Posts by Da.Furious

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Am I going crazy?

by HappyDad in

am i going nuts or am i just pissed off?

there are so many posters who use abbreviations in their posts and so many of us have been out for years.

the borg constantly changes everything from beliefs to organizational tactics, so those like me don't have a clue to what you are referring to.

Review of the www.ibsaconvention.org booking and Special Price

by Da.Furious in

new hotel booking for regional convention in uk.

the website is called ibsaconvention.org.

in order to be able to start booking you need a congregation number which is provided to the congregation by the branch..

Da.Furious

Final Part:

Moving to the cheap near lodge Travelodge. The price looks very cheap and interesting until you click on the price on the IBSAconvention link:

So staying three nights: Thursday until Saturday and checking out on Sunday will cost £247 (US$373). This averages to £82.

This booking can only be done via email and thru the ibsaconvention website:

So chances of getting a room after waiting 3 days are very slim.

So would booking directly be better, worse or the same?

Unfortunately there are no rooms available online which means either they ran out of them or some are still reserved for the convention - poor family will have to fork north of £300 to attend.

The interesting point is that there is another close one on the hotel list and it is much cheaper, but Not on the list to book via ibsaconvention.org.

So why is this not part of the list?

Overall, I don’t think the deals via the branch are good ones. I am not sure what rights (points or rewards) you will be giving away not to mention booking via third party booking agents may give you more discount.

Moreover, the page was online for UK JWs on 10 Jan and after 2 days there are no cheap places to book near the venue.

For twickenham, the options to attend for local congregations was Coaches, public transport and car. Whereas in this event there was no letter of video explaining how to get to the convention. The location of Excel is worst possible location in London for anyone living west, south west and north west of london. Its a business area and there is no direct transport links. Plus going by road via London may be an issue - on this note there was no mention to available parking (this costs at least £14 per day).

For the congregations in East London or north London this may be the a very good location for transport. Only time will show that moving to this venue is profit driven and nothing else for the WTS.

Hope this review helps!

Da Furious

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Review of the www.ibsaconvention.org booking and Special Price

by Da.Furious in

new hotel booking for regional convention in uk.

the website is called ibsaconvention.org.

in order to be able to start booking you need a congregation number which is provided to the congregation by the branch..

Da.Furious

There will be no Part 2. I will post the remaining of the analysis in this Post.

I have selected Excel B for testing what rates are available and what is the process. On first glance seems that rich JWs have snapped the 4 star hotels near the venue since no rooms are available.

Unfortunately the special rates are not available – Had to change the booking to 3 people (2 adults and One Child in order to get a view of all available rooms):

And a family of three (2 adults and 1 child) have to shell £327 (US$ 494)

First test not a good deal due to availability and shockingly the provided price by the the branch the hotel are £100 and £120 whereas booking without the code is £109 which is in between.

Da Furious

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Review of the www.ibsaconvention.org booking and Special Price

by Da.Furious in

new hotel booking for regional convention in uk.

the website is called ibsaconvention.org.

in order to be able to start booking you need a congregation number which is provided to the congregation by the branch..

Da.Furious

New hotel booking for Regional Convention in UK

The website is called ibsaconvention.org. In order to be able to start booking you need a congregation number which is provided to the congregation by the branch.

Login Page:

Landing page after signing in with congregation number:

Clicking on any of these cards will open a list of approved hotel. And the person attending should be using the instructions provided: Booking via link, Telephone or email. As shown below form the Help:

Full list of available hotel with special rates for the JWs:

The only cheapest option is a Travelodge, which is like a motel (room only style) with anything extra to be paid for. All other near ones are above £100 per night.

Continued in in 2nd post.

Da Furious

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London Conventions 2015 - NO TWICKENHAM

by Da.Furious in

just got news from a friend that yesterday a letter was read in their congregation announcing new locations for the regional conventions in london.. the main item was no twickenham in 2015.. their congregation is assigned to excel london (need to confirm since he was not 100% sure).

i will update this when i get more information tonight.. .

Da.Furious

@bohm

I did not hear the announcement myself. Once i get more information is will post it.

Bigger venue: i doubt. Better seating: Anything is better than a rugby ground plastic back breaking seats with treacherous stairs!

Interesting point, Better Multimedia: I presume so since it will be indoors better lighting and clearer sound and visual - if this years convention is similar to last years, then i presume similar amount or more video broadcasts.

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London Conventions 2015 - NO TWICKENHAM

by Da.Furious in

just got news from a friend that yesterday a letter was read in their congregation announcing new locations for the regional conventions in london.. the main item was no twickenham in 2015.. their congregation is assigned to excel london (need to confirm since he was not 100% sure).

i will update this when i get more information tonight.. .

Da.Furious

for non British readers.

Twickenham is a football ground that all London conventions used to be held there since 1960s.

Seems they are asking lots of money or WTS is not making enough money out of it, i meant JWs not contributing much.

ExCel is an indoors conference centre. And seems 25,000 JWs will be distributed around London for their Convention.

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London Conventions 2015 - NO TWICKENHAM

by Da.Furious in

just got news from a friend that yesterday a letter was read in their congregation announcing new locations for the regional conventions in london.. the main item was no twickenham in 2015.. their congregation is assigned to excel london (need to confirm since he was not 100% sure).

i will update this when i get more information tonight.. .

Da.Furious

Just got news from a friend that yesterday a letter was read in their congregation announcing new Locations for the regional conventions in London.

The main item was NO Twickenham in 2015.

Their congregation is assigned to ExCel London (need to confirm since he was not 100% sure)

I will update this when i get more information tonight.

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JW Broadcasting Party

by The Searcher in

just heard of a congregation who has announced a saturday afternoon get-together at an elder's home - to let those who don't have the internet watch the jw tv monthly shows!!!!.

words fail me..

Da.Furious

Same in our congregation is happening!

Last month only 4 people turned up at the brothers house, i think it was more for the food and drink rather to watch.

If he offers alcoholic drinks i may go also!

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Congregation that have sent in money!

by DwainBowman in

in the past week, i have heard from a number of friends scattered all over the place.

a number of them are very upset over the congregation being required, to send in all monies over $4,000.

a number of these were kh's that were saving to buy land, and or build new kh's.

Da.Furious

Although the letter was read in the UK, i have been to several congregations and noticed on their notice board the financial statement with big sums of money (£20,000+) still in their congregation bank account.

So is this arrangement only for USA congregations. And in Europe or specifically UK they can not pull something like this?

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Experience in a talk

by Da.Furious in

last week we had an elder giving a talk, cant remember the title.. the thing that was of interest is the experience he gave:.

"a brother who was working in a hospital had to leave his job which was paying him good money because the nurses wanted to sleep with him and they kept putting notes for him on his desk!".

this is not the first time i hear similar experience.

Da.Furious

@ Slidin Fast: I anticipated such comment when i wrote it. Marriage is about trust i think!

@ Chaserious: Thats what the TV shows. Do you believe what you see on TV?