lying on immigration forms isnt the best of ideas, if found out(small risk) it'll see you having trouble obtaining visas for many countries in the future.
a cynical person would think that this is part of conspiracy to drive away community support for Wikimanias in the future. On 13 June 2016 at 22:37, Takashi OTA <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Risker (and all), > > This is not official but practical advice for attendees. > > Rosa delle Alpi is one of the hotels listed in > the accomodation page. > https://wikimania2016.wikimedia.org/wiki/Accommodation/Esino_Lario > > The address is: > Via Adamello, 36 > 23825 ESINO LARIO (LC) > (according to http://www.rosadellealpi.it/) > > You might not stay at Rosa delle Alpi, but the immigration officers won't > care > about it :-p > > --Takashi Ota [[U:Takot]] > > 2016年6月13日(月) 21:54 Risker <[email protected]>: > > > Iolanda, for those of us traveling from outside of Europe, we will > normally have to provide a proper destination address as part of our > customs and immigration process. "Esino Lario" won't normally be enough; in > fact, it's my experience that at least half the time when traveling to > Europe, I have had to show my reservation confirmation. We also need our > destination address to include it in our luggage so that if it is > misdirected, there is still some chance that it might find us before the > conference is over. Having had my luggage go missing on more than one > transatlantic flight - knowing that my destination address is well > identified in association with my luggage is a Big Deal. Again, just "Esino > Lario" isn't going to cut it. An actual address is required. > > Risker/Anne > > > On 13 June 2016 at 08:24, Iolanda Pensa <[email protected]> wrote: > > dear all > Everyone – who has got a ticket with accommodation in Esino Lario and > received a confirmation from eventbrite – has accommodation in Esino Lario. > Marta and Patrizia have assigned all the beds. > You will be given your address and keys in Piazza Italia in Esino Lario at > your arrival; we expect you to arrive the 21st or the 23rd according to to > the 5 or 3 days ticket you got. > Marta will send you today some further information about your travel and > arrival. > > > Pleonastic, but > If you did not buy a ticket with accommodation in Esino Lario, you don’t > have accommodation in Esino Lario. > If you did not buy a ticket for your direct transport from and to the > airport, you do not have direct transport from and to the airport. > Eventually you can get worried if you don’t have an eventbrite > confirmation. > > > I personally consider wikipedians and wikimedians the most intelligent > people I can spend time with. We certainly pretend you to get to Esino > Lario, to find the right bus, to take the train in the right direction > (please note that Tirano is not Torino), to sign up for events and to read > (and cite) all necessary sources. Certainly… it’s the beginning of a great > adventure. > iolanda > > > > > > > > Il giorno 13 giu 2016, alle ore 13:03, Harry Mitchell <[email protected]> > ha scritto: > > Nothing here, and with only a week to go before I start my travels. I > sympathise with the organisers who are being bombarded with all sorts of > questions and no doubt have many other things to worry about. I remember > how that felt in 2014. But these are not minor details for people > travelling long distances, especially for those of us who have taken time > off work and spent our own money to get there. > > > Could we trouble the organisers at least for a date by which we'll have > some information on where we're staying? > > > Thanks, > Harry > > > > Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android > <https://overview.mail.yahoo.com/mobile/?.src=Android> > > > On Mon, 13 Jun, 2016 at 11:47, Andy Mabbett > <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 6 June 2016 at 15:26, Mardetanha <[email protected]> wrote: > > > as elllie put on her previous emails, you will receive details separately > > very soon > > A week has passed since the above reply; I'm concerned that I still > have no information about where I shall be staying, nor indeed whether > I have somewhere to stay. Does anyone else? > > > -- > Andy Mabbett > @pigsonthewing > http://pigsonthewing.org.uk > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimania-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l > _______________________________________________ > Wikimania-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimania-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimania-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l > Hi Risker (and all), > > This is not official but practical advice for attendees. > > Rosa delle Alpi is one of the hotels listed in > the accomodation page. > https://wikimania2016.wikimedia.org/wiki/Accommodation/Esino_Lario > > The address is: > Via Adamello, 36 > 23825 ESINO LARIO (LC) > > You might not stay at Rosa delle Alpi, but the immigration officers won't > care > about it :-p > > > 2016年6月13日(月) 21:54 Risker <[email protected]>: > > > Iolanda, for those of us traveling from outside of Europe, we will > normally have to provide a proper destination address as part of our > customs and immigration process. "Esino Lario" won't normally be enough; in > fact, it's my experience that at least half the time when traveling to > Europe, I have had to show my reservation confirmation. We also need our > destination address to include it in our luggage so that if it is > misdirected, there is still some chance that it might find us before the > conference is over. Having had my luggage go missing on more than one > transatlantic flight - knowing that my destination address is well > identified in association with my luggage is a Big Deal. Again, just "Esino > Lario" isn't going to cut it. An actual address is required. > > Risker/Anne > > > On 13 June 2016 at 08:24, Iolanda Pensa <[email protected]> wrote: > > dear all > Everyone – who has got a ticket with accommodation in Esino Lario and > received a confirmation from eventbrite – has accommodation in Esino Lario. > Marta and Patrizia have assigned all the beds. > You will be given your address and keys in Piazza Italia in Esino Lario at > your arrival; we expect you to arrive the 21st or the 23rd according to to > the 5 or 3 days ticket you got. > Marta will send you today some further information about your travel and > arrival. > > > Pleonastic, but > If you did not buy a ticket with accommodation in Esino Lario, you don’t > have accommodation in Esino Lario. > If you did not buy a ticket for your direct transport from and to the > airport, you do not have direct transport from and to the airport. > Eventually you can get worried if you don’t have an eventbrite > confirmation. > > > I personally consider wikipedians and wikimedians the most intelligent > people I can spend time with. We certainly pretend you to get to Esino > Lario, to find the right bus, to take the train in the right direction > (please note that Tirano is not Torino), to sign up for events and to read > (and cite) all necessary sources. Certainly… it’s the beginning of a great > adventure. > iolanda > > > > > > > > Il giorno 13 giu 2016, alle ore 13:03, Harry Mitchell <[email protected]> > ha scritto: > > Nothing here, and with only a week to go before I start my travels. I > sympathise with the organisers who are being bombarded with all sorts of > questions and no doubt have many other things to worry about. I remember > how that felt in 2014. But these are not minor details for people > travelling long distances, especially for those of us who have taken time > off work and spent our own money to get there. > > > Could we trouble the organisers at least for a date by which we'll have > some information on where we're staying? > > > Thanks, > Harry > > > > Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android > <https://overview.mail.yahoo.com/mobile/?.src=Android> > > > On Mon, 13 Jun, 2016 at 11:47, Andy Mabbett > <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 6 June 2016 at 15:26, Mardetanha <[email protected]> wrote: > > > as elllie put on her previous emails, you will receive details separately > > very soon > > A week has passed since the above reply; I'm concerned that I still > have no information about where I shall be staying, nor indeed whether > I have somewhere to stay. Does anyone else? > > > -- > Andy Mabbett > @pigsonthewing > http://pigsonthewing.org.uk > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimania-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l > _______________________________________________ > Wikimania-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimania-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimania-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimania-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l > > -- GN. WMAU: http://www.wikimedia.org.au/wiki/User:Gnangarra Photo Gallery: http://gnangarra.redbubble.com
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