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theoretically speaking, if a person wanted to take a vacation and do it at an Olympic games, how far in advance should he make plans?

Posted by call me Ishmael (aka pacrat) Jun 28 '16, 18:02

say, i wanted to go to the next winter olympics for example ... is it too late to realistically get decent hotel lodgings, etc.?

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a couple years ago my lotto fantasy was to buy a big house in Rio a year ahead, sell it after -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 28, 18:38
i'm giong to have to start doing some homework ... i'd really like to go to an Olympic Games ... winter or summer .... - call me Ishmael Jun 28, 18:25 9
- i think you're lowballing the cost - gerald Jun 28, 18:26 7
  - you're probably right -- nm - call me Ishmael Jun 28, 18:34
  - personally, if i were going to shell out that kind of money, i'd go World Cup before Olympics -- nm - gerald Jun 28, 18:27 5
    - though I wouldn't go to either of the next two WCs. - Reagen Jun 28, 18:45
    - this may be blasphemy, but i'm not as much a world cup person as i am an olympic games person -- nm - call me Ishmael Jun 28, 18:35 3
      - Oly has a uniqueness that nothing else has, Superbowl is a one event thing -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 28, 18:40 2
        
        Pretty sure the correct nickname is "The Lympies." -- nm - mara Jun 28, 18:45 1
        
        Oly oly zika free! -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 28, 18:46
- Your best bet is to book a city before it is announced. -- nm - Spawn Jun 28, 18:26
Honestly, you can probably do these summer games relatively cheap at this point. -- nm - ty97 Jun 28, 18:17 2
- @BadTYAdvice -- nm - gerald Jun 28, 18:19
- (not saying that's the norm) -- nm - ty97 Jun 28, 18:17
Peyongchang, SK seems like it shouldn't be too hard, this far out. i'd still expect to pay through the nose just because it's the Olympics though -- nm - gerald Jun 28, 18:06 6
- You'd probably pay more for a Winter Olympics, because they're often in smaller cities with fewer hotels. -- nm - Roger More Jun 28, 18:33
- agreed. and probably you won't get tix to the women's figure skating or hockey final. but curling!....nm - x Jun 28, 18:09 4
  - Still not settled as to whether the NHL goes, so hockey final might not be that hard - Reagen Jun 28, 18:29
  - not on sale until October it seems -- (link) - gerald Jun 28, 18:15 1
    - there you go. get in early...nm - x Jun 28, 18:19
  - curling!!! -- nm - mud Jun 28, 18:13

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