Fly to Seville, Madrid, or Málaga

Seville airport (SVQ) is well connected internationally.  Check out the destinations and airlines here.

Málaga airport (AGP) has far more direct connections.  Conveniently, you can catch a train or a bus between Málaga airport and Seville.  Buses are more frequent, cheaper, and take you closer to the hotel in Seville.   Most trains involve at least one change.

Check out bus and train connections here, or directly at the bus or train company.  Please note that direct trains most often leave from Málaga María Zambrano and arrive at Sevilla Santa Justa.  Direct trains sell out earlier.  For both buses and trains, dates in April will be available a few months before the dates.

If you fly from the Americas, Africa, or the Middle East, you’ll probably fly to Madrid (MAD) first.  From here you can catch either a connecting flight to Seville, or you can train train A4 from the airport to Atocha train station, then catch an express train to Seville’s Santa Justa station.   Trains take about 3 hours, and prices start from 16€. The earlier you book your ticket, the cheaper it is.

Open Omio.com to find your best connection and to buy your ticket.

Another airport near Seville is Jerez de la Frontera (XRY), with a handful of destinations.

 

 Everybody knows about flight search engines such as SkyScanner or Kayak, but these find flights operated only by traditional airlines such as Iberia, KLM, or Lufthansa.

If you fly from a European city without a direct flight to Seville,  you can find connecting flights on low-cost airlines on the website AZair.eu.

Step 1:  Enter your airport of origin and the detination.  If you live near several airports, you can enter multiple airports as well; results will include all possible flights.

Step 2: Enter the dates. For the chapest rates, try to be flexible. Enter the earliest possible date of departure, the latest possible date of return, and the number of days you wish to stay at your destination.   Please note that most flights in April are not listed yet — these may be available from August or September.

Step 3: Enter the number or maximum changes.  In most cases, you’ll go for 1.   If you have direct flights by several low cost airlines from your region to Seville, enter 0.

Step 4: Search results are ranked by price (lowest first). You can change the sorting key to departure date/time as well.   Check the duration of time between the two flights.  If it’s too short (less than 90 minutes), especially in the evenings, you may miss your connecting flight, as it happened to your conference organizer.  Morning flights are more reliable to keep their scheduled departure and arrival times, whereas delays are more likely later in the day.  Make sure you have hand luggage only so you don’t have to check in again.  Also, avoid a stopover in the UK, and you’ll probably have to go through immigration.

Step 5: Prices are indicative only, and usually they reflect the prices a ofew days earlier. In other words, actual prices may be higher.

Step 6:  Buy the actual tickets on the respective airline’s website as usual.

Benefits: This website can find routes that may not have thought of before.  For example, Milan (MXP), Rome (FCO), or Palma (PMI) may turn out to be good stopover points with cheap fares on both legs of your journey to Seville.

 

The conference ticket itself will cost around 300-350€ (+VAT), depending on how much in advance you register.   If you add two networking dinners (most people do), this will cost around 100€ more.  (These prices will be finalized before early January.)

You’ll need to pay for your flight or train tickets, and this, obviously, greatly varies according to where you live.  As a rule of thumb, the earlier you buy your ticket, the cheaper it is.

Accommodation: We have a general 10% discount off the prevailing hotel room rates at the conference hotel.  If you book early enough, a single room will cost around 90€, while a double room just over 100€.  You can save a substantial amount if you can find a roommate to split the costs.  If you stay more than just a couple of days, renting a holiday apartment may be a cheaper and more comfortable option, especially if you can split the costs between 3-4 or more people.

You may want to set aside some money for fringe events such as walking tours, day trips, as well as museum entrance fees, meals, and souvenirs.

Roughly half the amount of your ticket covers conference room rental, equipment rental, as well as catering at the event.

We also need to cover speakers’ costs, as well as badges, bags, notepads, pens.

A part of the ticket revenue covers various licences (conference app, a dozen or so software subscription fees, and so on).

Oh, and a sizeable chunk is paid to the coffers as various taxes.

We offer a generous cancellation policy. You can find its full text, together with our general terms and conditions here.

(The text has not been updated for BP24 yet)

We’ll have a welcome reception on Monday, 22 April, in the evening hours; most probably in the hotel’s garden. 

Our gala dinner will take place on Tuesday, 23 April, at a downtown location (to be announced later).

These dinners will be included in the Premium ticket.   If you’d like to attend only one of these dinners, you can buy a Basic ticket and add the dinner of your choice as a separate item.

It is possible to invite guests to both dinners (by buying an additional dinner ticket).

The conference will end with a farewell cocktail around 17:00 on Wednesday, 24 April — this is covered by all conference tickets.

 

All venues can cater for guests with special dietary needs. About a month before the event, you’ll receive a form where you can indicate if you need vegan / lactose-free / gluten-free options, and/or if you are allergic to a specific ingredient.

 

Everybody knows about flight search engines such as SkyScanner or Kayak, but these find flights operated only by traditional airlines such as Iberia, KLM, or Lufthansa.

If you fly from a European city without a direct flight to Seville,  you can find connecting flights on low-cost airlines on the website AZair.eu.

Step 1:  Enter your airport of origin and the detination.  If you live near several airports, you can enter multiple airports as well; results will include all possible flights.

Step 2: Enter the dates. For the chapest rates, try to be flexible. Enter the earliest possible date of departure, the latest possible date of return, and the number of days you wish to stay at your destination.   Please note that most flights in April are not listed yet — these may be available from August or September.

Step 3: Enter the number or maximum changes.  In most cases, you’ll go for 1.   If you have direct flights by several low cost airlines from your region to Seville, enter 0.

Step 4: Search results are ranked by price (lowest first). You can change the sorting key to departure date/time as well.   Check the duration of time between the two flights.  If it’s too short (less than 90 minutes), especially in the evenings, you may miss your connecting flight, as it happened to your conference organizer.  Morning flights are more reliable to keep their scheduled departure and arrival times, whereas delays are more likely later in the day.  Make sure you have hand luggage only so you don’t have to check in again.  Also, avoid a stopover in the UK, and you’ll probably have to go through immigration.

Step 5: Prices are indicative only, and usually they reflect the prices a ofew days earlier. In other words, actual prices may be higher.

Step 6:  Buy the actual tickets on the respective airline’s website as usual.

Benefits: This website can find routes that may not have thought of before.  For example, Milan (MXP), Rome (FCO), or Palma (PMI) may turn out to be good stopover points with cheap fares on both legs of your journey to Seville.

 

Train

In most cases, travelling by train within Spain will involve a change in Madrid.  

Check out times and prices on Renfe.  Tickets are usually bookable around 3 months before the travel date, although you may be able to find better deals closer to the date.

Most trains arrive at Santa Justa station.

Bus

Seville is served by several long-distance bus routes from various cities in Spain. 

The only useful international routes are Lisbon (around 6:40) and Faro (around 2:30), both in Portugal, and both served by Flixbus.

In principle, there are direct bus routes to a number of cities in France, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, and even in Romania, but these trips are tediously long, and more often than not, cost more than a flight ticket.