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Post by owen8390 on Jul 9, 2022 15:20:20 GMT
For people staying in Dubai what time flights are you booking for into and out of Doha?
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Post by bluetone on Jul 9, 2022 15:46:57 GMT
For people staying in Dubai what time flights are you booking for into and out of Doha? For the USA game we get into Qatar at 12.50 and get the 4am flight back on the Tuesday The Iran game we arrive into Doha at 07.45 and get the 7pm flight back & for the England game it’s a 5pm arrival and the 4am flight back on the Wednesday All with Qatar Airways from Al Maktoum Airport (DWC) but we’re staying in Abu Dhabi |
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Post by manulike on Jul 9, 2022 15:50:32 GMT
You are right, of course. Hence, I made no reference to the alc. asspect - which certainly will be tolerated in fan zones.
Still, vaping has become illegal since 2014 and there are very harsh sentences if bringing any into the country.
If I were a vape-head, I'd switch to Marlboro Light for a few weeks ;-)
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Post by majorraglan on Jul 10, 2022 0:12:02 GMT
For people staying in Dubai what time flights are you booking for into and out of Doha? We’ve booked flights from Dubai, for the USA game we arrive in Qatar at 15.25 and fly back at 07.15 hours. It’s not what I wanted, but I’ve been away and didn't have access to the internet and had to takecwhat was left. For the Iran game, we arrive in Qatar at 06.50 and return at 7pm. We’re using flydubai and Qatar airlines. |
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Post by cymruramdcfc on Jul 10, 2022 4:29:11 GMT
For people staying in Dubai what time flights are you booking for into and out of Doha? For the USA game we get into Qatar at 12.50 and get the 4am flight back on the Tuesday The Iran game we arrive into Doha at 07.45 and get the 7pm flight back & for the England game it’s a 5pm arrival and the 4am flight back on the Wednesday All with Qatar Airways from Al Maktoum Airport (DWC) but we’re staying in Abu Dhabi Apologies if already mentioned but what criteria needed to do this? Is it much cheaper? Yes I'm being lazy by not doing my own research |
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Post by bluetone on Jul 10, 2022 6:10:20 GMT
I worked it out that the £600+ for the 3 games we’d spend on the flights to Doha and back would be off set by the free food and drink in our Al Inclusive Hotel and also the standard of accommodation in our hotel Iimagine our 40m2 room with a balcony with a sea view is going to be better, and probably cheaper than anything offered in Qatar,
Eg an inside cabin on a ship or a converted container.
Plus with our friends we’re going to make a real holiday of it.
I’ve no interest in Qatar, I’m only interested in Wales which is why we are staying in Abu Dhabi and it has much more to do there.
I’ve done the World Cup experience in 2006 in Germany and it was superb, this I feel is not going to compare as most ‘real’ fans aren’t going to be there.
Don’t get me wrong I think it’ll be good to stay there but not great due to the lack of freedom you’d get in Europe, Asia or the Americas
I was 50/50 wether to go but the pull to watch Wales play in a World Cup was just to much
oh yes, there was no criteria to book these flights, we’re all flying with Qatar which you’d need to book via their matchday shuttle website. The we’re going for £216 (exchange rate dependant) on Tuesday when the tickets were realised as the rest of my lot booked them once they bagged their match tickets)
I gambled and bought them before in case they went up once the match tickets were sold.
I got the flights vis skyscanner on last minute.com for less than £190 per return flight about 2 weeks ago.
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Post by cymruramdcfc on Jul 10, 2022 6:13:08 GMT
I worked it out that the £600+ for the 3 games we’d spend on the flights to Doha and back would be off set by the free food and drink in our Al Inclusive Hotel and also the standard of accommodation in our hotel Iimagine our 40m2 room with a balcony with a sea view is going to be better, and probably cheaper than anything offered in Qatar, Eg an inside cabin on a ship or a converted container. Plus with our friends we’re going to make a real holiday of it. I’ve no interest in Qatar, I’m only interested in Wales which is why we are staying in Abu Dhabi and it has much more to do there. I’ve done the World Cup experience in 2006 in Germany and it was superb, this I feel is not going to compare as most ‘real’ fans aren’t going to be there. Don’t get me wrong I think it’ll be good to stay there but not great due to the lack of freedom you’d get in Europe, Asia or the Americas I was 50/50 wether to go but the pull to watch Wales play in a World Cup was just to much Thanks foe this There was no way I was going to not go and see Wales in world cup. It could be played in hell I would have gone. But the cost and logistics are nightmare. As I'm putting all together now. This gives me options to look at Fly in for usa and back missing Iran game . But staying from England to exit after that |
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Post by bluetone on Jul 10, 2022 6:27:17 GMT
No problem,
I edited my post after your above to add the costs and who we booked with.
I mentioned in another post that my mate is looking to room up with someone in our hotel in Abu Dhabi.
It looks like he’s going to the F1 Grand Prix in Abu Dhabi on the Sunday 20th then do the Dubai 7’s after the group stages…..not a bad trip 🤣
It would work out about £160 a night for you in a high end 5* All Inclusive hotel with a balcony and sea view and there are 7 speciality restaurants included and they are all included and the drinks are all premium brand.
I’ve stayed there a few times and it’s the dogs bollox.
I’ve organised private transfers to the airport and back for each match too, not included in the cost above 🤣
We arrive on the 20th and are booked to come back on the 2nd but would stay if we get to the last 16.
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Post by garynysmon on Jul 10, 2022 14:05:08 GMT
We've calculated that our week long trip for the first two games (staying in Dubai) will cost us over £1,100 less than Wonky Sheep's offering in Qatar, even after taking into account two return shuttle flights.
Of course the downside is that we can't go to other countries' games during our off days, so that's the trade off I suppose.
It does help that the flight from Manchester (£360 return) and the hotel was a relative bargain and that we've got Cat 3 tickets rather than the more expensive ones.
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Post by cymruramdcfc on Jul 10, 2022 14:59:23 GMT
The fan accommodation is look like prison accommodation said my grandson 😀
Boats look well but f@#k me expensive
It's more costly as solo and back to work after usa game so fan park it might be for that
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Post by jbt95 on Jul 10, 2022 19:03:44 GMT
Don’t get me wrong I think it’ll be good to stay there but not great due to the lack of freedom you’d get in Europe, Asia or the Americas Qatar is in Asia… It’ll be absolutely fine, everybody says the same before every tournament and it turns out amazing, apparently. I have every faith. |
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Post by bluetone on Jul 10, 2022 19:08:53 GMT
Don’t get me wrong I think it’ll be good to stay there but not great due to the lack of freedom you’d get in Europe, Asia or the Americas Qatar is in Asia… It’ll be absolutely fine, everybody says the same before every tournament and it turns out amazing, apparently. I have every faith. 🤦♂️🤣 |
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Post by kingstonred on Jul 11, 2022 9:34:32 GMT
I've spent just less than £1500 on Heathrow - Doha return Qatar Airways flights, 5 nights in an apartment in Doha, and tickets for Wales/Iran, Canada/Croatia, Wales/England
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Post by ohjoeyjoey on Jul 11, 2022 10:14:13 GMT
Cost me £1285 in total. £750 flight for Manchester to Doha, 4 nights in the fan park £370. Tickets for USA & Iran plus tickets for the glamour tie Denmark v Tunisia £165. Arrive the Monday morning of the USA game & fly back 1:30am the morning after the Iran game.
Cannot wait now.
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Post by londonexile on Jul 11, 2022 10:20:54 GMT
Really struggling to find any sort of accomodation in Qatar....everything is booked out it seems from Nov 20 to 30th. Obvs cant stretch to the 5 star options.
Only options is the converted shipping container! (Which is growing on me but concerned how far away they are from everything) Hotels, apartments and affordable options on the cruise ships all gone for November at least.
Looks like we are gonna have to keep moving around and booking single nights at a time. Just want a base.
I keep refreshing and checking in but seems like a real lack of new options coming online at the moment. Hope they release more soon as starting get a bit stressed now.
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Post by pclaude on Jul 11, 2022 10:38:02 GMT
Really struggling to find any sort of accomodation in Qatar....everything is booked out it seems from Nov 20 to 30th. Obvs cant stretch to the 5 star options. Only options is the converted shipping container! (Which is growing on me but concerned how far away they are from everything) Hotels, apartments and affordable options on the cruise ships all gone for November at least. Looks like we are gonna have to keep moving around and booking single nights at a time. Just want a base. I keep refreshing and checking in but seems like a real lack of new options coming online at the moment. Hope they release more soon as starting get a bit stressed now. One of the shipping container parks is right by a metro station- they did have vacancies last week. It's also v close to the airport |
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Post by chief on Jul 11, 2022 10:45:32 GMT
As alluded to the only viable, affordable accomodation options are the cabin container things.
My conundrum and it's something that I doubt anyone will be able to answer is that I land in Qatar at 4am local time.
Realistically I'll probably be at the fan village by half 6am, at which I'd like to get my head down for a few hours/leave my bag etc.
At this time though, this will probably mean having to pay an extra night to get access immediately, assuming check isn't until the afternoon. Could sleep on the beach or something but is that advisable in Qatar?
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Post by ohjoeyjoey on Jul 11, 2022 11:02:38 GMT
As alluded to the only viable, affordable accomodation options are the cabin container things. My conundrum and it's something that I doubt anyone will be able to answer is that I land in Qatar at 4am local time. Realistically I'll probably be at the fan village by half 6am, at which I'd like to get my head down for a few hours/leave my bag etc. At this time though, this will probably mean having to pay an extra night to get access immediately, assuming check isn't until the afternoon. Could sleep on the beach or something but is that advisable in Qatar? I land at 6am for the USA. My theory is they will let me in my room when I arrive as we play first day of the tournament so no one would be checking out that day anyway, no one would have stayed in there before so surely it’ll be ok to check in & Get a couple of hours sleep. I’m stopping in the fan park next to our ground for the first 2 nights then stopping at the one by the airport. As I couldn’t get 4 nights at the first one. The one by our ground is next to a mall which has a carrefour sup market which is handy. All fan parks are close to a metro. The room has a fridge in too |
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Post by chief on Jul 11, 2022 11:27:06 GMT
You should be ok as you could be the first of the guests there. I'm only going for our second game so the tournament will be in full swing and presumably the cabins will have people in them when I arrive before they check out (could be in the afternoon?)
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Post by jbt95 on Jul 11, 2022 12:06:56 GMT
As alluded to the only viable, affordable accomodation options are the cabin container things. My conundrum and it's something that I doubt anyone will be able to answer is that I land in Qatar at 4am local time. Realistically I'll probably be at the fan village by half 6am, at which I'd like to get my head down for a few hours/leave my bag etc. At this time though, this will probably mean having to pay an extra night to get access immediately, assuming check isn't until the afternoon. Could sleep on the beach or something but is that advisable in Qatar? I land at 6am for the USA. My theory is they will let me in my room when I arrive as we play first day of the tournament so no one would be checking out that day anyway, no one would have stayed in there before so surely it’ll be ok to check in & Get a couple of hours sleep. I’m stopping in the fan park next to our ground for the first 2 nights then stopping at the one by the airport. As I couldn’t get 4 nights at the first one. The one by our ground is next to a mall which has a carrefour sup market which is handy. All fan parks are close to a metro. The room has a fridge in too It says on the accommodation website FAQs - “ To ensure you are guaranteed an early check-in, you will need to book the previous additional night i.e. if you are arriving at 9am on 20 November 2022, you will need to book the night of 19 November 2022 to ensure you can check-in to your room/cabin/apartment earlier than the stated check-in time. Please contact us with any questions you may have.” |
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Post by chief on Jul 11, 2022 12:52:22 GMT
I land at 6am for the USA. My theory is they will let me in my room when I arrive as we play first day of the tournament so no one would be checking out that day anyway, no one would have stayed in there before so surely it’ll be ok to check in & Get a couple of hours sleep. I’m stopping in the fan park next to our ground for the first 2 nights then stopping at the one by the airport. As I couldn’t get 4 nights at the first one. The one by our ground is next to a mall which has a carrefour sup market which is handy. All fan parks are close to a metro. The room has a fridge in too It says on the accommodation website FAQs - “ To ensure you are guaranteed an early check-in, you will need to book the previous additional night i.e. if you are arriving at 9am on 20 November 2022, you will need to book the night of 19 November 2022 to ensure you can check-in to your room/cabin/apartment earlier than the stated check-in time. Please contact us with any questions you may have.” Ah well ok thanks, that answers my query. Just a question now of whether I want to pay an extra night (for which my cabin will be empty all night) or find a beach lounger to sleep on for a few hours... |
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Post by pclaude on Jul 11, 2022 13:59:43 GMT
As alluded to the only viable, affordable accomodation options are the cabin container things. My conundrum and it's something that I doubt anyone will be able to answer is that I land in Qatar at 4am local time. Realistically I'll probably be at the fan village by half 6am, at which I'd like to get my head down for a few hours/leave my bag etc. At this time though, this will probably mean having to pay an extra night to get access immediately, assuming check isn't until the afternoon. Could sleep on the beach or something but is that advisable in Qatar? Pay to spend time in the arrivals lounge at the airport? |
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Post by aberbeeg on Jul 11, 2022 17:46:57 GMT
Most flights from Europe and UK arrive in Middle East late at night / early in the morning. Most hotels clearly state if you want an early check in you MUST pay for the previous night. This is pretty standard
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Post by harry on Jul 13, 2022 15:57:42 GMT
Unless I’m missing something, there are next to no shuttles left for the England game now without paying a kings ransom?
Doing the last two games so this will probably mean staying in Doba
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Post by bluetone on Jul 13, 2022 18:14:04 GMT
Unless I’m missing something, there are next to no shuttles left for the England game now without paying a kings ransom? Doing the last two games so this will probably mean staying in Doba There were a few normal price flights out on the 29th and 8am flights back on the 30th from Doha on Qatar Airways yesterday as I booked one yesterday for a friend |
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Post by CrackityJones on Jul 13, 2022 19:44:27 GMT
Accommodation in Doha is not as expensive as many thought. It’s roughly the same as Dubai hotels plus the shuttle flights and transfers so save yourself the hassle
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Post by welrus on Jul 13, 2022 21:09:30 GMT
Accommodation in Doha is not as expensive as many thought. It’s roughly the same as Dubai hotels plus the shuttle flights and transfers so save yourself the hassle Your right - a twin room from 84 USD. But accommodation has been poorly handled by FIFA in my view. It just hasn’t been clear what the price of accommodation would be, and the drip drip feed of accommodation onto the FIFA portal has made it something of a lottery for fans of when and what to book. |
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Post by jbt95 on Jul 13, 2022 21:11:43 GMT
Accommodation in Doha is not as expensive as many thought. It’s roughly the same as Dubai hotels plus the shuttle flights and transfers so save yourself the hassle Your right - a twin room from 84 USD. But accommodation has been poorly handled by FIFA in my view. It just hasn’t been clear what the price of accommodation would be, and the drip drip feed of accommodation onto the FIFA portal has made it something of a lottery for fans of when and what to book. Totally agree it could’ve been better, plus us qualifying when we did didn’t help. And the likes of corky saying you needed 5k per person! |
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Post by CrackityJones on Jul 13, 2022 21:38:26 GMT
Wonky charter charging silly money hasn’t helped either
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Post by aberbeeg on Jul 14, 2022 1:56:20 GMT
Accommodation in Doha is not as expensive as many thought. It’s roughly the same as Dubai hotels plus the shuttle flights and transfers so save yourself the hassle Not the same quality though |
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