Kishore Menon

Hi

A group of 2 adults and 5 students in the age group 15-17 years plan
to make a day's halt at Moscow on way to Simferopol. Any suggestions
as to what would be a good but reasonably priced hotel near Moscow
airport. Can the bookings be done on the net? else, does anyone have
the phone/fax number of the hotel?

Thanks in advance


Kishore Menon

Gerald

Are you just spending the night at the airport (SVO?) or do you plan
to sepend a day in Moscow? Are any of the travelers fluent in
Moskowese? How many rooms are needed to properly sort and separate
this group?

No help yet.

jer

On 24 Sep 2004 10:25:25 -0700, [email protected] (Kishore
Menon) wrote:

    >Hi
    >A group of 2 adults and 5 students in the age group 15-17 years plan
    >to make a day's halt at Moscow on way to Simferopol. Any suggestions
    >as to what would be a good but reasonably priced hotel near Moscow
    >airport. Can the bookings be done on the net? else, does anyone have
    >the phone/fax number of the hotel?
    >Thanks in advance
    >Kishore Menon

Gerald Oliver Swift

"Kishore Menon" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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    > Hi
    > A group of 2 adults and 5 students in the age group 15-17 years plan
    > to make a day's halt at Moscow on way to Simferopol. Any suggestions
    > as to what would be a good but reasonably priced hotel near Moscow
    > airport. Can the bookings be done on the net? else, does anyone have
    > the phone/fax number of the hotel?


Moscow actually has 4 airports - but I assume that you will be arriving from
India at Sheremetyevo 2 (SVO2).

There is a Novotel at SVO2 with free shuttle service to/from the airport
which you can book online at
http://www.accorhotels.com/accorhotels/index.html

If you are planning on spending the day in Moscow, considering the size of
your group, your best bet would probably be to pre-hire a small minibus with
an English speaking driver/guide to show you some of the sights. This can be
done online through a Russian travel agency such as Demlink Travel
http://www.demlinktravel.com/ or AcademService http://www.tourintel.ru/

If you are merely in transit at SVO, don't forget that you will need to
arrange a Russian entry visa to step outside the confines of the airport -
even to go to the hotel. Simferopol is in the Ukraine but Moscow is in
Russia!

Regards
Gerry

Kishore Menon

    > Are you just spending the night at the airport (SVO?) or do you plan
    > to sepend a day in Moscow? Are any of the travelers fluent in
    > Moskowese? How many rooms are needed to properly sort and separate
    > this group?

We have an overnight at Moscow (approximately 14 hours). There are 5
students aged arounnd 16 years and 2 adults. Nobody can speak
Moskowese. We will, of course, have a valid transit visa. We are
interested in seeing just the Red Square and is looking for a
dormitory type accommodation (5 beds) for the children and 2 single or
1 double for the 2 adults.

Kishore Menon

    > If you are merely in transit at SVO, don't forget that you will need to
    > arrange a Russian entry visa to step outside the confines of the airport -
    > even to go to the hotel. Simferopol is in the Ukraine but Moscow is in
    > Russia!
    >
    > Regards
    > Gerry

Thanks. We are forced to transit at SVO for 14 hours because they
arbitrarily changed their schedule. We have a valid transit visa
which permits us to stay at Moscow for three days. By the way, their
transit visas are very very expensive.

Kishore Menon

Gerald Oliver Swift

"Kishore Menon" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected] m...
    >> Are you just spending the night at the airport (SVO?) or do you plan
    >> to sepend a day in Moscow? Are any of the travelers fluent in
    >> Moskowese? How many rooms are needed to properly sort and separate
    >> this group?
    > We have an overnight at Moscow (approximately 14 hours). There are 5
    > students aged arounnd 16 years and 2 adults. Nobody can speak
    > Moskowese. We will, of course, have a valid transit visa. We are
    > interested in seeing just the Red Square and is looking for a
    > dormitory type accommodation (5 beds) for the children and 2 single or
    > 1 double for the 2 adults.

OK - the following link should be of help to you:
http://www.themoscowtimes.com/travel...om_budget.html

Hope you have a good time over there!

Regards
Gerry

Kishore Menon

    >
    > OK - the following link should be of help to you:
    > http://www.themoscowtimes.com/travel...om_budget.html
    >
    > Hope you have a good time over there!
    >
    > Regards
    > Gerry

Dear Sir

Thanks for the link. I even found an Indian restaurant there. Have
sent mails to them regarding bookings. Now keeping my fingers
crossed.

Regards

Kishore Menon

Gerald Oliver Swift

"Kishore Menon" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected] m...
    >> OK - the following link should be of help to you:
    >> http://www.themoscowtimes.com/travel...om_budget.html
    >> Hope you have a good time over there!
    >> Regards
    >> Gerry
    > Dear Sir
    > Thanks for the link. I even found an Indian restaurant there. Have
    > sent mails to them regarding bookings. Now keeping my fingers
    > crossed.
    > Regards
    > Kishore Menon

I'm sure you'll have a really good time in Moscow - it's one of the world's
great "travellers" cities.
Pleased to be of help to you.

Kindest regards
Gerry

WorldTrvlr

Moscow hotels are very expensive! And unless you book yourself into a 4 or
5-star hotel (which will cost you a small fortune), expect very mediocre
accommodations. I usually stay at serviced apartments when I fly to
Moscow. You get total privacy, great locations and all of the hotels
amenities and more.. check out some apartments www.gotorussia.com has -
that's who I use, but there are a few other companies offering similar
apartments as well.

john j.

?Ystein

[email protected] (Kishore Menon) wrote in message news:<[email protected] om>...

    > Thanks. We are forced to transit at SVO for 14 hours because they
    > arbitrarily changed their schedule. We have a valid transit visa
    > which permits us to stay at Moscow for three days. By the way, their
    > transit visas are very very expensive.
    >
The Russian visas isn't necesarily that expensive. What has happened
is probably either that you needed to pick it up on a short notice (it
costs many times as much to pick it up the same day compared with
after 10 days), that a travel agency or the like did the job at the
embassy for you for a mark up or both.

Jan