Room Arrangements and Taxi Marshalls

Evening Ladies,

Not long to go now, the recipe book arrived on Friday which was quite exciting :)

So final arrangements for Saturday...

12noon Ibis South Bridge opens for check-in

2.30pm All meet at Le Monde Hotel for cocktail making (please be mostly ready for the night ahead, there should be time to get changed before the secret surprise but not time to start getting ready at this point, unless you're really quick...)

4pm Leave Le Monde, 10 min walk to Ibis South Bridge

To make it easier for me to make sure I've allocated beds for everyone I've done some suggested room arrangements, obviously you don't have to stick to these but as long as I've got everyone somewhere to sleep all is good...

Nicola & Gemma S
Gillian S & Susan J
Hayley & Kate
The Sheilas
Christine & Cathie
Wilma & Mags
Rachel & Jane
Roisin & Clare
Dawn & Gillian T

5pm Taxis booked for secret surprise (45mins maximum getting ready assuming we finish cocktail making at 4pm on the dot)

Given that there are 20 (possibly slightly tipsy women, depending on how good your cocktail making is) I've roped in some help in the form of the lovely Dawn and Kate who will act as taxi responsibles, the cars are booked with Capital Cars but just to ensure that everyone is in and no-one gets left behind...

8 Seater 1 - Marshall Dawn
Rachel
Jane F
Roisin
Gemma K
Laura R
Gillian T
Jane F

8 Seater 2 - Marshall Kate
Sheila W
Sheila F
Christine
Susan J
Wilma
Mags
Cathie

4 Seater Saloon - Marshall Hayley
Nicola
Gillian S
Gemma S

7.50pm Leave Secret Surpise
Taxis same as above booked with Capital Cars headed back to Le Monde, dinner at 8.30pm

See you Saturday!!!

xxx

 

Plane, Train or automobile?

Hey Ladies,

The book is currently being published over in Holland at Blurb HQ and should arrive next week :)

In terms of transport to/from Edinburgh here are some options

1. Train

Glasgow  Trains every 15mins from Queen street on Saturday
              Trains every 30mins from Waverly on Sunday
              £25 (two singles)

Perth       One direct train per hour from Perth on Saturday
              Random sporadic train times on Sundays?
              £21.90 (return valid for 1 month)

2. Drive
Potential for grouping together and coming by car, I've used the Omni centre before, it's right in the middle of town (next to the Playhouse) and you can book in advance, it's £17 for 24hrs in a secure car park 

3. Bus
Glasgow    Every 15mins Saturday and Sunday £8 return
Perth        3 buses per hour on Saturday, bit random on Sunday £8 return

4. Plane
Bargain at only £1800 to charter your own plane for 8 people!! (they would even fly from Perth, but only prop plane, the runway is too short for jets, random information for the day...)

What's everyones thoughts?

 


              



 

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Final Timings (hopefully!)

Morning ladies,

Thanks for all your patience and input, so the final timings (hopefully) for hen do day out are now as follows...

1430- Cocktail Class at Le Monde Hotel

1600- Check in to hotel

1730 - Secret surprise

2030 - Dinner, followed by dancing

I'm hoping this means the majority of people are able to attend as much as possible and still be in time for the last train where need be.

If anybody hasn't paid can they please follow the paypal links lower down or let me know if you're having trouble

Thanks again

See you soon

Hayley
x

Time Warp

Morning ladies,
Just a quick post, I have booked the 'secret surprise' but have had to make an alteration to the time as they already had a booking at 2pm. We are now going to the secret surprise at 5.30pm followed by cocktails, dinner and dancing at 8.30pm. Hopefully this is still okay with everyone but if anyone who had originally confirmed but now can't go because of the time change please give me a shout.
Much love
x

Show me the money

All In £130

 

OR

 

Secret Surprise £25

Cocktail Class, Dinner & Dancing £55

Accommodation £50

Confirmation Station

Confirmations so far:
Gemma S - All In
Sheila W - All In
Dawn B - All In
Jane F - All In
Sheila F - All In
Gillian S - All In
Nicola J - All In 
Rachel W - Secret Surprise
Gillian T - All In
Susan L - Coktails, Dinner & Dancing 
Clare O - Cocktails, Dinner & Dancing, Accommodation
Roisin - All In
Laura R -  Secret Surprise (unconfirmed)
Gemma K - Secret Surprise, Cocktails, Dinner & Dancing 
Kate M - All In
Susan J - All In
Wilma W - All In
Hayley T - All In 
Mags L - All In 
Christine J - All In 
Cathie H - All In

Go East

Hello,

For those who don't know me  I'm Hayley one of Nicola's bridesmaids on her big day and I'm attempting to stop that Jackson one from completely organising her own hen do!

So without further ado, here's plan A (I like a plan)

Saturday 29th March 1300hrs - Meet at an undisclosed location for a 'surprise' (Nicola's going to see this and I'm trying to keep this bit secret)

Saturday 29th March 1600hrs - Check into our accommodation at the brand new Ibis South Bridge

Saturday 29th March 1900hrs - Depart accommodation with a 5 min walk to Le Monde Hotel (watch out for the cheesy music people at work) for cocktail making class, 3 course dinner and entry to Shanghai Nightclub for those who like to dance.

Sunday 30th March 0200hrs - A visit to Nicola's takeaway shop of choice  for an early morning snack for those worn out by all that dancing  

Sunday 30th March 1000hrs - Depart accommodation and grab breakfast before saying goodbye

Now for the small print...
The costs would be as follows:

All in - £130

Secret surprise (back home in time for little people's bedtime) - £25

Dinner, Cocktails and Dancing (this is a package so I can't reduce it for last train people, sorry) - £55

Accommodation - £50

So in some sort of trying to be organised fashion could you let me know by 6pm on Friday 24th January which option(s) you would like to confirm? In the meantime I will set up some paypal payment buttons thing on this blog page and if all monies could be paid by Friday 28th February that would be most fabulous. 

If possible can let me know your intentions by leaving a comment at the end of this blog as it will be easier for me to track than emails (especially as I leave for India in 9 days) but if need be email is fine