[antir-heralds] KWHS 2008

[Anthony Hawke]

I could have sworn that you were in An Tir!  I guess that comes with 
seeing your occasional post on here...

I'm planning on hitting a hostel almost every night during my stay in 
the UK.  I'm arriving on the 3rd in the afternoon at Gatwick, and 
planning on getting out of London on the Monday after the Symposium.  On 
my (too long) list of things to see are the Mary Rose, Victory and 
Warrior in Portsmouth, Bath, Cardiff (and the Dr. Who museum), (maybe 
York), Canterbury, (if I'm lucky) Saint Michael's Mount and Tintagel, 
and of course Raglan Faire.  All of this before I fly home on the 17th.  
Whew!

-AH


Jacquie Ziegler wrote:
> Anthony Hawke wrote:
>> My major source of funding has come through (finally!), and I have 
>> purchased tickets to London.  I noticed a few of an Tir's Finest on 
>> the list (I have not yet registered -- that will be in about 2 weeks 
>> or so), and was wondering what the travel plans / sightseeing plans 
>> and return dates were.
>> Frankly, I'd rather find similarly wierd people to hang out with!  ;)
>>
>> -AH
>>   
> Hi!
>
> I am not an An Tirian, but I am attending KWHSS - and I need to let 
> you know that your plane ticket is not the only thing you need to get 
> done SOON. If you are planning on staying at UCL lodging, you will 
> need to get your reservations AND full payment in as soon as possible, 
> like Monday or Tuesday if you can. They have a policy of full payment 
> six (6) weeks in advance of dates of stay - and if you are going to 
> get there the day of the start of the event, that would be sometime in 
> the next week or so!
>
> All the instructions are on their webpage, which is linked from the 
> KWHSS wikidot page. I did an international fax - cost me $11 at 
> Kinko's - in April to get the 25% down that I could do at that time, 
> and it took me three tries over six days, including a phone call to my 
> bank's fraud detection division and an international phone call to the 
> reservations gal in London, to get the final transfer done this last 
> week. The first one went so smoothly, I don't know why the second (and 
> final) payment was so difficult.
>
> I was in email contact with the reservations gal frequently, along 
> with the phone call, and they are used to things being a bit 'sticky' 
> with overseas payments. However, you are running out of time - they 
> won't be able to take funds 'at the door' - you HAVE to do the 
> reservations in advance!
>
> I am posting this to the KWHS_08 mailing list, as well, as an advisory 
> to people to get things rolling NOW or you won't have a relatively 
> inexpensive place to stay when you get to London! Getting there is 
> only half the battle!
>
> If anybody needs further details or explanations, please contact me 
> privately.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Baroness Shauna
> Ragged Staff Herald
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