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Is there anything concluded about setting a date yet? Almost April now so we're about 2 months+ away from it if the date is set in June. Starting a new job in May and would love to keep the days off on which XI fest is planned! 

I (and many other Sweedes)  wouldn't go for a vacation in this city even if it was the last one on Earth. It's really one of the most unsafe cities in Scandinavia. The same day as you posted there was a grenade attack at one of the policestations... 
Brussels, Budapest and Rome. Three places I strongly vote yes for! 

Mother of God!!!! @TBB I just shit myself laughing!

You wouldn't know this @Dogg but I am blonde 

If you cant handle the sunburn feeling then i'd say stick to those lick on tattoos you get with gum

I can only describe it as sunburn but asoon as it gets to a boney area...then its a whole different level of pain

A PLANE IS ON ITS WAY TO TORONTO , WHEN A BLONDE IN ECONOMY CLASS GETS UP AND MOVES TO THE FIRST CLASS SECTION AND SITS DOWN.
THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT WATCHES HER DO THIS AND ASKS TO SEE HER TICKET.
SHE THEN TELLS THE BLONDE THAT SHE PAID FOR ECONOMY CLASS AND THAT SHE WILL HAVE TO SIT IN THE BACK.
THE BLONDE REPLIES, "I'M BLONDE, I'M BEAUTIFUL, I'M GOING TO TORONTO AND I'M STAYING RIGHT HERE."
THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT GOES INTO THE COCKPIT AND TELLS THE PILOT AND THE CO-PILOT THAT THERE IS A BLONDE BIMBO SITTING IN FIRST CLASS, THAT BELONGS IN ECONOMY AND WON'T MOVE BACK TO HER SEAT.
THE CO-PILOT GOES BACK TO THE BLONDE AND TRIES TO EXPLAIN THAT BECAUSE SHE ONLY PAID FOR ECONOMY SHE WILL HAVE TO LEAVE AND RETURN TO HER SEAT.
THE BLONDE REPLIES, "I'M BLONDE, I'M BEAUTIFUL, I'M GOING TO TORONTO AND I'M STAYING RIGHT HERE."
THE CO-PILOT TELLS THE PILOT THAT HE PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE THE POLICE WAITING WHEN THEY LAND TO ARREST THIS BLONDE WOMAN WHO WON'T LISTEN TO REASON.
THE PILOT SAYS, "YOU SAY SHE IS A BLONDE? I'LL
HANDLE THIS, I'M MARRIED TO A BLONDE. I SPEAK BLONDE."
HE GOES BACK TO THE BLONDE AND WHISPERS IN HER EAR, AND SHE SAYS, "OH, I'M SORRY." AND GETS UP AND GOES BACK TO HER SEAT IN ECONOMY.
THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT AND CO-PILOT ARE AMAZED AND ASKED HIM WHAT HE SAID TO MAKE HER MOVE WITHOUT ANY FUSS.
"I TOLD HER, 'FIRST CLASS ISN'T GOING TO TORONTO."

i am happy with either or all will go with the flow but brussels seems better cost wise
june july also good
 
 

I voted Edinburgh as it's a realy nice town but considering the hotels cost i'm changing my mind for Bruxelles !
About the when i would say june or september .

October is a good deal cheaper than summer time If we find some indoors activities (just in case) it can work.
But, the reason it's cheaper is because all the fun stuff is shut. In Berlin we had the option of several outdoor drinking evenings, live music, walks etc. If it's pissing with rain, all that sort of fun goes away. Considering how cheap the hotels in Brussels are, I don't think the budget would be too hard there to do it in summer.
Summer likely will be more fun. If we can get a good group together in June or early September we will have better chances of having stuff to do. But I'd rather have a larger group and risk rain than have sun but be missing some key idiots.
 

Yea I think we need some requirements around the hotel too.
It def needs to have a bar either in it or next door type thing. Every year a lot of us spend a decent amount of time hanging at it. And not even in a get shit face drunk type situation, it just becomes the nice spot we wind down at the end of a night with a few more drinks and socializing or while waiting for some to get ready for whatever we're doing that day.
Breakfast I think is an iffy one. So far every year I've seen some people do the hotel one and others go wonder to local places. I don't think it would be bad to have breakfast as an option but doesn't necessarily have to be included IF some decent places are walkable nearby unless the hotel one is really good somehow and not over priced.
 
Just my 2 cents. We also should start looking at some events or things we think we'd do too because that can help decide which hotels location wise within the city and if a few bucks more for one over another is worth it.
 
From my looking though I am in agreement with Edd. The one place did win by votes a little but cost does always impact who goes and how many folks can show. I think had it been a 50% difference in votes it would be one thing but we are talking under 10% which when you consider how many realistically go will prob be 1 or 2 people difference. The money we save can be used for bail money or hospital money for idiots that like to jump off buildings... Not gonna say any names lol...
 
Now just hurry up on the damn dates!! lol

Oh yeah, don't go to that hotel Mozart website with your sound turned on. The person guilty of the interior design has apparently done the website as well.
 

I've taken a look around Brussels hotels first, since it's closer.
I will list the affordable yet not crappy hotels I could find. I have included a few hotels I don't think are the best fit but could be a good backup for late bookers (or the seriously budgetarily handicapped). I'm assuming shacking up two to a room (each their own bed, though!) for pricing and breakfast included because it's cheap almost everywhere and Belgians tend to have a rather French/Italian attitude to people fucking up food (i.e. violence), so even the hotel breakfast buffet should be fine.
For your convenience, I have whipped my magic wand out, and pulled this handy map of Brussles city centre out of my arse which shows the five hotels I've listed -  so you can see where they all are, and where the public transport options are.

 
1. The insanely named http://www.husapresidentpark.com/rooms-en.html Husa president park hotel is the furthest outside the city center in this list (so far, I'm typing this while digging up hotels) but it looks pretty decent, got a big lounge/bar area we can all wait for anyone who happens to have a heart attack, it's 5 minutes walk from the North station from where a train ride into the city center is also 5 minutes, or we can walk the whole stretch in about 20 minutes. The kicker is, it's got the total budget price, but includes things like, rooms you might like and breakfast included.
2 adults in a twin room, 70€ p night (35€ per idiot per night)
2. Be Manos, this is more in the city centre. It looks a bit modern, and apparently has a decent lounge/bar where we can all wait forthe guy having the heart attack.
120 pnight for 2ppl room, breakfast included. (60€ p night per idiot)
https://www.hotelspecials.be/hotels/be_manos.html?arrival_date=2018-06-15&nights=2&units=1&adults=2&children=0
3. There's a hotel for the blind in the city center which is reasonably priced and has rooms for three people, two or one. Why is it a hotel for the blind you ask? Well, http://www.hotel-mozart.be/  you go on to that website, and tell me honestly if you think whomever devised that colour scheme has functioning eyeballs. It does have a lounge/lobby arrangement and at least one bar I can see, but if we have to wait for someone to finish having their heart attack in there we're all going to be blind I fear.
2ppl room: 80 pnight w/ breakfast (40 per idiot)
3ppl room: 115 pnight w/ breakfast (just under 40 per idiot)
4. Bit less affordable, but you needn't wear sunglasses indoors:: https://www.hotelspecials.be/hotels/leopold_hotel_brussels_eu/fotos.html?arrival_date=2018-06-15&nights=2&units=1&adults=2#tabs was obviously made by someone who does have working eyeballs, but is also an accountant, judging by the amount of beige. (official website https://www.hotel-leopold.be is a symphony in the colour of OAP cybernetics)
The Economy rooms they offer are a bit misnamed because they're single person rooms which become around 80€ per night.
The Twin rooms are looking around 100€ p night, so that's 50€ per idiot per night. According to the booking sites this includes breakfast.
NOTE: Double rooms are cheaper then Twin rooms, but they require you really really like the person you're sharing with, because there will be touching under the blankets.
Also: no heart attacks in this one, it looks too boring for that sort of thing.
5. Cheap, no breakfast, no service, and I think I'm right in saying, no bar.
https://www.hotelspecials.be/hotels/easyhotel_brussels_city_center.html?arrival_date=2018-06-15&nights=2&units=1&adults=2
That would be the easyHotel(s) in Brussels. If you want to attend and have no money, and can be arsed to go out to acquire breakfast yourself, the rooms look clean and functional, and at €60 p night for 2 adults in their own beds, (30€ pnight per idiot) it's the budget-conscious idiot's... well not dream, really, but it's within reach of your budget, whoever you are.
This last one is deffo not where I see most of us staying if there are other options, but it's the only genuinely cheap hotel in Brussels I've found where the reviews don't include words like "cleanliness issue" or "odd smell", or there's mention of being "only 30 minutes from Brussels" which, in the tiny country of Belgium, means the hotel might be in France or Holland.
 
That was boring, someone else do Edinburgh please.

Why the ... we wanna go to E....bor..
 
Ps: Ed sort out the Facebook group I cannot join  

I won`t let myself be used for that....!!!
JAYsus will certainly be there if it`s in Brussels. Not sure if i have to cross the pond; Expences will be higher then and just like some other people last couple of months have been a disaster on that matter......

Not sure I'll go either if it's in Edinburgh (Pretty sure this will make more people vote for it). Not really the kind of town I would want this kind of event in. 

I (and many other Sweedes)  wouldn't go for a vacation in this city even if it was the last one on Earth. It's really one of the most unsafe cities in Scandinavia. The same day as you posted there was a grenade attack at one of the policestations... 
Brussels, Budapest and Rome. Three places I strongly vote yes for! 

I vote Brussels!

Hopefully @B-Murda will be @GeForce roomie again. They made a good pair.

Brussels is a great place. Shit load of cool bars and the beer is fucking excellent. Also my favorite chocolate shop is there. Could set up a tour of the Westvleteren brewery. It's the best beer in the world. Bruges is also close by. There is a big statue of Monty there as well for the Brits to look at. I think he was famous or something. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westvleteren_Brewery
Also, I could introduce you low brow beer drinkers to Lambic beer which tastes like sweat socks, but it grows on you. 
 
I also vote for Edinburgh, Rome, Budapest, and London.

I vote Brussels!

Brussels sounds good and affordable. Good to get to for the UK guys, good for the Dutch guys and even for the French and German guys. Timewise i suggest late June early July. 
 
Read about getting to Budapest being expensive. No idea to book it as a citytrip with flight, hotel and breakfast included? That`s how i found a couple of cheap ones.....

Moved post to General Discussion as The Zonks are allowed to attend .

 
Yes.. That`s butthurt and you know it.... 
 
You said it.... 7+ years around and that makes you think you can act like a little kid whose candy got stolen from him when someone who is here shorter gets a thank you for all the time and effort he puts in..... Whose the Mr. Sensitive now?