12-20-2005, 08:40 PM
Here will be all the details for the trip. You can post any information you find about it or anything else that would be pertinent.
Tickets
3 day pass (Fri-Sat-Sun): $90
2 day pass (Sat-Sun): $80
1 day pass (Sun): $55
I'll be getting the 3 day pass. I have no idea how fast they'll sell out this year but last year they didn't sell out until April or May I think (maybe later).
Airfare
Last year I flew into Oakland, CA and drove down to my hotel which was about 30 minutes from the airport and an hour from the track. Monterey is about an hour and a half from Oakland, an hour from San Jose, and almost 2 hours from San Francisco. Any one of those airports is going to be cheaper than flying directly into Monterey (by $50-100 or more).
Right now the airfare is around $300, which is about what I paid last year. Search on Sidestep.com, it scours all of the other sites. You might also want to try pricewatch.com. Last time I got my fare from Jetblue (jetblue.com). This year a flight leaving on Thursday and returning that Monday is about $280. I'll probably be flying Jetblue again.
So, you'll want to depart from:
DCA (Washington National)
IAD (Dulles)
And arrive at:
OAK (Oakland)
SFO (San Francisco)
SJC (San Jose)
Accomodations
We could do maybe 3 things.
*Rent a hotel near Monterey
This will cost us about $200-300 per room per night. So we'd be looking at somewhere around $250-$350 total per person. I don't like that option.
*Rent a hotel within 1 hr of Monterey
The closest would be Watsonville, which would cost about $125 a night which would come out to about $125 per person (Thurs-Mon).
*Camp, get a RV
We could rent a 4 person RV for about $125 a night, but we would be right next to the track, rather than having to drive 1 to 2 hours every night.
This could be pretty cool because we could party into the night and we wouldn't have to fight with the looooooooooonnnnnnnnnnnnggggggggggggg lines every night. When I say long, it took over 3 hours to get out of there last time. At least if we have an RV we can party in the meantime. Crack a few beers and watch cars attempting to do a hillclimb up a 45 degree incline to cut onto an access road...
I'll have to call the track to find out where exactly the camping area is and everything. I also have to call some RV rental places.
Roll Call
Gerald - Confirmed
RJ - Confirmed
Matt - Confirmed
John.C - Confirmed
Minh Nguyen
Andrew
Tickets
3 day pass (Fri-Sat-Sun): $90
2 day pass (Sat-Sun): $80
1 day pass (Sun): $55
I'll be getting the 3 day pass. I have no idea how fast they'll sell out this year but last year they didn't sell out until April or May I think (maybe later).
Airfare
Last year I flew into Oakland, CA and drove down to my hotel which was about 30 minutes from the airport and an hour from the track. Monterey is about an hour and a half from Oakland, an hour from San Jose, and almost 2 hours from San Francisco. Any one of those airports is going to be cheaper than flying directly into Monterey (by $50-100 or more).
Right now the airfare is around $300, which is about what I paid last year. Search on Sidestep.com, it scours all of the other sites. You might also want to try pricewatch.com. Last time I got my fare from Jetblue (jetblue.com). This year a flight leaving on Thursday and returning that Monday is about $280. I'll probably be flying Jetblue again.
So, you'll want to depart from:
DCA (Washington National)
IAD (Dulles)
And arrive at:
OAK (Oakland)
SFO (San Francisco)
SJC (San Jose)
Accomodations
We could do maybe 3 things.
*Rent a hotel near Monterey
This will cost us about $200-300 per room per night. So we'd be looking at somewhere around $250-$350 total per person. I don't like that option.
*Rent a hotel within 1 hr of Monterey
The closest would be Watsonville, which would cost about $125 a night which would come out to about $125 per person (Thurs-Mon).
*Camp, get a RV
We could rent a 4 person RV for about $125 a night, but we would be right next to the track, rather than having to drive 1 to 2 hours every night.
This could be pretty cool because we could party into the night and we wouldn't have to fight with the looooooooooonnnnnnnnnnnnggggggggggggg lines every night. When I say long, it took over 3 hours to get out of there last time. At least if we have an RV we can party in the meantime. Crack a few beers and watch cars attempting to do a hillclimb up a 45 degree incline to cut onto an access road...
I'll have to call the track to find out where exactly the camping area is and everything. I also have to call some RV rental places.
Roll Call
Gerald - Confirmed
RJ - Confirmed
Matt - Confirmed
John.C - Confirmed
Minh Nguyen
Andrew
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Past: 2018 Honda Civic Type-R, 2015 Yamaha R1, 2009 BMW M3, 2013 Aprilia RSV4R, 2006 Honda Ridgeline, 2006 Porsche Cayman S, 2012 Ducati 1199, 2009 Subaru WRX, 2008 CBR1000RR, 2009 Kawasaki ZX-6R, 2000 Toyota Tundra, 2005 Honda CBR600RR, 1996 Acura Integra GS-R, 1996 Acura Integra GS-R, 1997 Honda Civic EX
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