Road Trip . . . Christmas in London! The time has come once again to travel across the pond for the Arsenal America Road Trip. We have just received word from the fine folks at Arsenal that our Road Trip is a GO! We have obtained tickets for a lucky group of Arsenal America supporters to attend the following matches: Matches Arsenal (H) v. Aston Villa – Saturday, December 26th Portsmouth v. Arsenal (A) – Monday, December 28th Arsenal v. TBD (FA Cup) – Saturday, January 2nd This year’s schedule made it difficult to get multiple matches in one week. Many of you wanted to see a Road Trip during a time when they could use vacation time. The games we picked fit the bill nicely. You do not have to attend all of the matches to be a part of the Arsenal America Road Trip. You can see a combination of the matches (i.e. Villa and Portsmouth or Portsmouth and FA Cup). The Details This trip will be based off of a first come, first serve basis. We have access to a larger number of tickets for the Aston Villa home game and the FA Cup game. The Portsmouth game is away, which means we won’t have access to as many tickets (10-15), just as an FYI. This means that you might get to see the Villa game at home and the FA Cup game (Team and venue TBD) but not the Portsmouth game. Activities We will be arranging a tour of Emirates Stadium sometime during the week between games. There will be a number of pre-match events, tours, mini-trips, and such during your time in London, so know that you will have plenty of options around this trip. Arsenal America Supporters Club Classic Football Game Something new to this year’s trip will be a competitive game of footie between Arsenal America and a European Arsenal supporters club. This is sure to be a fantastic time of football, Arsenal banter, and hanging out in jolly old England. Non-Negotiable In order to request tickets for the Arsenal America Road Trip you must be a PAID member of Arsenal America. No membership, no Road Trip. You must reside in the US or Canada to request tickets for this trip. You cannot purchase tickets through Arsenal America for co-workers, London-ers, etc. Costs I usually get a number of e-mails asking about the costs of this kind of trip. Here is what your trip might look like: Airfare – New York to London Heathrow - $700/Per Person Hotel – 6 nights - $120 - $160/Per Night ($200 + for nicer hotels) Food and Drink - $20-50/Per Day Transit - $30-$50 airport travel and $20-$50 for the Tube Arsenal Tickets - $80 - $120/Per Game. The ticket price depends on what Arsenal allocates us. We will require payment for the tickets just like we do with our normal ticketing process. So, you would be looking at $2,000 + or - or so for two adults to attend this Road Trip. The cost can vary widely based off of hotels, airfare, food, etc. If you are interested in going, please e-mail me at josh@arsenalamerica.com.
For those that eat "heartily" the $50 is a bit light. If you drink your way through London, that $50 is an over estimation . . . and I meant to say the cost was per day. Ha ha ha . . . $50 for the whole trip . . . that's funny.
This couldn't have happened last year, when I spent almost all of December in England could it? Nooooooooooo..........
Nice, I had already booked my trip over from December 16-January 18 two months ago so this is great .
AT3, it would be great if you could come and meet up with us. I am coordinating with others to do meet ups before the matches along with other activities. It will be a delight!
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