Accommodation & Room Share Thread

[SilentEclipse]

I was involved in organising accommodation at Avit 2003, and although I dont wish to cover that particular base this year :crazy:
it would be good to know of any reasonably priced accommodation near the venue.

ta

:)

[Lara]

Hey Jo

Myself and Mr Myogenic are on the case with that at the minute- hopefully we will be able to secure some good discounts on accommodation. We'd like to try to accommodate those attending and participating in the festival together, because it was such a nice part of the 2003 event.

I should have some news early next week :)

Lara x

Email us here: info@avit.org.uk

[SilentEclipse]

:) Yes I heard that everyone enjoyed staying in the flats I found, why was I so stupid to not stay there and travel in from London every day :o lets hope that this years accommodation is just as good.

:yep:

[LEVLHED]

I crashed the flats.
it did indeed rock
:drums: :punch:

hah hah, never saw the punch before

[vjair]

any developments here? i realy want to go to AVIT but i cant be doing with crashing out in parks for a week...

[brain]

any hints will be helpful, as hotels start from 50 pounds a night and even B&B seems to cost 30 the least... quite a lot if one wants to stay a week. is the hotel in the custard factory already available?

[Lara]

Hello Sorry still sorting this out. More news as soon as I have it.

L x

[Lara]

Hello Everyone

Well we haven't been able to negotiate a deal with a specific hotel after all because we'll not be making a group booking.

But rooms can be booked direct through Donna Dowling at Birmingham Convention Bureau.

She has a huge database of accommodation of all kinds and prices and will match you up with accommodation that meets your criteria. Please tell her when you call that you're attending AVITUK05.

Here's her direct line:
+44 (0)121 202 5139


Obviously twin and double rooms will be better value than singles. Please feel free to use this thread for discussions on room sharing, or to get in touch with your friends.

If that's not working out for you then contact me on: info@avit.org.uk and I'll do my very best to sort you out.

I'm sorry we couldn't secure a better deal.

Lara x

[questionmark]

Yeah, the 'commission of accommodational affairs' at avit03 did a great job! :nod: It made me feel very welcome!

This year I'm thinking about trying to find a room in something like a student house. Last year at Avit I spent most of my money on outdoor meals in restaurants. I think staying in a simple room with the possibility of making your own food will reduce living costs a lot.

I studied in Liverpool last year and I know that it was very easy to rent a room in a (student) house for a few days. But obviously in Liverpool a lot of rooms are empty, so it's easy to contact a landlord and make an agreement, but does anybody know what the housing situation is like in Birmingham? It's a big city, so i suppose there are lots of students looking for a room... at least that's the situation in big cities in Holland....

[sleepytom]

http://www.ukpropertymatters.co.uk/ukpm/estateag.nsf/short%20term%20accommodation%20providers%20top%20f rame!openframeset
http://www.sacoapartments.co.uk/apartment-detail.aspx?apart=397

Birmingham YMCA, 200 Bunbury Road, Northfield, Birmingham B31 2DL; Tel: 0121 477 4656

http://www.accommodationforstudents.com/birmingham.asp

http://www.birmingham.org.uk/exec/101990/858/

hopefully someone will find these links usefull - there seem to be a few service appartments that are rented to people attending confrences and the like - they aren't that cheap but if you are a group or are willing to share then it gets much better.

good luck.

[questionmark]

Thanks Sleepytom! :)

[RayV]

dear aviters

can anyone give the official address of the Custard Factory
so it be easier to try n find a near by accommodations?

if u could add the email addy of the a/m Donna Dowling,
i think it can be easier for those coming out of the UK ,

thanks
ray-v

[PilotX]

Originally posted by RayV
dear aviters

can anyone give the official address of the Custard Factory
so it be easier to try n find a near by accommodations?


Custard Factory
Gibb Street
Digbeth
Birmingham
B9 4AA

but speak to Donna, as she will have the best knowledge.. once you are outside walking distance then it makes very little odds where you are staying, as the bus/train service is actually good in birmingham (in general)..

tom

[Lara]

Hello

That's a good idea about renting a room, expecially for a week.

Here's a link to a flatshare website that I used to find my place in London. It has a Birmingham site too:

http://www.clickflatshare.co.uk/Birmingham/

[Lara]

Also just to let you know that we've negotiated a 10% discount on food at the main restaurant at the Custard Factory, so meals should be much cheaper at this year's event than Brighton.

There are also lots and lots of really good Indian/Pakistani/Bangladeshi restaurants that serve amazing food at very good prices. A list will be included in this year's programme.

[topherz]

Hello,
Im looking into lodging for the week of avit, starting monday the 25th of April til Sunday May 1st.
Like all of you I am sure, Im trying to keep accomodation costs down. Anyone interested in sharing a hotel room? Im thinking along the lines of 4 people getting a double hotel room in Birmingham.

If you are interested, but for a shorter time period please respond anyways, I could see a room starting with a few people..and expanding.... :cool:

I know one other person that is interested in roomsharing only on the last weekend.

If your interested just post here, and if theres some feedback then I'll give Donna (mentioned above) a call and try to find something. Please post soon if interested, cause its time to get this sorted!

-topher

[xangadix]

Hey Tophers, we're thinking of coming around on wednesday evening till sunday morning, so we are very interested in sharing rooms. We'll be about with two people for well, 4 nights then.

If the oppurtunity still stands we would be more then happy to share rooms there :)

[topherz]

Hi xangadix,
Great, ok I will give Donna a call and see what she comes up with.
I'll let you know,
topher

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hi aLL ...

here _pauseVJ_ from barcelona ...

as many people ... looking for sharing a room for AVIT2005 ...
i've made a reservation from

Thursday 28th April
until
Mondat 2nd May

the room cost about 50 GBP, but if shared will cost 25 GBP each ...

anybody interested on sharing "1" sleeping place for this days ?
the hotel is 5 min from the AVIT venues ...

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eloi@telenoika.net

[randomFX]

For those of you still looking for accomodation...there is still serviced apartments available...around ?25-27 per night each if 4 share...if you don't mind a couch, it could be cheaper :)

http://www.lmm.co.uk/Serviced%20Apartments/index.html

http://www.livingbase.com/homepage.cfm

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;-) i found a mate to share, so fine ;)
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[dubassy]

i'm looking for a place to crash on the night thursday 28th , after my performance. i thought i had somewhere to stay, but that fell through. so if anyone wants to share something, or willing to let me join an already booked room (the ?25ish mark mentioned above sound about my range)

let me know, cheers dan>>

[RayV]

hey one & all

i have applied for a local fund to help & pay my visit to Avit
& , yesterday after long waiting & nails eating i was lucky
& was confirm to receive half of the sum i needed
(almost covers my flight need mo 100 pounds)

now i need to book flight ASAP, its holidays here & flights are so full

anyway, cutting down costs means i can't pay for the hotel, than im having to ask those who can help finding free place to crash at, for a girl :o for avit

thanks a lot. pls pm or email if u have a cool idea

[questionmark]

I found myself and a friend a spacious room in one of the student houses in Birmingham.
Check out this link:
http://www.accommodationforstudents.com/
check this one for a list of landlords
http://www.accommodationforstudents.com/landlords/landlords_Birmingham.asp

True, it's a bit of an adventure, cos you don't really know for sure what you'll get, but ...it is cheap, you can cook your own meals and you might make some friends too :)