Ok, this is what we talked about in our last meeting:
LocationWe decided that we will stay in one of these 3 options. We plan to vote on these options and then are trying to book one of them in the next week or so (at least that is what I remember, correct me if I'm wrong).
There are plusses and minuses to each one. Deluxe is much closer to center than the other two, which are about 25 minutes by train away. We figured that can add up to a sizable amount of time, especially if you go out more than once a day.
Another note, is that even the most expensive option at 1210 Euros is 37.8 Euro pppn.
One other option if we get 2 more people would be:
https://www.airbnb.co.uk/rooms/3521369?guests=8&adults=8&s=XtKzoHfX&check_in=2017-08-09&check_out=2017-08-13 . This one isn't financially feasible until then, just one to keep on the radar.
MiscellaneousWe were looking at travel cards, and it looks like a 4 day travel card (although I was thinking more about this and we would probably need a 5 day travel card if I'm not mistaken) is around 40 Euros. On this site:
https://www.berlin-welcomecard.de/en/buy-tickets . The strange thing about this, and something we wanted to ask
faust, was why the price for the passes for +Museum Island were more expensive. Does that mean that the other passes don't travel to places on Museum Island? Or are the museum entrance fees included if you get that welcome card. Also, how big is the zone "Museum Island". I think that sums up all those questions.
I was thinking about this more, and I might as well just make a poll in this thread where we pick our top option, and go with the one with the most votes, unless anyone is opposed to that. I'll give everyone a couple of days to voice an concerns with that plan and then create a poll.
We also didn't plan a next time to skype, because people had to go. I think we have all of the main things planned that we need to plan this far in advance, so I'm not sure we need another skype call until closer to the actual meetup.