Problems of booking: As you know our school starts on monday, January 10, 2000. It is not too difficult, provided it is done with enough anticipation, to get so called ``negociated round trip tickets'' at reasonable prices, by going to some travel agency. It is clear that your projects may still change, therefore you should try to find a travel agency that will not ask you to pay immediately. Those of you who are not yet totally sure to come should nevertheless try to make reservations as soon as possible (without paying anything) just in order to avoid potential problems concerning booking: we know, by experience, that this is not a trivial problem.
Typically, the cost Europe-Buenos Aires is about $900 or $1000 (for January 2000), but such tickets are probably going to be increasingly difficult to get: the ``regular price'' for such a round-trip flight from Europe, at that time of the year, can be in the range $3000-$4000 (yes!), and there are not so many tickets sold at 1000. Of course, it is also true that, if you wait till the last minute (less than two weeks before departure) to purchase your ticket, you may find prices as low as $700, for exactly the same flight. Such low prices can be found for instance on the web, but this possibility is quite hazardous, and you certainly cannot bet on it.
If you plan to come before the school (either at the end of December or during the first few days of January) making reservations on the international flights can turn out to be a hard task: there will be very few tickets at cheap prices and you really have to book them as soon as possible.
The school takes place at the beginning of the austral summer, this is the beginning of the vacation period and many people from Argentina will travel. Bariloche, in particular, is a quite a favorite place; this means that your flight from Buenos Aires to Bariloche should also be booked a long time in advance.
If you decide to travel in Argentina, it is wise to decide to do it after the school rather than before; indeed, prices will be cheaper and there will be more available seats in the planes.
Please do not hesitate to get in touch with us if you have any specific question. We want you in Bariloche on the 10th of January and are ready to help.