ISB - I did contact a couple directly and got a negative response, and this was the response from the camp site today:
Many thanks for your request and your interest in a stay
at our popular campground at lake Wörthersee. Unfortunately, we cannot give you any positive answer for
this time. We are already completely booked out in the period which
your request refers to, therefore no reservation is possible right now. I regret that we cannot give you any satisfactory message
this time, and we would be pleased if it possibly works out on another date.
With kind regards from Carinthia !
Not that I was going to do it anyway, but was planning to provide my MC services for the Champs presentations!!
It was the same a couple of years ago Raf, or certainly with the hotels. It wasn't that they were full, they just hadn't released their rooms for the following year to internet booking sites yet. Contacting them by phone/email resulted in successful booking.
Quite a lot of hotels put on a minimum number of nights, so wont release rooms to online sites, but prefer to manage the reservations themselves.
I have also seen Nirvana have a number of room still available in Klagenfurt for this year too... Perhaps not the cheapest option, but you are protected against currency swings (if you live in the UK) as the price is in GBP.
We took a decision earlier this year that the Pirate Champs 2018 will be Austria, now unless this race does not happen/removed from Ironman etc., then we should keep to our choice.
If some people have had changes in circumstances, that is normal we never know what the next 12-18 months will bring, and it is up to them to decide their priorities, but we should not be re-examining the choice we collectively made, and not when the entries for the chosen race open the next week.
This is the sort of thing that caused the mess for 2017 it was decided it was IMUK then people wibbled and it wasn't IM UK and then we had to take a decision at IM MALLORCA etc...
I've little doubt that rooms will be available... if they've handled the volume for the last few years, then they can handle it again in 2018!
I've been chewing this over, and decided that ISB is right.... we made a decision, and now need to get behind it.... i'll be entering on monday.... looks like there will be at least half a dozen of us, so its not like we'll be racing alone.... and suspect a good few more in the end... plus a ton of supporters no doubt!
Like RedStripe, I am currently funemployed, but can always cancel nearer the time with a small loss if neccessary... although suspect if its taken that long to get back into work, i'll have bigger problems than an IM!
lets be honest.... its all prep for an Ironman on my 100th birthday
i booked the campsite in Oct/Nov for the following june/july race. They won't be thinking about 2018 at the moment - they probably think you are asking about 2017.......
on the accom front I had an email back from the Plattenwirt, which is right next to the IM Village the lake the start the finish and about 10min walk to T1/T2 20 min hobble after the race with bike and kit...
Ok so I am NOT entering (have hidden and cards and pretending i don't know their numbers) but I am now planning to come over to do the support/party and give out abuse as it's on my birthday as well
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ISB
Many thanks for your request and your interest in a stay at our popular campground at lake Wörthersee. Unfortunately, we cannot give you any positive answer for this time. We are already completely booked out in the period which your request refers to, therefore no reservation is possible right now. I regret that we cannot give you any satisfactory message this time, and we would be pleased if it possibly works out on another date.
With kind regards from Carinthia !
Not that I was going to do it anyway, but was planning to provide my MC services for the Champs presentations!!
I have also seen Nirvana have a number of room still available in Klagenfurt for this year too...
Perhaps not the cheapest option, but you are protected against currency swings (if you live in the UK) as the price is in GBP.
We took a decision earlier this year that the Pirate Champs 2018 will be Austria, now unless this race does not happen/removed from Ironman etc., then we should keep to our choice.
If some people have had changes in circumstances, that is normal we never know what the next 12-18 months will bring, and it is up to them to decide their priorities, but we should not be re-examining the choice we collectively made, and not when the entries for the chosen race open the next week.
This is the sort of thing that caused the mess for 2017 it was decided it was IMUK then people wibbled and it wasn't IM UK and then we had to take a decision at IM MALLORCA etc...
I've been chewing this over, and decided that ISB is right.... we made a decision, and now need to get behind it.... i'll be entering on monday.... looks like there will be at least half a dozen of us, so its not like we'll be racing alone.... and suspect a good few more in the end... plus a ton of supporters no doubt!
Like RedStripe, I am currently funemployed, but can always cancel nearer the time with a small loss if neccessary... although suspect if its taken that long to get back into work, i'll have bigger problems than an IM!
They won't be thinking about 2018 at the moment - they probably think you are asking about 2017.......
Hollywoof
offering rooms for next year min stay 7 days...
Here's the link to the registration page:http://eu.ironman.com/triathlon/events/emea/ironman/austria/register.aspx#axzz4llV95CTA
You can also click on a 'remind me' button and I guess they'll email you when it opens
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Also looked at Plattenwirt and it said no availability..........is someone trying to tell me something????
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Entry made - 365 days to prepare to lay the ghosts to rest - off to email the hotel, thanks for the tip guys!
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