purple rhino wrote:never been before..... all booked , flying from stockport direct on sat, home monday..... cannot wait!!



typo corrected

Wythenshawe actually.

Shame you aren't over there at Easter, I could have made it a double with York.

What's everyone's big deal with travelling with the club?!

If it's what you want, at a price you can afford, then do it.

How many people have bought Gold Season Tickets instead of Silver? How many people have joined Rhinos for life?? Are these all "stupid" too???

By travelling with the club, not only do I get to fly direct from LBA, but I get to travel with the players, and in doing so, by paying a bit more, I'm helping the club to fund the trip. I get something out of it, the club get something out of it, and I can afford it.

If you could afford it, you'd do the same and you're kidding yourself if you say you wouldn't.

I won't.

Imo its the lazy ass option. If you browse about online you can tailer your own trip for a couple of hundred cheaper. But if you want everything done for you and don't mind parting with a few 50s then why not...

I was waiting for someone to say that!

The bottom line is, travelling with the club is only as "stupid" as people choosing to pay £42.50 for a kit when it will be £25.00 after the season is over;
or choosing to pay £20 extra for Gold Membership when Silver still gets you into all the games;
or choosing to buy your kids a Rhinos Duvet Cover when Asda Smartprice still covers the duvet;
or choosing to have a hotdog at the ground when you could buy a Lidl hotdog for 2p;
or driving a car worth anything over £200 when you can get a machine that will take you from A to B for £200.

Why do you own a kettle when it's perfectly possible to boil water in a Smartprice Pan?? Because you can afford a kettle, you want a kettle, and having a kettle makes your life more convenient.

The ONLY (and it is the ONLY difference) between those examples and travelling with the club, is the amount of money involved.

The principle (of paying a little bit more for something because you want to) is exactly the same and I would expect all these people calling me "stupid" to be living in the cheapest possible house, driving the cheapest possible car, living off the cheapest possible food, with the cheapest possible clothes, watching the cheapest possible TV, without owning any games consoles, or iPods, or a kettles, because otherwise you're a hypocrite.

I pay more for quality all the time mate. Doesn't mean I let myself get fleeced just because I'm good for the coin...

I'm not getting fleeced!?

Getting fleeced would be if the EXACT SAME TRIP was available else where for cheaper and we all know that it isn't.

You're paying for the experience, and the convenience and seen as both of those are commodities that don't have a standardised price tag then you can't say I'm getting fleeced.

Has anyone had their plans affected by the date change?

Not me.

You see, I've booked with the club and they've privately charted a flight so they've just moved it to accommodate.

If you take away the 'travelling with the players' perk then yes it is. Are you really sad enough to pay extra to be sat on the same plane as the players?