minbak : korean hostel / albergue coreano

If you have not reserved your accomodation yet, we would like to suggest something special, a Korean hostel (minbak, 민박 - 民泊). It is run by a friend of the la pedra club official teacher, Lluis Oh 6d. You may contact him for more information : baduklluis.oh@gmail.com.

Si aun no habeis reservado alojamiento, os sugerimos un tipo especial, un albergue coreano (minbak, 민박 - 民泊), que lleva una amiga del profesor oficial del club la pedra, Lluis Oh 6d. Podeis contactarle para mas informacion : baduklluis.oh@gmail.com.

hostel check-in receipt / justificante check-in albergue

We would like to ask players that stay at the hostel to bring the check-in receipt to prove that check-in has been done. Otherwise in order to register it may be asked to pay the first night, that will be refunded when the check-in has been validated. Thanks for your understanding.

Queremos pedir a los que se alojan en el albergue que en el momento de registrarse traigan un comprobante de entrada (check-in). En caso contrario se puede solicitar el abono de la primera noche, que se devolveria una vez se ha comprobado que el check-in se ha realizado. Gracias por vuestra comprension.

closing hostel reservations / cerrando reservas del albergue

On Sunday 9 the possibility of reserving at the hostel through the tournament organization closes. It may still be possible to find place there (or somewhere else), but dealing directly with them.

El domingo 9 se cierra la posibilidad de reservar en el albergue a traves de la organizacion del torneo. Todavia puede ser posible encontrar cama ahi (o en algun otro sitio), pero directamente con ellos.

hostel getting full / casi sin sitio en albergue

The hostel has told us they are willing to use the beds we have reserved. So by January 31st, we will release the beds that have not been assigned.

El albergue nos dice quieren usar las camas que hemos reservado. Asi que para el 31 de enero, liberaremos las que no tengamos claro que se van a usar.

about payments and accomodation policy

Forget about this post if you don't care about this. Some people have commented that the tournament payment and hostel accomodation policy is a bit confusing. We can somehow agree, but let us explain the rationale behind it.

Basically, there are 3 cases :

1. people living in Spain : must pay 20 euros in advance via bank transfer. This money is used to guarantee their hostel reservation, in case they wish to stay there.
   
2. people living outside Spain, not staying at the hostel : do not pay nor have to do anything else. They are expected to notify in case of cancellation.
   
3. people living outside Spain, staying at the hostel : must provide their credit card number to the hostel, and will pay at check-in. The hostel will not charge anything to the credit card unless they do not show up when expected.

why all this?

• a) we need people to confirm their registration and to enforce it, since tournament attendance is large and difficult to manage. We can not handle special cases, it is already too much work.
  
• b) we do not want to annoy people asking them to make 2 bank transfers (1 for tournament + 1 for hostel), 1 should be enough
  
• c) we do not want to take monetary risks in case of hostel no-show : we would have to pay 1 night if a cancellation happens.
  
• d) bank transfers inside Spain are cheap or non-existent, from other countries are more expensive
• e) our club is not set to receive payments with credit card

Also, some people have complained about the hostel asking for sending a credit card number without secured methods. Well, we can understand your concerns, but if this is really important for you, you have the choice of making a secure bank transfer of 20 euros to the tournament organization bank account, and therefore pay for the transfer costs that we wanted you to avoid. Then you are secure, and we are secure.

Thanks for your understanding.