £670 for 9 nights inc breakfast for single rooms. A car hire is costing £300 for the duration so not a bad deal overall considering hotels in cologne want £2000 for 9 nights.

Can i not wait for the finals to come around. All we need now are tickets for an England game but its not that important to us. we have been to other world cup finals and its more fun watching the likes of saudi arabia playing cameroon as we did in japan.

You have got to hunt hard to find reasonable prices for hotels and my advice is to forget the host cities and look further afield and drive in or catch a train etc on matchdays. i am not a camper but good luck to those of you who are in your search for sites if i come across anything i will post here.

Post-It-Note_3

Can anyone help me with ticketing? i read that i will be in a better position if i use a mastercard, is this right? and if so whats the best card to apply for?? thanks!!

gingerwizard

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Can anyone help me with ticketing? i read that i will be in a better position if i use a mastercard, is this right? and if so whats the best card to apply for?? thanks!!

mastercard are the official sponsors of the world cup and as such have exclusive rights in the credit/debit card stakes,but there are other ways to get around this, as fifa also allow bank transfers,my own particular choice, and if you have a german bank account, direct debit to pay for your tickets,if youre lucky enough to get some that is!hope this clears it up for you.

Man-Alive

Great Thread - I will be watching out for further updates!
I am travelling with three matets, one of them has done all the organising so far!
Hoping to see as many games as possible (not just Emgland!).
This is our plan so far -

Liverpool to Cologne 23rd June Return flights = £50 each.
23/24 June Cologne Hotel £120 each.
25 June Stuttgart Nothing booked (Depending on match tickets)
26/27 June Dusseldorf Hotel £64
Dusseldorf to Cologne - Taxi £3 each.
28 June Fly Home!

budgetflyer

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jeff_flambino

We are flying into franfurt hahn with ryanair. Manchester-Dublin-Frankfurt on the 7th jun(£39). Staying in a central hotel in frankfurt(3* premier £19pppn) for 5 nights and then making our way down to nurembourg by car(merc's are so cheap to rent!) where we have hostels booked. Then up to cologne (again in hostels). We are staying till we get knocked out so will just have to play it by ear from then on......

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jeff_flambino wrote:

We are staying till we get knocked out so will just have to play it by ear from then on......

So do you actually have tickets for the games??

lday77

Am I way too late for tickets or is there another round - what are the chances of just turning up and paying through the roof?

Fogg1969

In the current sales phase tickets are sporadically put up for grabs on a first come first served basis. I've been watching it for most of the day, and it's a hugely frustrating process. Most of the time it says no tickets are available, then you eventually get a chance to add some to your basket. By the time you get to the checkout you're told that the tickets you requested are no longer available.

I thought I had tickets for Australia Brazil at one point.

smudge78

so is it just a case of checking everyday for tickets?