World Cup and/or EPL trips

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Hi there!!! This is Mike Lapper with the Columbus Crew with some exciting news!! I was wondering if you could put this out to anyone and everyone you think might be interested in this, for many individuals, once in a lifetime opportunity. The Columbus Crew of Major League Soccer is putting together two unique and unbelievable trips.

One is a World Cup trip to Germany (Tickets to the 3 U.S games included!!) below is the link that people can get all the information about it, and I have also attached the itinerary.

http://www.mlsnet.com/offsite/newsletter/coc/2005/12_21_05_st/e122105.html

World Cup Tour 2006 - Germany
Tour proposal June 10 – 24, 2006
Day 1 June 10 Departure from USA
Day 2 June 11 Arrival Amsterdam Airport (Holland)

Bus to Roermond (2.5 hours)

Check – in Hotel

Free time
Day 3 June 12 Bus to Gelsenkirchen, Germany (1 ½ hours)

USA World Cup Match vs Czech Republic

6 PM Kick-Off
Day 4 June 13 Bus to Eindhoven
Stadium tour PSV
Free time Eindhoven city centre

Bus to hotel
Day 5 June 14 Bus to Brussels (Belgium)

Visit Atomium and city centre
Day 6 June 15 Bus to Dusseldorf (Germany)

Free time in Dusseldorf city centre
Day 7 June 16 Bus to Volendam / Zaanseschans (Holland)

(characteristic old villages)
Day 8 June 17 Bus to Kaiserslautern, Germany ( 3 ¼ hours)

USA World Cup Match vs Italy

9 PM Kick-Off
Day 9 June 18 Free time in Roermond
Day 10 June 19 Bus to Den Haag (The Hague) (Holland)

Visit Den Haag city centre (guided tour)

Bus to Scheveningen (beach area)





Day 11 June 20 Bus to Amsterdam (Holland)

Stadium Tour Ajax ArenA

Free time Amsterdam city centre



Day 12 June 21 Bus to Paris (France)

Visit Paris (guided tour)

Free time in Paris



Day 13 June 22 Bus to Nürnberg (Nuremberg), Germany ( 5 hours)

USA World Cup Match vs Ghana

4 PM Kick-Off



Day 14 June 23 Free time in Roermond



Day 15 June 24 Bus to Amsterdam Airport (Schiphol)

Departure
Included:



- 13 nights in 4* hotel (city tax included)

- Game ticket (Category 2) to the first three U.S games

- Double room occupancy (rooms with en-suite facilities, pay tv, mini bar, telephone)

- Breakfast only meal plan

- Airport transfers (Amsterdam – hotel – Amsterdam) on June 8 and 24

- Executive bus (dvd/tv, rest room, AC, refrigerator) for schedules activities and USA games

- 2 stadium tours (PSV & Ajax)

- 2 guided tours (Den Haag & Paris)

- 2 lunch packs (Volendam & Paris trips)

- Premier Sports Group and Vision Sports tour manager(s)
Not included:
- Airline tickets (round trip from USA)

- Lunch and Dinner

- Laundry service, hotel services such as mini bar and telephone

- Other activities requiring costs



Cost of the entire package is $3,900 per person

For those wanting single rooms please add $900 to the cost for a total of $4,800

The other trip is an exciting Fan tour to England to watch some of the best soccer in the world. I have attached the itinerary to this e-mail. Through our contacts within U.S. soccer and throughout England (Brian McBride, Brad Friedel, Tim Howard,…etc…) we have been lucky enough to be able to secure tickets to these games.

It is my request and hope that you could do me this favor as I think there is a desire for this information. If you could please reply to this e-mail and let me know if this is going to be possible, I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks for you time and effort and have a great Christmas and New Years!!


Crew Fan Tour
Premier Sports Group International Inc
Proud to Announce

2006 “Live the Dream Tour”
4/15 AM: Early am arrival in London

AM: Transfer via bus to London base hotel

Orientation

PM: Fulham V Charlton
4/16 AM: Full day tour of London with tour guide

PM: ‘Jack the Ripper’ pub tour in the pm

4/17 AM: Day trip to Windsor and Royal Windsor Castle

PM: Tottenham V Manchester United

Or

Chelsea V Everton
4/18 AM: Transfer to Chester (25 miles outside Manchester)

via Royal Stratford upon Avon

PM: Wigan V Aston Villa
Or
UEFA Champions League Game (Subject to availability)
4/19 AM: Tour Chester and the sights of this historic Roman City

PM: Birmingham V Blackburn Rovers
4/20 AM: Day trip to Liverpool and Beatles Tour of the city

PM: Liverpool Catherdrals and Albert Dock area
4/21 AM: Tour of Manchester United FC ‘Behind the scenes’

PM : Tour into the beautiful Northern Wales magestic countryside.
4/22 AM: Shopping in Chester

PM: Manchester United V Middlesborough
4/23 AM Transfer to Manchester airport return flight to Columbus.
Cost : $2150 per person (Not including round trip airfare)

Participants should arrange flights to London Airport and we will meet you at the airport (Gatwick). Tour will begin with everyone arriving at Gatwick airport on the morning of April 15th.


Tour includes:
1. All hotel and accommodations (4 star hotels)

2. Daily full English Breakfast

3. Luxury bus that will be with the group for the duration of the tour for all transportation needs and planned itinerary.

4. All Game tickets for 5 EPL Games.

An additional UEFA Champions League Game may be added and this will depend on which teams in the UK are still ‘alive’ at this point in the tournament. This would be an additional cost (approx $100 pp)

5. All sight – seeing and excursions and entry fees on the itinerary

6. PSG Sports staff (2) will be with the group at all times.

Cost of trip excluding airfare is $2,150 per person

“LIVE THE DREAM!”
Crew Fan Tour
Premier Sports Group International Inc
www.psgsports.com

Michael Lapper
Director of Soccer Business/Assistant Coach
Columbus Crew
One Black Gold Blvd.
Columbus, OH 43211
614-447-4141
mlapper [at] thecrew.com

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