Franz Josef Hotel

[Anfield]

As General Manager of the Franz Josef Glacier Hotel, thank you all for your support on the topic of the bikers walking out of the hotel without paying their bill.
The account in question has been paid and as a mark of our gratitude, we would like to offer any kiwi biker (including HRC and Blue Wing !) one free beer, if affiliation ID ( if you have that! ) is shown.:Punk:
What do you think ?

[nudemetalz]

What a great gesture :)

I will be sure to visit the FJG Hotel when I next do a South Island trip, hopefully not too far away.

[crashe]

one free beer, if affiliation ID

cheers mate.

There is only about 6,000 kiwibikers on this site throughtout NZ
(not including those that are overseas at the moment).

Can you cope if we all arrive on mass at your hotel? :whistle:

Not sure how many riders are in the other riding groups.....

[Jantar]

Many thanks for your kind offer, Anfield.

I was one of the riders in the other group that was there that night, and I am pleased that everything has now turned out OK. Your staff were marvelous under very busy circumstances, and we enjoyed every minute we were there.

As for the free beer? That'd be great and I'll shout you one right back. :beer: :drinkup:

[Flyingpony]

I trust the free beer extends to non-alcohol drinks :yes:

Hmm, ID cards, ha, guess patches & stickers & logo clothes will have to do :rockon:

Great to read the tab has been paid.

[Indiana_Jones]

that's rather nice of you, ok. time for a huge ride down south to get my free beer!........I smell a KB ride brewing up lol

-Indy

[Ixion]

Auckland to Franz Josef. 'Tis a fairish way to ride for a Speights . So, perhaps, a convenient arrangement for all, might be that any KBer stopping at FJ may have my free Speights, and then buy me a replacement one when in Auckland (or when we meet). I think that seems quite fair and reasonable ? My great grandfather Ikey McTavish (aye, he who was so tragically mothed to death) used to get good value from such little arrangements.

[ManDownUnder]

Top move - you just got my custom whenever I should be down that way! And not just for the free beer either.

Nigel

[TerminalAddict]

fantastic ... :)

please courier mine to:
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[bistard]

What a great gesture!!!
Glad to see the whole sorry saga,has a happy ending
If I am ever in the area,will make a point of stopping by for my free beer

[SpankMe]

Do you have a web site showing rooms and rates as I'm doing the west coast next month and Franz Josef looks like a good point to stop for the night.

[Finn]

As the KB Spokesperson, I'd like to thank you personally for your very kind and generous offer. My job here at KB is to facilitate such generosities and to ensure that your kindness is not taken advantage of. As such, I have run a check against our database and we have just under 2000 active members. 1987 to be exact. May I suggest that you take advantage of our Distribution Centre which is located in St Mary's Bay in Auckland and is designed to cater for such logistics. I have PM'd you the delivery address and again on behalf of KB, a big thank you!

Yours sincerely
Finn

[Finn]

fantastic ... :)

please courier mine to:
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Please do not attempt to bypass logistics. See post above.

[mstriumph]

Anfield


1. take no notice of Finn
2. thanks - kind gesture - glad that everything turned out ok for you in the end.
3. take no notice of Finn
4. would be a good idea if you have a website link to post it here as i'm sure
that many KBers end up touring down that way sooner or later
5. take no notice of Finn

:sunny:

[avgas]

Fantastic mate - dont worry about a beer for me though, as i'll probably be asking for 12in cresent and cable ties when ya see me.

[bobsmith]

hang on... I thought the dist centre was in North Shore Auckland

[The_Dover]

As the KB Spokesperson, I'd like to thank you personally for your very kind and generous offer. My job here at KB is to facilitate such generosities and to ensure that your kindness is not taken advantage of. As such, I have run a check against our database and we have just under 2000 active members. 1987 to be exact. May I suggest that you take advantage of our Distribution Centre which is located in St Mary's Bay in Auckland and is designed to cater for such logistics. I have PM'd you the delivery address and again on behalf of KB, a big thank you!

Yours sincerely
Finn

shit, that's enough beer to get a midget drunk for about fourteen years.

[dawnrazor]

I missed the other thread related to this subject last week and have just caught up with it now...I'm assumming it was the KB donation that paid for the bill????

On a seperate point, I stayed in the FJ hotel last year and can whole heartedly reccommend it, they allowed us to check in early 'cus one of our party was not well and didn't charge us a cent extra......If I'm down that way again I'd stay there for sure...

[Joni]

As the KB Spokesperson, I'd like to thank you personally for your very kind and generous offer. My job here at KB is to facilitate such generosities and to ensure that your kindness is not taken advantage of. As such, I have run a check against our database and we have just under 2000 active members. 1987 to be exact. May I suggest that you take advantage of our Distribution Centre which is located in St Mary's Bay in Auckland and is designed to cater for such logistics. I have PM'd you the delivery address and again on behalf of KB, a big thank you!

Yours sincerely
FinnFor the record Anfield... he is talking crap, nothing unusual for him... :sunny:

[Beemer]

Glad it's sorted, no one needs that kind of publicity. It may be a while before I take you up on the free beer, but if I am ever in your area, I will make a point of popping in for a meal (which I assure you I would pay for - LOL!) to help make up for the other incident.

I had a friend who worked at the hotel about 20-odd years ago and she loved it. Never managed to get there - but there's still time!

[Hitcher]

And III should get three free beers.

[Kendog]

An excellent example of how an Internet forum like this can create such good will.

Thanks for the offer, hope to get there one day :sunny:

[mstriumph]

a link to the Franz Josef Glacier Hotel (http://www.holidaycity.com/glacier-franz-josef/index.htm)




noooooo - don't bother to thank me .........

[boomer]

And III should get three free beers.
and i think me, myself and i should get 2 weeks free accomodation, free piss and dinner.

I'll be down with teh family in a couple of weeks time,In the event you disagree with my terms, please ensure the back door isn't locked and don't try to trace this user-id.

thanks again!

[boomer]

Top move - you just got my custom whenever I should be down that way! And not just for the free beer either.

Nigel


the fact that they're the only motel/hotel/pub/restaraunt down there should be enough reason Nigel....;)

[ManDownUnder]

the fact that they're the only motel/hotel/pub/restaraunt down there should be enough reason Nigel....;)

Yeah but I know the area well enough and you don't actually HAVE to stop there... until now...

[Paul in NZ]

As General Manager of the Franz Josef Glacier Hotel, thank you all for your support on the topic of the bikers walking out of the hotel without paying their bill.
The account in question has been paid and as a mark of our gratitude, we would like to offer any kiwi biker (including HRC and Blue Wing !) one free beer, if affiliation ID ( if you have that! ) is shown.:Punk:
What do you think ?

Mate - good for you for taking the trouble to log on and say thanks - don't know about the rest of you guys but to me, that speaks volumes.

Not sure the beer thing will work - (oh go on, give SpankMe a deal 'cos it's his site) but next time you see a motorcyclist just remember we are not all bad eggs...

[idleidolidyll]

Ahhh, ya see, THAT is how to improve the PR of bikers in NZ.

Not only is the hotel grateful we got that bill sorted, he's offering free beer too!

I feel completely vindicated.

[idleidolidyll]

And III should get three free beers.

one for each eye eh hitcher?

[u4ea]

BIG thankyou Anfeild!!:yes: :yes:

[ynot slow]

we all know there are some wankers running bars etc and wankers riding bikes,you can't put all in the same bad basket,will be in queenstown next easter and would like to get to your establishment and pay my way,mind you can you get tui down there,great to see your faith in human nature isn't diminished by those dickheads,cheers in appreciation of drinks for those there.:Punk:

[MyGSXF]

Nice one Anfield!! :Punk:

Will definitely be down at some stage for mine!!! :yes:

Great to have a happy outcome!!

Jen :rockon:

[Drum]

Dai must be gutted. He's gonna miss his free beer.

Good on ya Franz. Nice gesture.

[Hitcher]

yet people still accuse, point fingers and wag tongues.

It's human nature to gossip and speculate. It seems like in this case some good came of it. Enjoy your free beer at Franz Josef.

[Blackbird]

Hi Anfield

A most generous gesture and we will pass through in 3 weeks on our "Birds Galore" tour.

Thank you

Geoff

[Lucy]

This is fascinating, can someone point me to the original thread?

[Hitcher]

This is fascinating, can someone point me to the original thread?

Most certainly: http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/showthread.php?t=44235

[sunhuntin]

ill be heading south again in november for the burt munro challenge, and hopefully be bringing a friend along. hes knows the south more than i do, so will likely stop in.
like someone asked earlier, does the free drink apply to a non-alcoholic? :yes:

good on ya mate....heres hoping this keeps things sweet for a while. well done to those that chipped in, and also to anfield for recognising that and returning it.

[Lou Girardin]

That's enough to make us come and stay in 2008.

[Smokin]

As I'm all but down the road, I can greatfully recieve anyones beer that cannot make it to your fine establishment, I will bring a list of Kiwibiker names with me that are unable to attend and cross their name off the list as they are consumed, that way no one will be able to say they didnt get their's as we can cross reference it with the list, Foolproof plan and no one gets ripped off.
Oh I may require a nights accommodation as well, Can't be seen drink riding :innocent:

[Hitcher]

I'm not going to tolerate personal abuse in here, OK? Four offending posts have just been moved to the Drivel Thread. If you want to carry on poking each other, do it there, OK?

[Street Gerbil]

Big thanks, Anfeild! Glad everything worked out the way it did. See you next Xmas break.