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The logistics of movingThis forum post has messages dated from 11/25/11 through 11/28/11, please be sure to read all the messages. If you feel it is old or outdated, please follow up with a question or comment and someone may be able to update it, or reply with newer information if you have it.
| The logistics of moving Hi Everyone. We'll be moving to Uruguay shortly. The plane reservations are for January 18th. So it's getting close.We have one last detail to work out. And I'm asking for suggestions for what might be the best approach. We have 11 people. Two parents, three adult-sized children, and six smaller children from 5 to 13. We'll all be arriving at the airport at 1:30am on the 19th. So here's the problem: How do we get out of the airport? I plan on renting a car, but it seems that the car will hold at most five people. We could construct some complicated plan involving that car, but it would take three trips to transport everyone away from the airport. This is either possible or impractical considering the next issue. We bought a farm that's around an hour drive north of the airport. Three two hour round trips is somewhat painful at six hours. And to make matters worse, the house(s) will be totally empty. So we'll be sleeping on hard floors when we get there. So a better solution is probably to go into a hotel (or something) for a few days. During that time, I'll visit a store and purchase a silly number of mattresses (that's the plan anyway), have them delivered, and then transport everyone at our leisure to the house. So what say you? Transport three times and sleep on concrete/tile? We'll be packing some sheets and blankets. We might be able to pack inflatable mattresses. Or should we go into a hotel? Which one? Do they have an airport shuttle to make the transport easier? I'm worried about the hotels all being full since it's peak season. The flights are certainly filling up. brian |
Comment #111/26/11 06:26Rural east Colonia departmento | "Arriving mid January"
Mid January is the peak of the tourist season so unless you pre-book hotels, you might well have problems finding accommodation in and around MVD and the coast. On the other hand, you might find it easier to book something which is more inland.As for transport from the airport... usually the best method of moving large numbers of people from the airport is to pre-book a suitably sized "remise" (private hire vehicle... in your case a minibus?) to shift the 6/7 surplus passengers and luggage but I don't know how available such vehicles are at 1.30 in the morning during peak tourist season. After the 17+ hour trip from London I used to stay at the Hosteria del Lago which overlooks a placid lake near the Geant superstore in Carrasco about 4 kms from the airport. While its well situated and quiet with friendly staff, the prices have risen steadily and I'm told that the hotel has become somewhat tatty. Now that I live here full time, I don't use near-airport hotels any more so I can't be of much help in recommending a good/economical one. |
| "Tatty hotels"
We were able to reserve two rooms in Pocitos, which should shorten the time to shuttle people from the airport.Although the one you describe near the airport is certainly more convenient for what we want to do. I'll look into reserving rooms there. Although I have to admit that I have no idea what the British word "tatty" means. lol Two people divided by a common language I guess. The hired bus makes more sense though. Could you perhaps point me at a business there that does such things? We'll need one also a week after we arrive because one of the pre-meetings for the residency process requires that we all be there in person. thanks. brian |
| "Ask the hotel..."
Ask your hotel about transportation...A regular airport taxi costs about US$45 to Pocitos. Montevideo City taxis are much cheaper but don't pickup at the airport. Neither is large enough. I think there will be more than one time that you will all to be physically present on the immigration process. But maybe you can take a bus from your place to Montevideo for that. How far is your farm from a intercity bus stop? What are your planes for daily transportation? Expert Page: Quick Tips for Getting Settled in Uruguay |
| "planes, trains, and automobiles"
The law firm handling our residency sent us an itinerary that only has us all together once. The other days have smaller numbers of us in one place at one time, but it could still be 5 or 6 people. Europcar has a minivan that holds 7. We might do that if it's available.We have this same problem here. In the past, we owned a huge 15 passenger van. But as the kids get older and start driving, it makes more sense to have several cars and on the rare occasion that we all go somewhere together, we just drive two or three cars. Long term, we'll do the same thing in uruguay. But it will take some time for us to get to that point again. I'm the only one who can drive a stick, so it's not something we can do quickly unless we find an automatic somewhere, and the price of that is likely to be prohibitive. I plan to buy a car fairly quickly when I get there, probably a fusca. But it won't be a clown car. We're about half way between Sauce and Las Piedras right on Ruta 66, about 1km south of Ruta 67. The previous owners told us the bus stops in front of our house five times a day. Although I'm not sure which bus, which direction, what this means in a practical sense, or if it's even true. Is there a website somewhere with bus routes and schedules? brian |
| "Tres Cruces Bus Terminal"
Here you go with a link to the Bus Terminal.... though I think you'll need to get a little help figuring out which one you need. The bus probably goes straight from your house to Tres Cruses or downtown. Yeah, I guess since most of your group is kids, they probably aren't needed at all the steps, at the same time. Health exam... those can be done individual. Not sure if they need to sign the application for residency, but probably need to give their fingerprints to immigration or deal with FBI checks (or if you got those done already). The key is just to go with the flow. Expert Page: Quick Tips for Getting Settled in Uruguay |
| "Train"
Actually, the train (AFE) is going to the Las Piedras station (lign Central-San Jose-Florida)! None for Sauce (except cargo). However, the train network is poor and schedules are not very convenient. More information at: www.afe.com.uy. Then, from the Las Piedras station or from downtown, you may take a bus along the Ruta 67 and 66. Bus: one of the biggest company is COPSA and they have a very comprehensive transit network in the suburbs of MVD. Web site: www.copsa.com.uy. Not sure but one warning: Las Piedras is recognized as not very safe and has a poor community (advice from one of my friend who is a policeman from MVD). I cannot comment on that because I do not know Las Piedras however I pass the message. Good luck for your settlement and your new life with your family. |
Comment #711/26/11 18:53Rural east Colonia departmento | "Tatty hotels and rural buses."
Sorry for being Bertie Wooster... by tatty I mean "a bit warn and past its best" or "in need of refurbishment." :-)Most of rural Uruguay has good local buses which connect with the long distance buses which come and go from the Tres Cruces terminal in MVD. The local buses stop at the bottom edge of my farm if you stand in the road and wave them down. The long distance buses stop at Colonia Valdense (5 kms away) but each of the 4 long distance bus companies which serve Valdense has its own bus stop. |
| "Empty farm."
Brian, Wouldn't be much better if two of the adults come a couple of weeks before so the farm is prepared to receive the rest of the group and the logistic is properly set up from the first night? |
| "Empty farm"
We considered something like this and decided against it. The plan was for me to come down with my daughter first. To make this work, it would have required two extra round trip plane tickets. For some reason, my wife didn't want to travel alone with 8 children. :-) And it doesn't help us to get out of the airport when we arrive with everyone. So we decided to go into a hotel for a couple days when we get there and arrange things that way. |
| "Transport"
Hi Brian, you can also check out Mercadolibre under the "Traslado" heading. There's a lot of company's listed there who rent small and full-size buses for any type of outing. Maybe you can contact one and set something up. |
| "Transport"
Thanks Eric. I found one company that quoted us $110 to get to the hotel from the airport and $220 to get from the hotel to our farm. I suspect I can do better. But we're in the process of rearranging the trip at the moment. It appears that we were able to find plane tickets a week earlier at a substantial discount. We also found a hotel 5 miles from the airport. So things are looking up. I'll have a look at mercadolibre shortly. brian |
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