[Debconf-discuss] ZAG-BNX buses & taxis
On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 09:33:22AM +0200, Lionel Elie Mamane wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 09:51:00AM +0200, Lucas Nussbaum wrote:
>> On 19/07/11 at 08:56 +0200, Andreas Tille wrote:
>>> On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 07:09:23PM +0200, Christian PERRIER wrote:
>>>> As I have seen, we really need to organize things for people who
>>>> will arrive on 23th and 24th. The 16:30 bus we're sitting in is a
>>>> 35-seater and is fully packed with people. *This is not a standard
>>>> bus*. This is a medium size one. THIRTY-FIVE seats.
>>>> Jérémy, Vagrant and I got the very last tickets for it when
>>>> booking in Zagreb at about 15:00 on Monday 18th. Ulises and
>>>> Vanessa were forced to wait for the 20:00 bus.
>>>> I really suspect a problem for 23th and 24th.
>>>> Jérémy, Vagrant and I got the very last tickets for it when booking in
>>>> Zagreb at about 15:00 on Monday 18th. Ulises and Vanessa were forced
>>>> to wait for the 20:00 bus.
>>>> And, of course, for August 31th, we really need to do something.
>>> Definitely. As I said somewhen last week: Could anybody please rent a
>>> bus for this day and we divide the price for this bus by the number of
>>> people inside.
>> Another option would be to share large taxis. Of course, it's going to
>> be more expensive than the bus, but maybe not totally crazy... it would
>> be great if someone local could inquire whether this is actually
>> possible (i.e if taxi drivers/companies are going to accept that).
> http://en.taxizagreb.hr/taxi-prices announces 160€ for Zagreb to
> Banja Luka, inclusive everything (e.g. road tolls), can be payed by
> credit card.
That's 3 people max, possibly 4 with some squeezing, if they accept
(not sure).
I looked around some more for minibuses; by way of example, I asked
for transfer of 8 people (corresponding to ZAG arrivals on 24 from
13:05 to 14:05); I'm still waiting for some quotes, but I already got
one for 275,- EUR (total, for 8 people). That's 35,- EUR per person.
Is that a price the people arriving in this time bracket want to get
into? If it is only 6 people (not all 8 people subscribe), then the
same minibus would be 46,- EUR per person. In that case, do you still
want to take it?
If someone wants to organise something for 23 July, that quote was
from connecto-taxi.com, phone +385 21 312 595, the person is
"Cristina" and speaks at least English and French. I'll let you know
if I get any better offer.
They also have bigger buses, up to 49 people, so we could also think
about it for the return on 31 July. Extrapolating from their online
prices for other cities with similar distance, such a bus could be
about 740,- EUR, but necessarily some people will have lots of
waiting in Zagreb. Else, we nearly have a nice separation into 8-place
minibuses:
- 8 people whose plane departs at 15:10 or 15:15 (including me)
- 8 people whose plane departs at 14:25
- Jose Manuel dos Santos Calhariz in between, that's the big bug in
the idea... unless one of the travellers decides not to participate
in the bus...
- 8 people whose plane departs 13:30-13:45
- 7 people 8:30 - 9:10
- 2*8 people 16:50 - 18:45
- 4 people 20:55; suboptimal unless squeezes into a normal car
Their "up to 14 people" buses seem not to be cost-effective (more than
two 8-seaters).
> My last "certain" access to email is in two days, Saturday 23 July 6am
> UTC (8am Spain / France / Germany / Italy / ... time).
--
Lionel
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