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I'll whack all this on an e-mail at the weekend but I'll put the basic's on here as well
Flights seem to be going up at an alarming rate so you would need to find a flight pretty smartish. The rule of thumb is you need to be in San Francisco a minimum of 1 day before the start of your trip just to recover from being cramped for 10 hours!! Also, it's always a good idea to be there in good time just to have a ride round the local area and get your eye in as it were.
The bikes will be there on the Wednesday before departure so you will have your steed available if you want to come in really early and I will arrange a trip to Alcatraz as well as a local ride and a BBQ with the best Margarita's in town
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Flights need to be to San Francisco International (SFO) and they are direct from London via all the major carriers. It's worth checking around to see what's available and I use a company called the Flight Centre in Glasgow and your contact there is
[email protected]. She knows about these trips and she's promised to beat any other quotes so it's worth contacting her. You also get a proper travel pack with tickets etc which is nice
Also, yiou may want to try Air Canada as an option. They aren't direct but are generally very competetive on price and are often good for an upgrade
On the way home, you can arrange your flight for the last Saturday if you really need to as we'll be back in SF in the morning as all direct London flights are early evening. However, this doesn't give a margin for error so I would advise booking the next day's flights. The bikes will be loaded on to the container on the Tuesday after we get back so if you want to stay around for a couple of days, that's no problem. The riding around the area is sensational but of course you may of had enough of it by then
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The hotel we will be using is the Best Western Novato CA. No need to book yet as I'm negotiating prices with them. There is bus transport from the airport from a company called the Marin Airporter at
www.marinairporter.com which goes from arrivals to the hotel
As for travelling all together, this will prove difficult as everyone will be leaving at different times and days but I will let everyone have a full itinery of everyone's flights when they are booked.
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