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Post by kiwi on Jan 7, 2008 16:50:15 GMT 12
Possibly going to regret this but I have cancelled our bookings for the motels , and this will be the first time in 12 years we will not do Easter on the South Island . If I knew there was going to be something new that I had not seen before , then we would still be going but it would appear that it will be much the same as last time , which while good does no warrant the ever increasing cost of travel etc . Probably going to give Hamilton a miss too as it doesn't look anymore promising , I object adamently to paying in advance for something that has no track record too much hype and not enough info , and Blow Karts just don't do anything for me . I will enjoy supporting Tauranga as it is my local and look forward to Omaka next year.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jan 16, 2008 16:01:55 GMT 12
There are still no new details on the Wanaka site as to what's appearing...
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Post by vs on Jan 16, 2008 16:14:30 GMT 12
seems like the Omaka airshow is going to be the premier Southern hemisphere airshow
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Post by corsair67 on Jan 16, 2008 16:21:00 GMT 12
Is this a bad omen?
How do they expect to pre-sell tickets if they won't even release a list of what is making an appearance at the show?
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Post by hardyakka on Jan 17, 2008 20:26:19 GMT 12
If you had asked me last weekend if I was going to WoW I would have answered "No". But now it looks like I will be going as I have been asked to ferry the Yak down from Hamilton to Wanaka. Our chief/display pilot wants to take his partner on a scenic South Island tour by car before the show and so needs a delivery boy for the aircraft. So I guess I'll see those of you who are going down there. Accommodation will be the killer thing at this late stage. I'll have to see what I can rustle up. Wish me luck... kiwi, which motel did you cancel bookings for? Maybe I can snap those up...
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jan 18, 2008 10:54:35 GMT 12
Evan, accomodation isn't as bad as yoiu might expect I think. Last time - 2006 - I decided to book my tickets and accomodation less than two weeks before the event and still managed to get a room at a cheap motel, thanks to Damon telling me about the place. The lady there said there's always a few spare beds in the town that close to the event, just in case.
Are you taking anyone in the back seat of the Yak?
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Post by vs on Jan 18, 2008 11:57:34 GMT 12
If you live in Auckland etc, probably costs about the same to goto a major Australian show by the time you factor in travel and accommodation at peak rates, etc. Accommodation in Australia usually much cheaper and easier to come by plus you get to see way more variety
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Post by skyhawkdon on Jan 18, 2008 14:13:20 GMT 12
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Post by hardyakka on Jan 20, 2008 6:47:09 GMT 12
Are you taking anyone in the back seat of the Yak? One of our other yak syndicate members has already booked the back seat for the long haul down. I've also managed to secure accommodation as another friend of mine has had people pull out of his organised trip and he had a few spare beds in a motel he had block-booked ages ago..
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Post by p40fanatic on Jan 20, 2008 16:11:58 GMT 12
I'm keen on going - it's been too long since I saw a Spit in the air! - but likely just for a day, and see if the aero club's going. Much as I'd love to do the whole weekend again
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Post by mumbles on Jan 20, 2008 22:40:02 GMT 12
If you live in Auckland etc, probably costs about the same to goto a major Australian show by the time you factor in travel and accommodation at peak rates, etc. Accommodation in Australia usually much cheaper and easier to come by plus you get to see way more variety Absolutely. I went to the show at Richmond last year from Wellington for about $500 less than what it would have cost me to go to WOW 2006. Sad, but I went to the 92, 94, 96, 98, and 2002 shows and each year it gets harder and harder to do. I feel like the local enthusiast who doesn't have heaps of spare time and or cash to take the week off for the event is getting priced out of the market. Rightly or wrongly, I feel that the event is becoming more and more pitched to the overseas package market, rather than the local one.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jan 21, 2008 13:04:06 GMT 12
And I suspect that's what they want to do. They make more money from overseas tourists, and they can afford then to cut down numbers attending and relieve the strain on the community over that weekend. Stupid, but logical.
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