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Originally Posted by TidalWave
For overall fun things to do, which city is better? Amsterdam or Barcelona?
What about in terms of proximity to other fun country's?
What other country's are fun to go to? I am thinking Prague, Czech and maybe London, GB?
I mean really fun stuff - clubs, drinks, drugs (pot is legal in AMS for example).
I'm thinking about rolling this into one of the Euro webmaster shows but trying to pick one to go to as they are both on the same date (too bad).
It seems like more people are going to Barcelona now even though in April everyone said WMA, but all those people are now saying TBS in threads...
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Hey TidalWave,
Amsterdam and Barcelona are both top fun cities. Whichever one you pick, may it be Amsterdam or Barcelona - you CANNOT lose
Other fun places in Europe I would consider Berlin, Prague, Budapest, Ibiza, Mallorca.
In terms of proximity it does not really matter. Europe is not that big. If you are looking into heading out to Berlin, Prague, Budapest the distances are about the same. If you are looking into Mallorca and Ibiza, Barcelona is a lot closer.
As for the travel budget you will probably spend less money using Barcelona as your "base", as all European low budget airlines fly into and out of Barcelona (e.g. Easyjet, Ryanair, Vueling, Transavia, Air Berlin, Wizz Air, etc., etc.). So in that sense Barcelona is more budget friendly.
About clubs, drinks, drugs - again, it does not matter if you go to Amsterdam or Barcelona. Both have awesome clubbing. Both have great drinks (try Mojitos, Cuba Libres and Caipirinhas in Barcelona. Those are all Latin American drinks - but they also "work" in Spain
). About drugs, again it does not matter. You can buy them in Amsterdam and Barcelona at every second street corner. Pot is legal in Amsterdam - and in Barcelona it is highly unlikely that you will get into trouble for smoking pot.
As for the show dates - yes, we moved our show dates to provide our North American clients with the possibility to attend both shows.
As for the shows, you might want to try to do both. You will find more North Americans at the Amsterdam show, and more Europeans at the Summit (20% North Americans plus 80% Europeans). Here it depends where the business focus of your trip to Europe lies.
I would recommend you - if you can afford to be away from the office for that long - to fly into Barcelona on September 16th. Then party hard in Barcelona over the weekend. Do the Summit from the 21st to the 24th. Do Amsterdam from 24th to 26th. Visit the Oktoberfest (largest party in the world) from September 27th to 29th, and then fly out to either Prague or Ibiza for some final partying, before heading home totally destroyed. Please calculate a minimum of one week in for recovery after your Euro trip
As for the weather - sorry, here it DOES MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE where you will be in September. Barcelona will most likely have beach weather, Amsterdam will most likely have rain waiting for you. So to Barcelona make sure to bring your bathing shorts, to Amsterdam a rain coat.
If you need any advise on Barcelona (hotels, clubs, restaurants, things to do, etc.), please feel free to contact me at any time under sales at thebarcelonasummit dot com. We are here to help!
Have a great remaining weekend & hope to see you in sunny Spain next month!
Andreas
P.S.: Here some more info on Barcelona from "Ask Men":
"Ask any "Eurotripper" what his favorite city was, and you can bet he'll say Barcelona. This stylish and modern city is ablaze with parties 24/7, all year round."
http://uk.askmen.com/top_10/travel_6...l_top_ten.html