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Hello,

I%26#39;ll be heading to your lovely city in four weeks time as part of the Tartan Army (and I%26#39;m even more excited after our win in Paris on Wednesday!)

Anyway, apart from my kilt and talcum powder, ;-) , should I be packing?

What%26#39;s the climate like at that time of year, generally?

Cheers!

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The weather here is cooling down now after quite a hot summer. It%26#39;s difficult to say exactly what the weather will be like but you will certainly need a jacket etc.

I suggest you wear something under the kilt..!!

C_B

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Hi Mr Sporran

I am also hoping to travel to for this game. What route are you taking? Most people seem to be travelling via Riga with AirBaltic. I%26#39;m looking at all options.

Any advice would be much appreciated.

Andy

Hello Andy,

We%26#39;re travelling with BA, Glasgow - Heathrow - Tbilisi. We leave on the Sunday morning (probably with a raging hangoever after the Saturday game) and come back on the Saturday. We paid £550 each, though the price has gone up (best I can find for those flights is with Opodo).

The Air Baltic route is indeed popular, but I think their prices have gone up too. The best priced scheduled flights I can see at the moment are with Turkish Airlines at about £500.

There%26#39;s also the Passport travel option, if time is an issue.

Let me know what you decide. I cannae wait for this trip, should be a cracker.

Alex

C_B,

Thanks for the advice. It sounds like the weather could be quite changeable, unlike the tropical conditions we%26#39;re used to in Scotland.

So, I%26#39;ll bring me kilt and two Scotland tops, then. I can double up if its chilly. ;-)

Hi Mr Sporran

E-mail me on dudingeo@hotmail.com and I%26#39;ll give you my mobile number and we%26#39;ll meet up in the Marriott on Monday.

There%26#39;s definitely cheaper options for a few beers and I%26#39;ll be glad to show you around.

C_B

Andy

Passport Travel are full. I tried to book with them on Monday.

The Riga option came in about £550 (only business class left on the journey out with Air Baltic). That includes £100 for Prestwick to Riga. You need to stay one night in Riga with that option.

I got flights today with Lufthansa from Edinburgh for £512 through Opodo but the prices seem to be up and down all the time. This option has two stop overs in Frankfurt and Munich. The stop over in Munich on my booking is 35 minutes but I%26#39;m told that the plane from Frankfurt to Munich then goes on to Tbilisi - I hope it is!

The other option I looked at was Prestwick to Stansted (£50 Ryan Air) and Heathrow-Instanbul-Tbilisi with Turkish (£540 through Thomas Cook). You obviously have to navigate your way from Stansted to Heathrow. BMI had suitable flights from Glasgow to Heathrow for £120.

I haven%26#39;t booked any accomodation yet. Are there any good suggestions? I%26#39;m travelling on my own so I%26#39;d feel a little safer with a few other TA about.

McOne,

Good to hear from a fellow footsoldier here. Regarding flights, I think you can still go with Turkish Airines (via Istanbul, supposedly).

There are still places on our flight, with BA. It costs a bit more, but its by far the most convenient in terms of times and transfers, and there%26#39;s the luxury of a minbus transfer when we get there.

Onto accommodation now. You can get duck cheap digs, but I wouldn%26#39;t go for that, myself. We didn%26#39;t go on a summer holiday this year (loads of work being done to the flat), so decided to %26#39;splash out%26#39; a bit a stay at the Courtyard Marriot. It looks a great hotel in a smashing location. There are other TA staying there. A good base to explore the museums and art galleries (ahem) of the city.

I hope you make it. It will be a fantastic trip, I%26#39;m sure, and who%26#39;d have thought that when we booked this up months and months ago, the game would be so meaningful

I simply cannot wait!!!

Mr S

Apologies, McOne, on reading again I see you have your flights booked.

We were booked into the Hotel Primavera, but changed it after we got a cracking deal with the Courtyard. We originally were looking at the Hotel Ambassadori, but it seemed a wee bit too out the way, in terms of nightlife.

Remember to let us know what you decide. And hopefully, we%26#39;ll see you for a beer in Tbilisi.

Thanks MrS,

I checked the rates for the Courtyard previously because I know a few lads that are staying there. Leaving it so late to book and travelling myself the £250 quid that they are looking for two nights is a bit steep.

Do you know which hotels are close to the Courtyard?

That%26#39;s very steep for the Courtyard. We%26#39;re there for a week, and its about £800 for the two of us. It seems the hotels are cashing in.

As for other hotels in the vicinity, C_B on this forum should be more help than me.

Still up for that pint, though?