VIENNA

I’ll use this block to summarise any updates (since I last updated..!)

Maybe not the most fun section to start, but nevertheless important (certainly, to my bank manager…) Tour costs (per person):

£925 per person (inc flights) or £650 per person (excl flights). Single supplement is £330 per person.

This includes return flights to Vienna, bed & breakfast for 6 nights, airport transfers for those on the group flight, three concerts, rehearsals, 2 (possibly 3) group dinners, a wrap party and all professional and venue costs.

As always, we are 100% open to a conversation with anyone for whom this is a real struggle. ‘No singer left behind…’

Payment 1 (deposit) is £100/£100 per person - by end April

Payment 2 is £200/£200 per person - by end August

Payment 3 is £350/£350 per person - by Christmas

Payment 4 is £275/£0 per person - by Easter (end March 2026)

Single supps should be added to any payment you wish as required.

This schedule is purely for those who’ve asked for one! Simpler (quicker!) balance payments are very welcome - just reference any payment with ‘Vienna’ so Tim keeps tally.

Group flights have been booked for those that requested them. There are two groups:

WIZZAIR - Flying from Gatwick (S) to Vienna (T1)

• Out on W4 2804 | 19.30-22.45 | Back on W4 2803 | 17.20-18.45

• David T, Mark, Olly, Sue S, Gill, Cate B, Sue Doo, Amanda, Pamela & John K, Andrew, Ann & Bill, Gordon & David

RYANAIR - Flying from Stansted to Vienna (T1)

• Out on FR 732 | 12.30-15.40 | Back on FR 731 | 12.30-13.45

• Rosie D, Kyle & Brenda, Jan, Archie, Tim & Jane P, Helen, Patrick, Robert & George, Emily, Maxine, Di, Tony R, Charlie & Flic, Ursula

Airport to hotel transfers in Vienna will be provided (TBC)

Everyone gets a weeny carry-on bag (Wizz = 40×30×20 | Ryan = 40×25×20),

Couples get one 20kg and one 10kg check-in bag; singles get one 20kg check-in bag

We will be staying at Austria Trend’s 4* Parkhotel Schönbrunn, former guest house of Emperor Franz Joseph 1st, built in 1787

https://www.austria-trend.at/en/hotels/parkhotel-schoenbrunn

It is located in upmarket Heitzing (District 13) and we’ve chosen it primarily for its location. Steps away from Schönbrunn Palace & Park and just 3 mins walk from the U-Bahn U4 metro (city centre in 12 mins).

We get a nice bit of parkland, green space, a zoo, a palace, a palm house, a smattering of cafés & restaurants, and still get into the centre of Vienna quickly.

Putting all that to one side, the rooms are ‘fine’, the bar is well stocked, and the breakfast is EPIC!

Check-in on Sunday 24 May and check-out on Saturday 30 May. If you would like extra days, let me know and I’ll get you a price.

Capuchin Church (Kapuzinerkirche)

• Our first concert is on Tuesday at 7pm in this early 16C Catholic church & monastery near the Hofburg Palace. Next to the church is the imperial crypt, the final resting place of members of the House of Habsburg

Charles Church (Karlskirche)

• We sing at this baroque beauty on Thursday at 7pm. It’s 10 mins walk from the city centre (but only 5 mins from U-Bahn). Good light space and good acoustic too. Very popular concert venue

St Peters Church (Peterskirche)

• An afternoon concert here at 4pm on Friday. Lots of gold, lots of bling and right in the city centre. It has three organs - but not yet clear whether Andrew will recognise them as such! Lovely helpful rector.

Coming soon (not too soon)

Content coming soon..

• Passports

• Insurance

• Check in details