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Unfourtunately, my +1 will not be able to make it. As such, another spot open on the veteran's tour.
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Andy the Wicked Panda
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One other possibility on transportation that we used last tour was a one way car rental. We did the shared van to Sonoma, but on the return trip rented a car in Sonoma and left it at the airport. For 2 people it worked out about the same as the shared van and much quieter and cleaner.
Following the eight word profile, political economy in eight words:
Ain't no free lunch - them what has gets.
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rpm wrote:There's always the February bar.... which sometimes has a higher pass rate for first time takers (since so many of takers in February are repeat customers).
Or is that repeat offenders?
Following the eight word profile, political economy in eight words:
Ain't no free lunch - them what has gets.
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I really hate to do this, but:
http://wine.woot.com/Forums/viewpost.aspx?PostID=3369426&PageIndex=24&ReplyCount=1022#post4573870
Yeah, I expressed interest in the original thread pretty darn early. And then I didn't watch for the new thread.
In fact, I haven't been on since October.
Still, I am interested. I am a vet, but +1 is not. Has there been a policy made for such a case made?
I see room for vets, but a waiting list for newbies.
Help me, Mr. Wizard!
Juvie: 30+24+4; Sellout: 6+7+0
Rags: 3+2+3
Drunk: 69+94+15 wine, 20+29+4 non-wine
Rugrat: 0+0+0; Refunded: 2+3+1
(as of 2011-03-02)
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JOATMON wrote:I really hate to do this, but:
http://wine.woot.com/Forums/viewpost.aspx?PostID=3369426&PageIndex=24&ReplyCount=1022#post4573870
Yeah, I expressed interest in the original thread pretty darn early. And then I didn't watch for the new thread.
In fact, I haven't been on since October.
Still, I am interested. I am a vet, but +1 is not. Has there been a policy made for such a case made?
I see room for vets, but a waiting list for newbies.
Help me, Mr. Wizard!
To be more clear, I expressed interest in the quoted message with a +1, as well.
Which doesn't matter for the vets tour, since that is not fully booked. Yet.
I'm scanning through the messages in this thread rather quickly; as there been any info as to tour agenda?
Juvie: 30+24+4; Sellout: 6+7+0
Rags: 3+2+3
Drunk: 69+94+15 wine, 20+29+4 non-wine
Rugrat: 0+0+0; Refunded: 2+3+1
(as of 2011-03-02)
JOATMON
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rpm wrote:Very tentatively, based on prior experience:
Tour itself - ~$650.00 +/- $50
That should cover lunches and dinners (although last time one dinner wasn't covered because of last minute drop outs) during the Tour, and the pre-Tour gathering (heavy hors d'oeuvres + wine).
Hotel rooms (if we stay in same place) ran $135-$180. If you stay 4 nights, you'll pay all or part of the 4x whichever rate you get.
Transportation to Sonoma (or wherever we stay) from the Bay Area airports) is not included.
Air/rail/car transportation to the Tour vicinity is not included.
I would note that even though the economy is still down, there have been increases in the cost of many things over the past 2 years, so use these estimates as only a rough guess and don't be shocked if it's a little more.
Wine you purchase is additional.
I urge everyone to start budgeting for wine purchases now. My policy has always been to buy at least something at every stop, unless you really don't like anything. (I think on two tours, there were only two places I bought nothing at all....). More is always better from the wineries' perspective - after all they do want to sell wine.
A thought for the Veteran Tourists especially: we're going to work hard to make this special at serious wineries where the wines are not cheap, though we think they're an excellent value. Most of you know the kind of places I'm talking about. Think about being able to make fairly significant purchases of things you really like as a way of supporting their work and so they will know that the efforts they put out for the group, as well as their sales on woot, are worthwhile. We'll work with them to negotiate some discounts, but think of it as a chance to get wines that are unlikely to come up on woot, because they're scarce or better years or whatever (e.g. Corison wines from 2005 and 2007).
I think a wine budget of $500 for the New Tourists (which works out to an average of $21 a bottle for 2 cases total) and something more, perhaps $700 or more, for Returning Tourists, might be considered realistic. If you bought 4-6 bottles ranging from $30-75 at 6 or 7 wineries, you could easily spend $2,000 on wine, and I think there are Tourists who spent that much, or something close to it.
We got some shipping help from WineDavid39 and wine.woot, so don't worry about having to carry our purchases home. Many people bought 2-3 cases or more in total.
I would appreciate some of the Returning Tourists sharing how much they spent on wine on each of the Tours at the wineries we stopped at.
2008: 54 bottles for $1553.05
2010: 63 bottles for $1790.87
Do you want it broken down by winery?
Juvie: 30+24+4; Sellout: 6+7+0
Rags: 3+2+3
Drunk: 69+94+15 wine, 20+29+4 non-wine
Rugrat: 0+0+0; Refunded: 2+3+1
(as of 2011-03-02)
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HitAnyKey42 wrote:Other than the dates being 7/25-7/27 (with the combined tours dinner/gathering on 7/24), no other agenda has been set. Woop has set up a block of rooms at the same hotel as last time. He's also taking deposits of $250 per person this time.
If Peter isn't on the advanced tour, I will be bummed.
Oh, and Cathy. And Joy. And Kent. And Jim.
Dang. Maybe I should just go on the beginner's tour.
Juvie: 30+24+4; Sellout: 6+7+0
Rags: 3+2+3
Drunk: 69+94+15 wine, 20+29+4 non-wine
Rugrat: 0+0+0; Refunded: 2+3+1
(as of 2011-03-02)
JOATMON
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rpm wrote:Don't know how I missed you. Contact woopdedoo ASAP, deposits due by March 5th, do you want to do both tours?? We haven't sorted that out yet, but I will keep you in mind.
I will contact Woop and get my deposits in. And yes, I'd like my +1 to do both tours (which means I'll have to go along (oh darn)), but I understand that's currently in a state of flux.
I'll bring something interesting to share at one of the dinners; not sure which. Tuesday dinner is going to be approximately 2.5 times bigger than previous dinners.
Juvie: 30+24+4; Sellout: 6+7+0
Rags: 3+2+3
Drunk: 69+94+15 wine, 20+29+4 non-wine
Rugrat: 0+0+0; Refunded: 2+3+1
(as of 2011-03-02)
JOATMON
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rpm wrote:Don't know how I missed you. Contact woopdedoo ASAP, deposits due by March 5th, do you want to do both tours?? We haven't sorted that out yet, but I will keep you in mind.
On the advanced list, you have me as a singleton at #8, and the pair at the end.
Probably you did find my message, but didn't catch the +1, and didn't catch the reference to both tours.
Still thinking about what to do here. Thanks for the advice in the PM.
Juvie: 30+24+4; Sellout: 6+7+0
Rags: 3+2+3
Drunk: 69+94+15 wine, 20+29+4 non-wine
Rugrat: 0+0+0; Refunded: 2+3+1
(as of 2011-03-02)
JOATMON
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rpm wrote:Don't know how I missed you. Contact woopdedoo ASAP, deposits due by March 5th, do you want to do both tours?? We haven't sorted that out yet, but I will keep you in mind.
Hey, woop, PM for you!
Juvie: 30+24+4; Sellout: 6+7+0
Rags: 3+2+3
Drunk: 69+94+15 wine, 20+29+4 non-wine
Rugrat: 0+0+0; Refunded: 2+3+1
(as of 2011-03-02)
JOATMON
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JOATMON wrote:Hey, woop, PM for you!
Well, that didn't get a response.
Did anybody PayPal their deposit to Woop? Would you have his PayPal details? PM me if you do, please.
Juvie: 30+24+4; Sellout: 6+7+0
Rags: 3+2+3
Drunk: 69+94+15 wine, 20+29+4 non-wine
Rugrat: 0+0+0; Refunded: 2+3+1
(as of 2011-03-02)
