TDIFest 2016 location discussion

whitedog · Dec 7, 2015

tomo366 said:
As you know there is a process for Fest bids it is getting late already for Next year and 1 group has dropped out do it appears as if only 1 group is in process at this point!

Right. I am thinking about people wanting to plan next year fest. It's never to early to start the pre process.

whitedog · Dec 8, 2015

tomo366 said:
But that's the whole problem in a nutshell Fests do not happen with Lip service....

According to alot of posts here, they seem to.

n1das · Dec 19, 2015

It's looking like Lisa and I won't be attending TDIfest 2016. We will be attending the INDYCAR Boston event on Labor Day weekend. F1 (EDIT: IndyCar) Grand Prix racing on the streets of Boston!!

www.indycarboston.com

Anybody interested in TDIfest in the Boston area again??

VeeDubTDI · Dec 19, 2015

n1das said:
It's looking like Lisa and I won't be attending TDIfest 2016. We will be attending the INDYCAR Boston event on Labor Day weekend. F1 Grand Prix racing on the streets of Boston!!
www.indycarboston.com

Anybody interested in TDIfest in the Boston area again??

That sounds fun! I hope the weather is good for it.

IndigoBlueWagon · Dec 19, 2015

I wonder if that will actually happen. Lots of skepticism around here.

n1das · Dec 19, 2015

IndigoBlueWagon said:
I wonder if that will actually happen. Lots of skepticism around here.

Depending on the location, TDIfest 2016 is Plan B in case it doesn't happen.

Lug_Nut · Dec 20, 2015

n1das said:
We will be attending the INDYCAR Boston event on Labor Day weekend. F1 Grand Prix racing on the streets of Boston!!

Which is being proposed: IndyCar of F1? (Hint: It's NOT F1).

1854sailor · Dec 20, 2015

IndigoBlueWagon said:
I wonder if that will actually happen. Lots of skepticism around here.

They tried that in Baltimore a few years back and it was a big bust. It disrupted the entire downtown area for a month and cost the city millions.

n1das · Dec 20, 2015

Lug_Nut said:
Which is being proposed: IndyCar of F1? (Hint: It's NOT F1).

It's IndyCar. I had IndyCar confused with F1.

If the IndyCar Boston event doesn't happen then attending TDIfest 2016 is Plan B depending on the 'fest location. It made me wonder if there would be any interest in having TDIfest in the Boston area again.

IndigoBlueWagon · Dec 20, 2015

n1das said:
It made me wonder if there would be any interest in having TDIfest in the Boston area again.

I suspect members in the rest of the country are a bit tired of TDIFests in the Northeast. Hell, I'm tired of it and I live here.

tomo366 · Dec 20, 2015

I love going to the Northeast......But it seems like Fests may be going away .....people aren't stepping up and the core group is getting burned out it seems to me....

I guess I can find something else to do on Labor Day weekend....l

john.jackson9213 · Dec 21, 2015

Fly out to San Diego, Play 18 holes at Torrey Pines. Take a tour of Scripps Institute of Oceanography, watch the Hang Gliders at the Torrey Pines glider port, watch the sun set on the Pacific from La Jolla Shores after you walk along the beach from Scripps Pier to the Children's Pool. Any number of great restraunts you can watch the sun set over a glass of great California wine. That is just one short day. On the down side, parking at the beach is an issue.

n1das · Dec 21, 2015

john.jackson9213 said:
Fly out to San Diego, Play 18 holes at Torrey Pines. Take a tour of Scripps Institute of Oceanography, watch the Hang Gliders at the Torrey Pines glider port, watch the sun set on the Pacific from La Jolla Shores after you walk along the beach from Scripps Pier to the Children's Pool. Any number of great restraunts you can watch the sun set over a glass of great California wine. That is just one short day. On the down side, parking at the beach is an issue.

I love San Diego! Been there many times. Lisa and I vacationed there in December 2013 and stayed in La Jolla at the La Jolla Shores hotel, formerly known as the Sea Lodge years ago. We also dined at the famous Marine Room restaurant where the ocean waves wash up against the large picture windows at high tide. I drove there from NH and back in my 535d. The 535d had around 16k miles on it at the time.

If the IndyCar Boston event doesn't happen, my Plan B would be to drive out to TDIfest if it were held in San Diego. I would gladly do the cross country drive to go to TDIfest if it were held in San Diego.

pkhoury · Dec 21, 2015

When is the deadline by which the location of the next TDIfest is decided? And are tickets pre-sale only?

MonsterDog · Dec 22, 2015

john.jackson9213 said:
Fly out to San Diego, Play 18 holes at Torrey Pines. Take a tour of Scripps Institute of Oceanography, watch the Hang Gliders at the Torrey Pines glider port, watch the sun set on the Pacific from La Jolla Shores after you walk along the beach from Scripps Pier to the Children's Pool. Any number of great restraunts you can watch the sun set over a glass of great California wine. That is just one short day. On the down side, parking at the beach is an issue.

As long as we add the Zoo, sounds like a great date for me! And I guess I would trade the golf for a hike at Torrey Pines Park.

tomo366 · Dec 22, 2015

john.jackson9213 said:
Fly out to San Diego, Play 18 holes at Torrey Pines. Take a tour of Scripps Institute of Oceanography, watch the Hang Gliders at the Torrey Pines glider port, watch the sun set on the Pacific from La Jolla Shores after you walk along the beach from Scripps Pier to the Children's Pool. Any number of great restraunts you can watch the sun set over a glass of great California wine. That is just one short day. On the down side, parking at the beach is an issue.

I don't Play Golf and don't much like the Left Coast.....so that's not going to work....

john.jackson9213 · Dec 22, 2015

tomo366 said:
I don't Play Golf and don't much like the Left Coast.....so that's not going to work....

Guess you can please some of the people some of the time... Others, you just can not please, not mater what.

But that is OK. It is what makes life interesting, right?

IndigoBlueWagon · Dec 22, 2015

Biggest problem with doing something like this in SoCal is the cost. Not much is inexpensive there.

tomo366 · Dec 22, 2015

john.jackson9213 said:
Guess you can please some of the people some of the time... Others, you just can not please, not mater what.
But that is OK. It is what makes life interesting, right?

Yep.....whatever.....

john.jackson9213 · Dec 22, 2015

IndigoBlueWagon said:
Biggest problem with doing something like this in SoCal is the cost. Not much is inexpensive there.

Same issue with any tourist town, even Boston if you are not a local is expensive. Right? Now, I don't golf and $150 for 18 holes at Torrey Pines seems a bit much to me, but golf nuts pay it and more. I just tried to book a hotel room in San Jose, Costa Rica for January - They wanted $300/night, because I was a tourist. On top of that $30 each way to and from the Airport. No complimentary shuttle service - it is a "profit center" now. Enough of my complaints. Wisconsin sounds great for the TDI Fest. Just hope we get the volunteers. I will be driving again, with some luck.

IndigoBlueWagon · Dec 22, 2015

Boston is stupid expensive, even if you are a local. A Fest here wouldn't work very well, although we got close in Braintree in '04.

Lug_Nut · Dec 22, 2015

pkhoury said:
When is the deadline by which the location of the next TDIfest is decided? And are tickets pre-sale only?

There isn't a strict deadline. What has happened in the past is that the announcement of which of several competing bids had won the hosting duties came in the mid-late winter (Jan, Feb ish).
More recently there have been fewer bids, sometimes none vetted sufficiently to make such an early announcement.

"tickets" are (have in the past been) a registration reserved in your name. Confirmation of purchase is sent with payment, the badge/pass is picked up on site.

pkhoury · Dec 23, 2015

Lug_Nut said:
There isn't a strict deadline. What has happened in the past is that the announcement of which of several competing bids had won the hosting duties came in the mid-late winter (Jan, Feb ish).
More recently there have been fewer bids, sometimes none vetted sufficiently to make such an early announcement.

"tickets" are (have in the past been) a registration reserved in your name. Confirmation of purchase is sent with payment, the badge/pass is picked up on site.

Okay, thanks for the info Lug_Nut. It might be nice to go next year, depending on where the event is. Me personally, anything within 1000 miles of Southern California or Texas works for me. Mostly, because I'd be driving, with my 2 dogs in tow (which also means I'll always have a cheaper hotel, because the nice ones don't like pets).

surrender2him · Dec 30, 2015

BC would be great.

VeeDubTDI · Dec 31, 2015

surrender2him said:
BC would be great.

Monaco would be great.

whitedog · Dec 31, 2015

VeeDubTDI said:
Monaco would be great.

Well, get a group together and see if we can make that happen. Won't be very people driving there, but I bet it would be a great time anyway.

romad · Dec 31, 2015

Well, if we're going outside Canada and these United States, Wolfsburg ought to be the place.

Lug_Nut · Dec 31, 2015

VeeDubTDI said:
Monaco would be great.

whitedog said:
Well, get a group together and see if we can make that happen. Won't be very people driving there, but I bet it would be a great time anyway.

San Diego was a no-go, but LA area is still in consideration?

Monaco, CA is roughly mid-way between LAX and Torrance.

http://california.hometownlocator.com/ca/los-angeles/monaco.cfm

Why not? The 2015 fest was near to Mexico, Peru, and Poland. Have a fest near Monaco. I'll drive.

john.jackson9213 · Jan 1, 2016

Lug_Nut said:
San Diego was a no-go, but LA area is still in consideration?

Nobody I know of in Southern California is doing any work on a TDIFest.

1.9ZOOK · Jan 1, 2016

So I take it car camping is out of the question.

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