There’s now a spare place on the Tenerife trip, 8th-16th June 2007. Please contact me for further details. Flights cost around £160 and 6 days’ diving is just 194 euros. Accommodation and meals extra - but not expensive.

It’s time to finalise our arrangements for the Tenerife trip. We are departing on 25th of November 2006 and your flights need to be booked individually. There are plenty of flights there to Tenerife South (TFS) between 2 and 3pm from various airports and a flight from Stansted at 10am (I’m flying this one). Please ensure that your return flight departs no earlier than after 3pm, otherwise, you are advised not to dive in the afternoon on the day before departure. We are not diving next day after arrival, but we can spend it familiarising ourselves with the site and diving options, and make our diving arrangements.

Everyone who has already expressed their interest or anyone who still wants to join us please book your flight and forward the confirmation to me by the 30th of September. This will confirm people’s commitment to the trip and enable me to book accommodation.

We are diving with Aqua-Tenerife Dive Centre so please see their website www.tenerifedive.com for diving sites description, diving options and prices, and the accommodation option. We can receive a special discount for diving if our group expands to a minimum of six qualified divers, however, trainees are very welcome and the training arrangements will be made for them.

In order to confirm your participation and if you have any questions please e-mail me by clicking on the envelope at the top of this message.

I cannot believe nobody wants to dive in Tenerife. There is more info on the events list now. Have a look how cheap it is. The exact date is open for discussion between people who sign in. We should be flying between 24-28th November. I’ll compile a list of cheap flights. Please hurry up before all the bargain flights are gone.

Last year a Glug bunch had a great time diving with Aqua-Tenerife Diving Centre. Last month I was diving with them and loved it. I wonder if anyone would like to dive there towards the end of November? Water will be still warm (22-24C) but air not too hot (20-23C).

Have a look at their web site www.tenerifedive.com, there are descriptions of diving sites. If you look at their newsletters of June 2005 and June 2006, you may see some familiar faces.

Please let me know as soon as posible that I can start the ball rolling.

Cheers

Anna

I’ve now booked the first group for 3-11 June 2005 in Tenerife. The cost should be no more than £485 for flights, accommodation and diving (10 dives). There will be one day spare for sightseeing. The trip is suitable for non-diving partners - it’s no more than a 15 min drive to any of the dive sites. Interested members can contact me by clicking my name at the top of this post (you need to be logged in first).

You can find more information about the trip in this post

I am organising a one-week trip to Tenerife from 3rd-11th June 2005. Suitable for all types of divers, even trainees (who could complete their training over there) - easy diving. Also cheap - should cost no more than £600 all in. Accommodation is in 2-room & 1-room self-catering apartments. Resort is the Tenerife Dive Club . Nearest airport is Sur Reina Sofia.
Suitable for non-diving partners.
If interested, please contact me for further information (logged-in GLUG members can email me by clicking my name at the top of this post).

A couple of people at Brighton Pride suggested that we organise a trip to the Canary Islands. They said that they go almost every year, and combine a week’s diving with a week of clubbing & partying.

This seemed like a reasonable suggestion, so I thought I’d find out whether there would be enough interest to run a trip to Tenerife.

Prices for a week’s B&B in a Gay-friendly hotel or Apartment in March/April are in the range £300-£350, including flights. A 10-dive package is around 200 Euros, meaning the total cost would be less than £500. Of course, if people want to stay for a second week of clubbing, that’ll cost extra! Another option would be to rent a villa (or two), and arrange seperate flights - this could work out about £100 cheaper, depending on the number of people.

I’m open to suggestions for locations, Dive operators, time of year to go, etc. (please leave a comment below). Initially, though, I’d just like to know how many people might be interested in GLUG trip to Tenerife, so if you’re a GLUG member, and interested, please log in, and register your interest on the Events Page - this doesn’t commit you to anything, but will help me decide whether it’s worthwhile trying to organise a trip.

For more information about gay-friendly accommodation options, see the SpainGay website

For descriptions of Dive Sites in Tenerife, have a look at the Aqua-Marina website, or Tenerife Dive