Its just too bad, its not a swim across to the island... I would def do that!
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Its just too bad, its not a swim across to the island... I would def do that!
Yeah, just a bit too far for that. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Mermaid Jaffa
But then how about our luggage? hahaha!
Yeah TBH guys it's not that much more expensive. The villas are WAY less expensive than the hotel rooms which are upwards of $80 per night per person for the cheapest 4-person room. A $43 villa is nearly half the price. If you include the ferry ride, the only extra cost is the taxi ride - and (so far) Selene and I are willing to taxi people from airports. Selene will be in Brisbane then and my BF and I are happy to pick people up from Gold Coast airport. If you play your cards right, the entire trip shouldn't cost any extra at all!
But the villas are sold out for the dates.
And the cheapest is the unserviced rooms that sleeps 4 in it.
Should be fine I think. Worked out you only pay $53 per person per night for them. So if can get groups of 4 to share a room, it would be ok.
Is there a mermaid discount for large groups? Lol!
float it on a surf board :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Mermaid Jaffa
So the villas are sold out......they have holiday houses up there. are they worth looking into?
Mind you having actual numbers for how many people are actually going would be good to know
Are you sure? Everything is showing up as available for 2016 for me. From what I can tell there are holiday homes you can book for 4 nights which fit 12 and go for around $40 each.
http://www.tangalooma.com/booking_2/...ilability.aspx
There are no packages yet. I hoping maybe towards the middle of the year, they might have some deals up. But as you can see, all the good ones are taken.
Renee has done a few make a wish with her mermaids there so she knows the hotel owner and said she will put down a deposit for a few villas ;)
I suggest everyone that has any questions, concerns or ideas joins the page and all your questions will be answered :)
https://www.facebook.com/groups/313498175506800/
and there would be couches and a truckload of floor space too I imagine. The only thing would be someone would have to foot the bill for booking the dates and everyone would have to pay them back.
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Villas are still available, as are holiday homes which are actually better value.
Not sure how much money packages saves but I'm sure we could inquire :)
And honestly if mers can't make it because of the extra cost I'll pay for the excess! I don't want anyone to miss out on account of a better venue!
I'm in between jobs so hopefully soon I'll have some work to go to and can start saving up. I really really want to go!
Middle of the year is not too late to book my spot, room etc right?
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This is a layout of the villa, so there is the big bed, two singles, two trundles and a bunk bed. It's not to scale but I reckon you could potentially fit at least another 2 on the living area floor and have a short person on the couch. you could also probably stuff another person in the second bedroom on the floor and one-two in the first bedroom.
So maybe up to 12 or so people per villa. But then you have to look at if people are going to be bringing their significant other. which decreases the amount of room for mers
So I personally would want to bring my husband with me (for land transport and the rest if I come along)
We did discuss it briefly on the FB page, and most people seem happy to do a "lucky dip" type thing where couples/families are treated as one "piece of paper" and are drawn out of the hat as a group, so to speak. Then everyone else is also drawn out and we get assigned to villas etc :) that way people are kept with their SOs but we still are able to make new friends.
As far as fitting 12 or so into a villa goes, I'm happy to roll out a mattress on the floor but some hotels are very strict on the number of people you are allowed to have in the room after a certain time. Something to look into, though!
yeah, I only just saw that post (I only added the page a couple of hours ago) If I come out with my husband, we'll have to go a hotel room. seeing as there is the possibility of 3 of us because of his son.
3 isn't too many for a villa though, is it? We could make sure the three of you are in the same villa together and then all the individual mers can get worked out around the couples/families.
yeah, but there are people bringing their partners and things. A hotel room is designed for 2-4 so If push comes to shove that's what we'll do I think. I don't want to put someone out that is 100% sure when I'm only 65-70% sure I'll be making it
at the moment 25 people are going (according to facebook) and I don't know how many of them have partners or children, and for 3 villas with only 8 sleeping spots in each we've already gone over the amount of people who can fit.
I don't think we can know for sure how many people we'll have until closer to the date. I guess we will have to try to budget for every outcome and hope it turns out for the best! Everything will not work for everyone but I hope we can have as many mers there as possible :)