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I have promised my son to bring him to Old Trafford and had intended doing it towards the end of the season but a number of events conspired against this. However from my limited inquiries I couldn't find they type of packages that were there a couple of years ago from Stephen's Green Travel (who I understand no longer exist). What I'm looking for is flight, accomodation for one night and a visit to the Utd museuem (son insists we visit it to see the European Cup) and a visit to the Utd Superstore.
Does anyone know what agency arranges this now or do you have alternative suggestions (not the type of suggestions ABU's have in mind!)
I plan booking an August/September match
 
Have you checked the Man Utd website ? There is a section about travel and tickets, obviously it is close season at the moment so you will have to wait until fixtures are announced.
 
If its your first trip over you could use or www.celtichorizontours.com, they do reasonably priced package tours.

IYou could make your own itinerary and book flights etc when the fixtures are announced (mid june for next seasons fixtures )
Tickets will be a problem unless you have a contact or a membership from the club, almost all of Uniteds match sell out these days but if you have a membership you could apply to united for tickets or you have another option, use the [broken link removed] which allows season ticket holders to sell of their tickets for matches they cant attend, you pay face value +25% booking fee for each ticket.
 
Watch out for testimonials or friendly matches which take place before the season starts - tickets/packages may be easier to get for those. I brought my godson to Denis Irwin's testimonial a few years ago, Man Utd V Man City - friendly it wasn't!!!
 
There is a testimonial game for ole gunner s on aug 2 which is the only pre season game ( at the moment) scheduled for old trafford as united are on tour in S Africa in July. Tickets for this game will go on open sale prob 2 weeks beforehand but if you plan on travelling watch the airfares as once mick o leary discovers united are playing at home the prices will rocket, currently you can get a return for 79€.
 
Cantona7 said:
There is a testimonial game for ole gunner s on aug 2 which is the only pre season game ( at the moment) scheduled for old trafford as united are on tour in S Africa in July. Tickets for this game will go on open sale prob 2 weeks beforehand but if you plan on travelling watch the airfares as once mick o leary discovers united are playing at home the prices will rocket, currently you can get a return for 79€.
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I spotted this match date a few weeks ago when Ryanair had another sale on
Got the 9.30am flight into manchester on the morning of the match for 9.99 euro all in and home out of liverpool for 9.99 sterling, happy out with that.
But you are right, as soon as aer lingus and ryanair spot a match on in any of the bigger teams cities, the flights rocket in price.You have to be on the ball quick to beat the airlines
 
Thanks for all your help. Will look at the Solsjaker testimonial.
Can tickets be purchased for this by the general public. (on the Man U website?)
If so I'll book plane tickets now. Any advice on hotels near the ground?
 
also be aware that museum is not open on match days.

I travel by coach with a company in Tullamore. The Ole game would be a good one to go to. But having seen the Celtic fans at Keane's i wouldn't bring a child to it.
 
Fred - what I have done in the past is focus on the weakest team in the Champions League group with United, they generally have tickets on General Sale through the website for these games.

I managed to get 3 tickets for United V Fenerbache a few years back when we had the added bonus of a Rooney debut and a hat-trick to boot. My son still talks about it. Downside is that it will be time off from school (no downside for the kid :D) and if you want to visit the museum then you will have to do it the following day as it is not open on match days.

You can save hundreds of euros if you plan it yourself. Ryanair tend not to be so crazy when it comes to inflating prices for the midweek games....or at least they didn't for the Fenerbache game.

Have a great time.
 
You could've gone to the CL Final if you rang the Utd ticket office !

The self-proclaimed "Biggest Club In The World" couldn't even sell their own allocation of tickets to the final !!!! Disgraceful !

By the way, you can go to Anfield anytime and see the Champions League Trophy as it's on permanent display there ! :D
 
Ron Burgundy said:
also be aware that museum is not open on match days.

I travel by coach with a company in Tullamore. The Ole game would be a good one to go to. But having seen the Celtic fans at Keane's i wouldn't bring a child to it.
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Off topic, but v. interesting. Do tell. By pm if you prefer, to keep the thread on topic. :)
 
Thanks for all your advice and help. Going to a champions league match against a wek team is a good idea.

galwegian44 did you get your tickets on the United website.

Pique318 - I considered bringing him to Anfield but he wants to see the Premiership trophy too and I hear theres none there. But don't worry I've told him all about how good Liverpool were in the last Century. He said "Aren't they the team that always finish fourth?" and I said "no, long before you were born they won the First Division." "Like West Brom did this year?" he asked, whereupon I gave up. :D
 
FredBloggs said:
I have promised my son to bring him to Old Trafford and had intended doing it towards the end of the season but a number of events conspired against this. However from my limited inquiries I couldn't find they type of packages that were there a couple of years ago from Stephen's Green Travel (who I understand no longer exist). What I'm looking for is flight, accomodation for one night and a visit to the Utd museuem (son insists we visit it to see the European Cup) and a visit to the Utd Superstore.
Does anyone know what agency arranges this now or do you have alternative suggestions (not the type of suggestions ABU's have in mind!)
I plan booking an August/September match
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Try to avoid getting tickets on Manutd.com, they require you to be a "OneUnited" member which costs about £35 and entitles you to tickets on the extreme off chance that they come up for premiership games.

I often found that booking flights well in advance and staying in a Central Hotel ( e.g. Britannia Hotel, Britannia Sashas Hotel ) was a slightly cheaper, more flexible, less hassle higher quality experience than going with a group of "United" fans who won't stop singing or drinking on the 3am flight home on Sunday. That's after you've been lumped into some little shack 30 miles outside Manchester City Centre.

For tickets, use something like the ticket exchange mentioned previously, or ask around Dublin - it's amazing the amount of punters that seem to be able to sort united tickets in this city. Failing that you can tout for the smaller games ( the boltons, derby's etc ) outside old trafford.
 
Pique318 said:
You could've gone to the CL Final if you rang the Utd ticket office !

The self-proclaimed "Biggest Club In The World" couldn't even sell their own allocation of tickets to the final !!!! Disgraceful !

By the way, you can go to Anfield anytime and see the Champions League Trophy as it's on permanent display there ! :D
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This was due to a lack of flights to moscow and no hotel beds in the city.
 
As if life's not tough enough these days and then you go and burden your son with being a Utd fan!!!!:p:D;)
 
LOL....nice one Fred!!

I regularly checked the website and they displayed a notice that tickets were for sale to the general public, quoting a phone number. Just called and booked the tickets at that time. Then booked the Ryanair flights immediately after that and was pleasantly surprised that the prices were very reasonable. The Ticket Exchange that someone mentioned seems like a good idea too and the touts are always selling although I don't know what premium you would have to pay for this type of game.

Enjoy.

FredBloggs said:
Thanks for all your advice and help. Going to a champions league match against a wek team is a good idea.

galwegian44 did you get your tickets on the United website.

Pique318 - I considered bringing him to Anfield but he wants to see the Premiership trophy too and I hear theres none there. But don't worry I've told him all about how good Liverpool were in the last Century. He said "Aren't they the team that always finish fourth?" and I said "no, long before you were born they won the First Division." "Like West Brom did this year?" he asked, whereupon I gave up. :D
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galwegian44 said:
LOL....nice one Fred!!

I regularly checked the website and they displayed a notice that tickets were for sale to the general public, quoting a phone number. Just called and booked the tickets at that time. Then booked the Ryanair flights immediately after that and was pleasantly surprised that the prices were very reasonable. The Ticket Exchange that someone mentioned seems like a good idea too and the touts are always selling although I don't know what premium you would have to pay for this type of game.

Enjoy.
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Were you able to get tickets without joining One United?
I tried ringing today to find out if the tickets for the testimonial will be available to the general public but twice after hanging on for ages the phone went dead. I presume tickets will be available to general publice for this match. I'm going to go ahead and book plane tickets anyway as Aer Lingus has a seat sale on at the moment.

Dtlyn - thanks for your advice. My idea of hell would be travelling with the type of fans you describe. I've been promised match tickets for a premier league game by a friend who has a season ticket and sells off those he doesn't use himself and a trip for Ole's testimonial will be a good dry run for this. Also if the tickets don't come off at least I'll have fulfilled my promise to my son
 
I'd second that. Avoid those bus tours on the ferry and organised trips like the plague...you'll meet some nice people but unfortunately the dregs of humanity also and it's not really a suitable enviroment for a child. We organise it ourselves now all the time and it's the better option.
 
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