Thanks @antoviaque 
@gabriel I found a few options on Turo that look like they might work. Since we’ll be picking the car up at Charles de Gaulle Airport, we’ll need to drop it off there as well.
Please let me know if either is suitable, and if you’d like me to handle the booking or if you prefer to take care of it — whatever works best for you.
Thank you!
@Ali thanks for finding options ! When coming back from Normandy, you can simply drop off the car and take a regional train (RER) to Palaiseau. I’d prefer if you handled the booking yourself, to make logistics easier. Piotr will be doing the same. As for the choice of vehicle, the Citroen looks like a better deal, especially if the total passenger limit (including yourself) is 8. Let me know if you need anything!
@Agrendalath do you mind booking this train ticket yourself, and I’ll reimburse you? This will make logistics easier for both of us, I think.
Sure! I’m happy to manage the booking.
A small hitch: it seems I require an international driving permit. According to this site, it’s necessary for anyone whose driver’s license:
Luckily, it’s an online process and it seems pretty simple. I can’t see the exact price until I’ve gone through the whole process, but it seems to cost about $21. Can I go ahead with this?
@cassie, who offered to be an additional driver, would be in the same boat, as would most of our other team members.
CC @jill as I know you’re renting a car too.
Sure @Ali, you can proceed 
Thanks for checking!
@gabriel, sure, sounds good to me. For which hour are you booking other tickets? I could try to catch the same train.
Not sure yet – I’m considering hiring a bus instead of having everyone take the train. I’ll let you know asap!
After doing some research, it looks like our best Normandy-Paris transportation option is to hire a bus coach service from Chateau Coliving directly to the hotel in Palaiseau. It costs roughly the same as travelling by train (a bit cheaper, even), but it’s a much more convenient way to make the trip since we’d essentially travel from door to door. Does anyone object? The trip cost for partners would be around 85 EUR. Logistics-wise, it’s also way simpler.
@antoviaque @braden @rpenido @farhaan @daniel.valenzuela @ChrisChV @tecoholic @kaustav @cassie @maxim @navin @pooja @artur @kshitij @Fox @jordan @tikr
no objections here! (except that I like trains in general but that’s just subjective and it’s true it is more convenient to arrive directly to Palaiseau)
I’ll proceed with the bus reservation. @Agrendalath this means you can organize your train ticket from Caen to Paris (Massy-Palaiseau). The group should arrive in Palaiseau around 16:00.
Following up on the accommodations discussion for the coworking week. Katia from Chateau Coliving has shared some useful info:
We don’t have camping gear or camping tents unfortunately. It might be a good idea to buy.
In case it rains (which is unlikely in June but we never know) the people who are camping can move to the workspace, where there’s also a bathroom and shower.
We also have the big party tent next to the bonfire, which is some sort of shelter I guess, but not really a camping one.
If people agree to share room Tobago is quite big and comfortable for sharing - the beds are with proper comfy mattresses, not kids beds.
In any case maybe it’s good to somehow remind everyone that in this type of offsite they will be spending most of the time outside and in the big common areas with the others and the room is finally just a place to crash (also a week goes by so quickly). I hope some more people will volunteer sharing.
So far, only Daniel has agreed to share a room. Please let me know if you’d like to volunteer for room sharing. If no one else volunteers, we’ll have to look at the tent option, since a few of you volunteered for that 
@KatiaDimova since you said above it might be a good idea to buy some camping gear – would you actually be up for it? You would already have your first users 
Could we consider getting an Airbnb close to the coliving space if our budget permits? I noticed there are some great options with 2 or more bedrooms within a 2-3 km radius. Since we are already renting some cars, commuting should not be an issue either.
@kaustav If I remember correctly, you mentioned being open to driving—would you like me to add you as a driver to the car I booked?
I am going to RTO (place where we can get international driving permit) tomorrow, so I can help with driving too.
@navin Cool, thanks! I’ve just sent you an invite from Turo.
@kaustav I’ll let @antoviaque chime in on this, but I believe the idea was to have everyone in the same space, in the true spirit of coliving. However, if Xavier thinks this is an acceptable compromise that allows everyone to have a private room and a cozy bed to sleep in, I’ll go along with it.
@Ali Yes, that would be great. Thank you. 
@kaustav Great! Just sent you an invite from Turo.
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By the way, I’ll soon start a fresh thread to allow people to discuss activities during both weeks 
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