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Ryanair flies to Frankfurt-Hahn which is 1.5 hour with bus outside of Frankfurt. Lots of budget airlines also fly to Cologne/Bonn which is 1 hour away with trai

Ryanair flies to Frankfurt-Hahn which is 1.5 hour with bus outside of Frankfurt. Lots of budget airlines also fly to Cologne/Bonn which is 1 hour away with train.

ig1 12y ago
Ryanair don't fly to Frankfurt from Paris or Barcelona, they only serve a handful of major city routes (primarily London and Rome). And at the point where you flying into a different city it's no longer an "easy-to-get-to" location.
- jacquesm 12y ago
  > Ryanair don't fly to Frankfurt from Paris or Barcelona, http://www.bravofly.com/offers/flights/frankfurt-barcelona/ryanair http://www.bravofly.com/offers/flights/frankfurt-barcelona/r... As for 'flying into a different city', almost all of Londons airports except for Heathrow are more than an hour away and most of the cut-rate lines fly into the aiports furthest away. I know you're trying to find all kinds of reasons to justify the choice made but all this nonsense is a bit strange. First you contend that you could not get along in Europe with only English, this contradicts my experience from travelling through Europe for many years (yes, I do speak multiple languages but in every country I've been to as soon as it's business English is the norm, even in France when dealing with foreigners). Now you make it seem as if a major hub for air traffic in continental Europe is somehow at a disadvantage to London. I don't get it. Can't we just agree that there are viable alternatives that would have been a lot easier to reach for a lot of possible attendants?
  - ig1 12y ago
    Did you look at the pricing ? - it's 306 euros with stopover versus 190 euros direct Barcelona to London (for one day return on day of startup school). There are certainly other viable candidates to host such an event such as Paris and Berlin, but Frankfurt isn't one of them. As I said running an event is different from visiting, you're dealing with venue staff, caterers, security, insurers, etc. it's certainly all doable especially at the high-end of the market where everyone speaks english but it adds non-trivial overhead and you will be paying a premium. As soon as you require all your vendors speaking English you're price segmenting yourself into a more premium market. There are some cities where everyone speaks English, but in many major European cities many caterers, etc. will only speak their native language. I've even found smaller hotels in Paris, Madrid, etc. often not to have english speaking staff.
    - jacquesm 12y ago
      > Did you look at the pricing ? - it's 306 euros with stopover versus 190 euros direct Barcelona to London For one, you said they did not fly there, second it lists 81 euros here.
      - ig1 12y ago
        Yes, my mistake I was checking via Skyscanner who gave the cheapest route as Lufthansa. Hmm not sure why I'm seeing different pricing, but if the budget airlines do fly that route than obviously I withdraw my point. [edit: it looks like bravofly is also returning the lufthansa flight for me even when using the same link as you]

Ryanair flies to Frankfurt-Hahn which is 1.5 hour with bus outside of Frankfurt. Lots of budget airlines also fly to Cologne/Bonn which is 1 hour away with train.

ig1 12y ago

Ryanair don't fly to Frankfurt from Paris or Barcelona, they only serve a handful of major city routes (primarily London and Rome). And at the point where you flying into a different city it's no longer an "easy-to-get-to" location.

jacquesm 12y ago
> Ryanair don't fly to Frankfurt from Paris or Barcelona, http://www.bravofly.com/offers/flights/frankfurt-barcelona/ryanair http://www.bravofly.com/offers/flights/frankfurt-barcelona/r... As for 'flying into a different city', almost all of Londons airports except for Heathrow are more than an hour away and most of the cut-rate lines fly into the aiports furthest away. I know you're trying to find all kinds of reasons to justify the choice made but all this nonsense is a bit strange. First you contend that you could not get along in Europe with only English, this contradicts my experience from travelling through Europe for many years (yes, I do speak multiple languages but in every country I've been to as soon as it's business English is the norm, even in France when dealing with foreigners). Now you make it seem as if a major hub for air traffic in continental Europe is somehow at a disadvantage to London. I don't get it. Can't we just agree that there are viable alternatives that would have been a lot easier to reach for a lot of possible attendants?
- ig1 12y ago
  Did you look at the pricing ? - it's 306 euros with stopover versus 190 euros direct Barcelona to London (for one day return on day of startup school). There are certainly other viable candidates to host such an event such as Paris and Berlin, but Frankfurt isn't one of them. As I said running an event is different from visiting, you're dealing with venue staff, caterers, security, insurers, etc. it's certainly all doable especially at the high-end of the market where everyone speaks english but it adds non-trivial overhead and you will be paying a premium. As soon as you require all your vendors speaking English you're price segmenting yourself into a more premium market. There are some cities where everyone speaks English, but in many major European cities many caterers, etc. will only speak their native language. I've even found smaller hotels in Paris, Madrid, etc. often not to have english speaking staff.
  - jacquesm 12y ago
    > Did you look at the pricing ? - it's 306 euros with stopover versus 190 euros direct Barcelona to London For one, you said they did not fly there, second it lists 81 euros here.
    - ig1 12y ago
      Yes, my mistake I was checking via Skyscanner who gave the cheapest route as Lufthansa. Hmm not sure why I'm seeing different pricing, but if the budget airlines do fly that route than obviously I withdraw my point. [edit: it looks like bravofly is also returning the lufthansa flight for me even when using the same link as you]