Travel details and costs

 

The mission's program runs from Tuesday September 17th till Friday September 20th. For information on the program see the tab 'Program'.

 

Confirmation of participation

Please note that your participation in this mission will be confirmed by the organising parties. The organising parties reserve the right to reject your application if they believe your company does not fit the envisaged profile. Moreover, there is limited capacity for this mission. Therefore, please wait with booking flights and hotels until your participation has been confirmed.

 

Costs

The participation fee is €500 ex. VAT per participant (max. 2 participants per company). This fee includes programming, most lunches, and local transport. Hotels, flights and other out-of-pocket costs are not included.

Please note: for Dutch companies who decide to combine participating in this mission with the BOSteRDAM program a discount will be applied. If you decide to participate in the BOSteRDAM program as well, we will detract the mission fee from the BOSteRDAM fee. For more information on the program see the 'BOSteRDAM Cleantech Link' tab.

 

Booking flights and accomodation

Accomodation

The hotels of our choice are Porter Square Hotel and Hotel 1868. We recommend you stay at this hotel along with other Dutch and Scandinavian participants. Please note that through InnovationQuarter you can get a 15% discount for Porter Square Hotel - we'll provide you with the discount code once you have registered. 

If you are travelling on a budget you might want to consider Airbnb as well. In case, please take into account local transportation will be provided from the abovementioned hotels. Should you want to get in touch with other mission participants to book something jointly, please let us know.

 

Flights

Considering the program starts the 17th at 15.00 we recommend you arrive either on the 16th, or 17th in the early afternoon. The following flights are most suitable. Indirect flights are considerably cheaper. 

When signing up for this mission, we offer you the possibility to have us take care of booking your flights. Our travel agent, Maritime Travel Services (MTS) in Rotterdam, gets things done for you in a matter of hours, and will offer you a tailored itinerary at no extra costs to you. 

 

Direct flights (KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, Delta Airlines):

Date	Flight	From	To	Departure	Arrival	Class
Amsterdam - Boston
Monday 16 Sep	KL 617	Amsterdam	Boston Logan Intl.	17:00	18:30	Economy
Tuesday 17 Sep	DL 259	Amsterdam	Boston Logan Intl.	11:20	13:24	Economy
Boston-Amsterdam
Friday 20 Sep	DL 258	Boston Logan Intl.	Amsterdam	18:54	08:00 +1	Economy
Friday 20 Sep	KL 618	Boston Logan Intl.	Amsterdam1	20:40	09:15 +1	Economy

 

Indirect flights, option 1 (Aer Lingus):

Date	Flight	From	To	Departure	Arrival	Class
Tuesday 17 Sep	EI 603	Amsterdam	Dublin	09:35	10:20	Economy
Tuesday 17 Sep	EI 137	Dublin	Boston Logan Intl.	11:30	13:35	Economy
Friday 20 Sep	EI 136	Boston Logan Intl.	Dublin	17:50	04:50+1	Economy
Saturday 21 Sep	EI 602	Dublin	Amsterdam	06:15	08:55	Economy

 

Indirect flights, option 2 (Icelandair):

Date	Flight	From	To	Departure	Arrival	Class
Monday 16 Sep	FI 501	Amsterdam	Reykjavik Keflavik Intl.	14:00	15:20	Economy
Monday 16 sep	FI 631	Reykjavik Keflavik Intl.	Boston Logan Intl.	17:15	18:50	Economy
Friday 20 Sep	FI 630	Boston Logan Intl.	Reykjavik Keflavik Intl.	21:05	06:05 +1	Economy
Saturday 21 Sep	FI 506	Reykjavik Keflavik Intl.	Amsterdam	07:50	13:00	Economy

 

Indirect flights, option 3 (Aer Lingus):

Date	Flight	From	To	Departure	Arrival	Class
Monday 16 Sep	EI 605	Amsterdam	Dublin	13:25	14:10	Economy
Monday 16 sep	EI 139	Dublin	Boston Logan Intl.	16:20	18:30	Economy
Friday 20 Sep	EI 136	Boston Logan Intl.	ublin	17:50	04:50+1	Economy
Saturday 21 Sep	EI 602	Dublin	Amsterdam	06:15	08:55	Economy

ESTA

Please note that as of 12 January 2009 the US administration requires people travelling to the US to register at the website of the US Department of Homeland Security no later than 72 hours before departure: https://esta.cbp.dhs.gov