Weekend Getaway Winter Edition 2025

Continuing the discussion from Weekend getaway!:

Hi @reeflings, I guess we all remember the enthusiam when @reef-communitylife tried to organize a weekend getaway in September that we unfortunately couldn’t make happen because we didn’t find a suitable venue in time.

But there is good news! We are are very excited to announce that we just started organizing ourselves for a Weekend Getaway Winter Edition early 2025 :snowman: :snowflake: :sun_with_face:

First step: let us know your availabilities. The sooner we agree on a date, the sooner we can start looking for the perfect location.

Please complete the two polls below :slight_smile: Thanks a lot!

  • I would join from Friday evening until Sunday
  • I would join Saturday & Sunday
  • I would join for one day (Saturday or Sunday)
0 voters
  • Weekend of 18 January
  • Weekend of 25 January
  • Weekend of 1st February
  • Weekend of 8 February
  • Weekend of 15 February
  • None of the above
0 voters
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…Pending the team retreat in New York, that was not planned yet and might affect my plans in that periods.

Also weekend of 25 January might be my concert in Brussels, which would make a good Reef social!

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I’ve been excited about this concert for quite awhile, and I’m sure that I’m not the only one :slight_smile: If that date gets confirmed, we can take that weekend out of the mix…

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Thanks to everyone who filled in the poll so far.
Could the others (@Perrine @Christian @RichardB @MariaAM @Hannah @ugne @manuelpueyo @Sarah @joannes ) also take a look so that we can fix the date?

@alberto @lee Could you take a look at the first poll and indicate if you will stay over for the night?

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I am planning a trip to Spain in January and my family is planning to come at some point I’m February, so I’m not sure when I’m going to be available. I prefer not to fill in the poll with my availability because I don’t know yet. I will try to be there :slightly_smiling_face:

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Definitely!! :star_struck:

@reeflings: Thanks for filling in the poll. Based on your answers, we will fix the weekend of 14 February :heart_eyes:
In order to find a suitable accomodation, we would still need some additional information:

@Hannah : is Jeroen joining as well for one day?
@ugne : I just realized that you didn’t vote: would you be available for the weekend of 14 Feb, and if yes, could you indicate in the first poll if you would join for one or more days?
@Perrine @Christian @joannes : could you also have a look at the first poll and indicate how long you would stay?

More news on the practicalities will follow in the upcoming months :slight_smile:

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@mieke, yes Jeroen would join as well! Is this with or without kids?

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Exciting times!!
:slight_smile:

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Children are more than welcome :slight_smile:

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Thanks Mieke!
I think it would be good to know how many children are coming and what the requirements are (separate room? Baby cot? etc…). Parents let’s hear you!

thanks! Ada will be coming as well. no special need to think about

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Hi @mieke , we (Christian, Charlie and me) would come on Saturday and Sunday (night in between included then!).
A separate room (for the 3 of us) would be usefull as falling asleep is always a complicated story for Charlie.
Thanks !

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@Hannah @JeroenStruys @ugne @manuelpueyo @Perrine @Christian we are planning the weekend and we are wondering if you need real beds for the children or will you bring an inflatable matrass and have them in the same room as you? Thanks for letting us know!

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And just a piece of information: just among community life we already had 2…

We do not necessarily need beds for the children. If bringing a mattress makes it easier to organize family rooms, then we are definitely up for that!

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Hi @Mieke,

As you maybe saw in our other post today, we finally decided to leave the Reef.
We will therefore not take part to the week-end.
However, if the place for that week-end is already booked counting on us, we will pay our part of the rent even if we don’t come, so there is no financial consequence on other people that we changed our mind !

Please, let me know about those costs by email or on Signal.

Thanks in advance !

No worries Perrine, nothing has been booked yet so there will be no need to compensate. (I also replied on the other topic)

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Hi @reeflings , after lots of searching, @reef-communitylife is happy to announce that the weekend retreat away from Brussels is booked!
drumm roollllllllllll:tada: :snowman: :snowflake:
we are going toooo… Libin!

We chose this place based on the following criteria: comfortable space for 15 people, a decent price and a reasonable distance from Bxl. We are aware it might not be the most ideal place for people who can only join for one day, but it was hard to find something that ticks all boxes.

Talking money:
Based on the poll above, everyone pays 74 euro per person, except Hannah & Jeroen who will stay for only one night, so they pay 42 euro per person. Thanks for transfering the money to Dave’s bank account (BE09210081082857) within the coming two weeks. Please send a message to Dave when you have done so :slight_smile:

Can you also let us know who comes by car and how many seats you have available?

More practical information will follow soon!

Looking forward!

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super! will pay! @mieke , can you remind us the dates of the retreat?