Please, if you reserved but never got a CodeMash ticket, cancel your hotel reservations.
Many of us who bought tickets are unable to get reservations, especially for Thursday night, as the hotel is completely booked. I know that there is a $25 cancellation fee, but that is the appropriate price to pay for making reservations before tickets went on sale.
I ask you to do the right thing, and remove the complication of trying to transfer rooms only to people "in the know" enough to find this group.
To the conference organizers, I think it may be necessary to require proof of conference attendance when people check in, in order to receive the conference-rate at the hotel. I fear that there may be a significant number of people choosing to take advantage of the significantly discounted rates in order to just make a vacation for themselves, after not getting a ticket to the conference. I hope that is not the case, of course, but with the total lack of availability, I'm forced to wonder.
Actually, that would be a bad thing if you have followed the previous threads. When cancelled, the room goes to a general pool (no discount). Thus why most people are asking for transfers.
On Monday, November 5, 2012 9:06:14 AM UTC-5, Paul wrote:
> Please, if you reserved but never got a CodeMash ticket, cancel your hotel > reservations.
> Many of us who bought tickets are unable to get reservations, especially > for Thursday night, as the hotel is completely booked. I know that there is > a $25 cancellation fee, but that is the appropriate price to pay for making > reservations before tickets went on sale.
> I ask you to do the right thing, and remove the complication of trying to > transfer rooms only to people "in the know" enough to find this group.
> To the conference organizers, I think it may be necessary to require proof > of conference attendance when people check in, in order to receive the > conference-rate at the hotel. I fear that there may be a significant number > of people choosing to take advantage of the significantly discounted rates > in order to just make a vacation for themselves, after not getting a ticket > to the conference. I hope that is not the case, of course, but with the > total lack of availability, I'm forced to wonder.
> Actually, that would be a bad thing if you have followed the previous
> threads. When cancelled, the room goes to a general pool (no discount).
> Thus why most people are asking for transfers.
> On Monday, November 5, 2012 9:06:14 AM UTC-5, Paul wrote:
>> Please, if you reserved but never got a CodeMash ticket, cancel your
>> hotel reservations.
>> Many of us who bought tickets are unable to get reservations, especially
>> for Thursday night, as the hotel is completely booked. I know that there is
>> a $25 cancellation fee, but that is the appropriate price to pay for making
>> reservations before tickets went on sale.
>> I ask you to do the right thing, and remove the complication of trying to
>> transfer rooms only to people "in the know" enough to find this group.
>> To the conference organizers, I think it may be necessary to require
>> proof of conference attendance when people check in, in order to receive
>> the conference-rate at the hotel. I fear that there may be a significant
>> number of people choosing to take advantage of the significantly discounted
>> rates in order to just make a vacation for themselves, after not getting a
>> ticket to the conference. I hope that is not the case, of course, but with
>> the total lack of availability, I'm forced to wonder.
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All, patience is a virtue in this game, unfortunately. There will
literally be dozens of people that determine, at the last minute, that they
will not be able to attend (work, family, etc.). Find yourself a room
elsewhere, and then, when these people come forward, pounce. Both tickets
and rooms will start to open up the week before Christmas or so.
Right now, those people are still being optimistic that they'll finish
their project by the end of the year, but as all good software developers
know, deadlines slip. Just be patient, while securing a place to stay
nearby, just in case.
On Mon, Nov 5, 2012 at 10:38 AM, Eric Gurney <ekgurne...@gmail.com> wrote:
> At this point, I'd be willing to pay full price as I haven't gotten any
> responses to my request for a transfer.
> On Mon, Nov 5, 2012 at 10:36 AM, Justin Pihony <justin.pih...@gmail.com>wrote:
>> Actually, that would be a bad thing if you have followed the previous
>> threads. When cancelled, the room goes to a general pool (no discount).
>> Thus why most people are asking for transfers.
>> On Monday, November 5, 2012 9:06:14 AM UTC-5, Paul wrote:
>>> Please, if you reserved but never got a CodeMash ticket, cancel your
>>> hotel reservations.
>>> Many of us who bought tickets are unable to get reservations, especially
>>> for Thursday night, as the hotel is completely booked. I know that there is
>>> a $25 cancellation fee, but that is the appropriate price to pay for making
>>> reservations before tickets went on sale.
>>> I ask you to do the right thing, and remove the complication of trying
>>> to transfer rooms only to people "in the know" enough to find this group.
>>> To the conference organizers, I think it may be necessary to require
>>> proof of conference attendance when people check in, in order to receive
>>> the conference-rate at the hotel. I fear that there may be a significant
>>> number of people choosing to take advantage of the significantly discounted
>>> rates in order to just make a vacation for themselves, after not getting a
>>> ticket to the conference. I hope that is not the case, of course, but with
>>> the total lack of availability, I'm forced to wonder.
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> All, patience is a virtue in this game, unfortunately. There will
> literally be dozens of people that determine, at the last minute, that they
> will not be able to attend (work, family, etc.). Find yourself a room
> elsewhere, and then, when these people come forward, pounce. Both tickets
> and rooms will start to open up the week before Christmas or so.
> Right now, those people are still being optimistic that they'll finish
> their project by the end of the year, but as all good software developers
> know, deadlines slip. Just be patient, while securing a place to stay
> nearby, just in case.
> On Mon, Nov 5, 2012 at 10:38 AM, Eric Gurney <ekgurne...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> At this point, I'd be willing to pay full price as I haven't gotten any
>> responses to my request for a transfer.
>> On Mon, Nov 5, 2012 at 10:36 AM, Justin Pihony <justin.pih...@gmail.com>wrote:
>>> Actually, that would be a bad thing if you have followed the previous
>>> threads. When cancelled, the room goes to a general pool (no discount).
>>> Thus why most people are asking for transfers.
>>> On Monday, November 5, 2012 9:06:14 AM UTC-5, Paul wrote:
>>>> Please, if you reserved but never got a CodeMash ticket, cancel your
>>>> hotel reservations.
>>>> Many of us who bought tickets are unable to get reservations,
>>>> especially for Thursday night, as the hotel is completely booked. I know
>>>> that there is a $25 cancellation fee, but that is the appropriate price to
>>>> pay for making reservations before tickets went on sale.
>>>> I ask you to do the right thing, and remove the complication of trying
>>>> to transfer rooms only to people "in the know" enough to find this group.
>>>> To the conference organizers, I think it may be necessary to require
>>>> proof of conference attendance when people check in, in order to receive
>>>> the conference-rate at the hotel. I fear that there may be a significant
>>>> number of people choosing to take advantage of the significantly discounted
>>>> rates in order to just make a vacation for themselves, after not getting a
>>>> ticket to the conference. I hope that is not the case, of course, but with
>>>> the total lack of availability, I'm forced to wonder.
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We as CodeMash organizers are not going to get in the middle of the
Kalahari's reservation process. As a small group of volunteers we simply
can't manage that.
I think you're inflating the likelihood of people trying to get a cheap rate
at the Kalahari mid-week in January... :)
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Please, if you reserved but never got a CodeMash ticket, cancel your hotel
reservations.
Many of us who bought tickets are unable to get reservations, especially for
Thursday night, as the hotel is completely booked. I know that there is a
$25 cancellation fee, but that is the appropriate price to pay for making
reservations before tickets went on sale.
I ask you to do the right thing, and remove the complication of trying to
transfer rooms only to people "in the know" enough to find this group.
To the conference organizers, I think it may be necessary to require proof
of conference attendance when people check in, in order to receive the
conference-rate at the hotel. I fear that there may be a significant number
of people choosing to take advantage of the significantly discounted rates
in order to just make a vacation for themselves, after not getting a ticket
to the conference. I hope that is not the case, of course, but with the
total lack of availability, I'm forced to wonder.
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On Mon, Nov 5, 2012 at 9:06 AM, Paul <middl...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I hope that is not the case, of course, but with the total lack of
> availability, I'm forced to wonder.
As I understand it there are something like 750 rooms. The conference is
something like 1300 attendees. No matter how you slice it there will be a
large number of people staying down the street. Most conferences I go to
have this same problem.
Last year Kalahari said they would be offering more roomsto CodeMash. They
want to make money as well and so offering more rooms is a kindness and
courtesy they didn't have to offer. Also running a shuttle service from the
other hotels is a service they don't have to offer.
I was able to book a room minutes after getting a ticket so the opportunity
was there. Although they were at 70% booked when I got my room.
On Mon, Nov 5, 2012 at 10:45 AM, David Stanek <dsta...@dstanek.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 5, 2012 at 9:06 AM, Paul <middl...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> I hope that is not the case, of course, but with the total lack of
>> availability, I'm forced to wonder.
> As I understand it there are something like 750 rooms. The conference is
> something like 1300 attendees. No matter how you slice it there will be a
> large number of people staying down the street. Most conferences I go to
> have this same problem.
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> Last year Kalahari said they would be offering more roomsto CodeMash. They
> want to make money as well and so offering more rooms is a kindness and
> courtesy they didn't have to offer. Also running a shuttle service from the
> other hotels is a service they don't have to offer.
> I was able to book a room minutes after getting a ticket so the
> opportunity was there. Although they were at 70% booked when I got my room.
> On Mon, Nov 5, 2012 at 10:45 AM, David Stanek <dsta...@dstanek.com> wrote:
>> On Mon, Nov 5, 2012 at 9:06 AM, Paul <middl...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> I hope that is not the case, of course, but with the total lack of
>>> availability, I'm forced to wonder.
>> As I understand it there are something like 750 rooms. The conference is
>> something like 1300 attendees. No matter how you slice it there will be a
>> large number of people staying down the street. Most conferences I go to
>> have this same problem.
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Paul; I would not expect that anyone is holding rooms without tickets. There are 850 rooms for 1200 attendees, plus 200-300 speakers and staff, plus vendors that are not either. If you factor in other resort guests that made reservations without any idea of the conference, it works out to only a little more than half the attendees staying onsite.
While it is unfortunate that not everyone can stay onsite, it is due to the enormous popularity of the conference and venue.
Everyone that attends code mash is aware of this group. Therefore everyone would receive the same notification when rooms become available. Asking people to cancel their reservations to throw them back in the general pool is wrong as is telling the event organizers how to run an event that they have done one heck of a job at all these years. Just saying.
On Nov 5, 2012, at 9:19 AM, Paul <middl...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Please, if you reserved but never got a CodeMash ticket, cancel your hotel reservations.
> Many of us who bought tickets are unable to get reservations, especially for Thursday night, as the hotel is completely booked. I know that there is a $25 cancellation fee, but that is the appropriate price to pay for making reservations before tickets went on sale.
> I ask you to do the right thing, and remove the complication of trying to transfer rooms only to people "in the know" enough to find this group.
> To the conference organizers, I think it may be necessary to require proof of conference attendance when people check in, in order to receive the conference-rate at the hotel. I fear that there may be a significant number of people choosing to take advantage of the significantly discounted rates in order to just make a vacation for themselves, after not getting a ticket to the conference. I hope that is not the case, of course, but with the total lack of availability, I'm forced to wonder.
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I think after a few more years of attending CodeMash will give those the snooze ya looze mentality about getting a room in advance.
Being able to get the opportunity to attend CodeMash for me was fair enough. I'll stay anywhere, and the Fairfield Inn was nice. Doing that again this year.
Btw, My iPhone tried to switch looze with Lopez... Sounds about right.
Steve Fazekas
Sent from my iPhone
On Nov 5, 2012, at 11:08 AM, bmmar...@aep.com wrote:
> Everyone that attends code mash is aware of this group. Therefore everyone would receive the same notification when rooms become available. Asking people to cancel their reservations to throw them back in the general pool is wrong as is telling the event organizers how to run an event that they have done one heck of a job at all these years. Just saying.
> On Nov 5, 2012, at 9:19 AM, Paul <middl...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Please, if you reserved but never got a CodeMash ticket, cancel your hotel reservations.
>> Many of us who bought tickets are unable to get reservations, especially for Thursday night, as the hotel is completely booked. I know that there is a $25 cancellation fee, but that is the appropriate price to pay for making reservations before tickets went on sale.
>> I ask you to do the right thing, and remove the complication of trying to transfer rooms only to people "in the know" enough to find this group.
>> To the conference organizers, I think it may be necessary to require proof of conference attendance when people check in, in order to receive the conference-rate at the hotel. I fear that there may be a significant number of people choosing to take advantage of the significantly discounted rates in order to just make a vacation for themselves, after not getting a ticket to the conference. I hope that is not the case, of course, but with the total lack of availability, I'm forced to wonder.
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I certainly mean no offense to the organizers of the event. I do think it is a lot to presume that literally everyone who attends this conferences is aware of, and monitoring, this google group. This is the first year that I was made aware of it. I had not been met with difficulty in making hotel reservations in the past; perhaps having to stay at other area hotels is a common occurrence, but I had not heard of it. Perhaps that is why people started making reservations without having tickets. Still, with all those tickets selling out in under 2 minutes, I must imagine that there are many people still sitting on reservations when they cannot attend the conference. I think it is not "wrong" to ask that they cancel these reservations, when they cannot fulfill them. Perhaps, the "right" thing to do is not to make reservations at a hotel when you do not know if you will be using them, if you are unwilling to cancel them?
I'm really not trying to be a jerk about this, I'm just trying to help all the people that are stuck without a place to stay.
On Monday, November 5, 2012 11:08:37 AM UTC-5, Barbie Bash wrote:
> Everyone that attends code mash is aware of this group. Therefore > everyone would receive the same notification when rooms become available. > Asking people to cancel their reservations to throw them back in the > general pool is wrong as is telling the event organizers how to run an > event that they have done one heck of a job at all these years. Just > saying.
> On Nov 5, 2012, at 9:19 AM, Paul <midd...@gmail.com <javascript:>> wrote:
> > Please, if you reserved but never got a CodeMash ticket, cancel your > hotel reservations.
> > Many of us who bought tickets are unable to get reservations, especially > for Thursday night, as the hotel is completely booked. I know that there is > a $25 cancellation fee, but that is the appropriate price to pay for making > reservations before tickets went on sale.
> > I ask you to do the right thing, and remove the complication of trying > to transfer rooms only to people "in the know" enough to find this group.
> > To the conference organizers, I think it may be necessary to require > proof of conference attendance when people check in, in order to receive > the conference-rate at the hotel. I fear that there may be a significant > number of people choosing to take advantage of the significantly discounted > rates in order to just make a vacation for themselves, after not getting a > ticket to the conference. I hope that is not the case, of course, but with > the total lack of availability, I'm forced to wonder.
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Perhaps they're holding on to the reservations in the hopes they score
a ticket to the conference. Not much different than your situation,
right? Maybe they're thinking, "I wish the people that got tickets,
but don't have a hotel room would cancel their Codemash ticket."
On Mon, Nov 5, 2012 at 11:27 AM, Paul <middl...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I certainly mean no offense to the organizers of the event. I do think it is
> a lot to presume that literally everyone who attends this conferences is
> aware of, and monitoring, this google group. This is the first year that I
> was made aware of it.
> I had not been met with difficulty in making hotel reservations in the past;
> perhaps having to stay at other area hotels is a common occurrence, but I
> had not heard of it. Perhaps that is why people started making reservations
> without having tickets. Still, with all those tickets selling out in under 2
> minutes, I must imagine that there are many people still sitting on
> reservations when they cannot attend the conference. I think it is not
> "wrong" to ask that they cancel these reservations, when they cannot fulfill
> them. Perhaps, the "right" thing to do is not to make reservations at a
> hotel when you do not know if you will be using them, if you are unwilling
> to cancel them?
> I'm really not trying to be a jerk about this, I'm just trying to help all
> the people that are stuck without a place to stay.
> On Monday, November 5, 2012 11:08:37 AM UTC-5, Barbie Bash wrote:
>> Everyone that attends code mash is aware of this group. Therefore
>> everyone would receive the same notification when rooms become available.
>> Asking people to cancel their reservations to throw them back in the general
>> pool is wrong as is telling the event organizers how to run an event that
>> they have done one heck of a job at all these years. Just saying.
>> On Nov 5, 2012, at 9:19 AM, Paul <midd...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Please, if you reserved but never got a CodeMash ticket, cancel your
>> > hotel reservations.
>> > Many of us who bought tickets are unable to get reservations, especially
>> > for Thursday night, as the hotel is completely booked. I know that there is
>> > a $25 cancellation fee, but that is the appropriate price to pay for making
>> > reservations before tickets went on sale.
>> > I ask you to do the right thing, and remove the complication of trying
>> > to transfer rooms only to people "in the know" enough to find this group.
>> > To the conference organizers, I think it may be necessary to require
>> > proof of conference attendance when people check in, in order to receive the
>> > conference-rate at the hotel. I fear that there may be a significant number
>> > of people choosing to take advantage of the significantly discounted rates
>> > in order to just make a vacation for themselves, after not getting a ticket
>> > to the conference. I hope that is not the case, of course, but with the
>> > total lack of availability, I'm forced to wonder.
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@Matt Groves - remember the bango music on the shuttle ride last year? Those are great codemash memories.
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Uh oh, prisoner's dilemma! Or is it dining philosophers?
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Is there a list somewhere of where all the shuttles go to?
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@Matt Groves remember the bango music on the shuttle ride last year?
Those are great codemash memories.
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I agree with Mike, I doubt anyone would want to take a vacation during codemash and not attend the conference. I would guess maybe a few room holders don't have tickets and they will likely get tickets as others plans change. Primarily due to their determination which is why they booked a room early.
If you want to cancel your reservation and eat the 25 bucks - go ahead, if
you don't, please feel free to use our capitalist system to keep from
having to pay a 25 buck cancellation fee by doing an exchange... After
all, the tickets did sell out in 3 minutes and I'm sure that there are some
people who were waiting to pounce that just got locked out. Not fair, but
that's life.
It's also not fair to ask others to cancel a reservation and eat 25 bucks
because of it. :) I'm cool with it in my inbox as part of being a group
member.
*Codemash organizers*, I'd see if you could get the hotel to waive the
cancellation fee for those in our reserved rooms since they'll all be able
to be booked anyway..... it would be nice if we could communicate it so
that others can take all of the rooms. (just sayin!)
Otherwise, I for one don't care if people keep using the google groups or
whatnot to trade. If I wasn't commuting, I'd be looking too.
On Mon, Nov 5, 2012 at 9:06 AM, Paul <middl...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Please, if you reserved but never got a CodeMash ticket, cancel your hotel
> reservations.
> Many of us who bought tickets are unable to get reservations, especially
> for Thursday night, as the hotel is completely booked. I know that there is
> a $25 cancellation fee, but that is the appropriate price to pay for making
> reservations before tickets went on sale.
> I ask you to do the right thing, and remove the complication of trying to
> transfer rooms only to people "in the know" enough to find this group.
> To the conference organizers, I think it may be necessary to require proof
> of conference attendance when people check in, in order to receive the
> conference-rate at the hotel. I fear that there may be a significant number
> of people choosing to take advantage of the significantly discounted rates
> in order to just make a vacation for themselves, after not getting a ticket
> to the conference. I hope that is not the case, of course, but with the
> total lack of availability, I'm forced to wonder.
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From personal experience (I became ill the night before Code Mash 2011) I
can tell you that Kalahari will hold on to your deposit and apply it to next
year, meaning you lose nothing in the long run. They even volunteered that
option when I had to call to cancel.
_____
From: codemash@googlegroups.com [mailto:codemash@googlegroups.com] On Behalf
Of Brian Krebs
Sent: Monday, November 05, 2012 3:21 PM
To: codemash@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: [CodeMash] Please cancel reservations if you have no ticket
All,
If you want to cancel your reservation and eat the 25 bucks - go ahead, if
you don't, please feel free to use our capitalist system to keep from having
to pay a 25 buck cancellation fee by doing an exchange... After all, the
tickets did sell out in 3 minutes and I'm sure that there are some people
who were waiting to pounce that just got locked out. Not fair, but that's
life.
It's also not fair to ask others to cancel a reservation and eat 25 bucks
because of it. :) I'm cool with it in my inbox as part of being a group
member.
Codemash organizers, I'd see if you could get the hotel to waive the
cancellation fee for those in our reserved rooms since they'll all be able
to be booked anyway..... it would be nice if we could communicate it so that
others can take all of the rooms. (just sayin!)
Otherwise, I for one don't care if people keep using the google groups or
whatnot to trade. If I wasn't commuting, I'd be looking too.
Peace.
Brian
On Mon, Nov 5, 2012 at 9:06 AM, Paul <middl...@gmail.com> wrote:
Please, if you reserved but never got a CodeMash ticket, cancel your hotel
reservations.
Many of us who bought tickets are unable to get reservations, especially for
Thursday night, as the hotel is completely booked. I know that there is a
$25 cancellation fee, but that is the appropriate price to pay for making
reservations before tickets went on sale.
I ask you to do the right thing, and remove the complication of trying to
transfer rooms only to people "in the know" enough to find this group.
To the conference organizers, I think it may be necessary to require proof
of conference attendance when people check in, in order to receive the
conference-rate at the hotel. I fear that there may be a significant number
of people choosing to take advantage of the significantly discounted rates
in order to just make a vacation for themselves, after not getting a ticket
to the conference. I hope that is not the case, of course, but with the
total lack of availability, I'm forced to wonder.
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I think, as someone said earlier, a lot of people are holding onto rooms
because there is still a chance they can get a ticket. Things happen and
people have to bow out. We ended up with an extra ticket last year that we
couldn't give away, so there will probably be plenty of opportunities in the
two weeks before CodeMash to secure a ticket.
Also, Jim has stated many times that he's not going to get in the middle of
the Kalahari's reservation process and with all the resort does to
accommodate CodeMash I don't blame him.
From: codemash@googlegroups.com [mailto:codemash@googlegroups.com] On Behalf
Of Brian Krebs
Sent: Monday, November 5, 2012 3:21 PM
To: codemash@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: [CodeMash] Please cancel reservations if you have no ticket
All,
If you want to cancel your reservation and eat the 25 bucks - go ahead, if
you don't, please feel free to use our capitalist system to keep from having
to pay a 25 buck cancellation fee by doing an exchange... After all, the
tickets did sell out in 3 minutes and I'm sure that there are some people
who were waiting to pounce that just got locked out. Not fair, but that's
life.
It's also not fair to ask others to cancel a reservation and eat 25 bucks
because of it. :) I'm cool with it in my inbox as part of being a group
member.
Codemash organizers, I'd see if you could get the hotel to waive the
cancellation fee for those in our reserved rooms since they'll all be able
to be booked anyway..... it would be nice if we could communicate it so that
others can take all of the rooms. (just sayin!)
Otherwise, I for one don't care if people keep using the google groups or
whatnot to trade. If I wasn't commuting, I'd be looking too.
Peace.
Brian
On Mon, Nov 5, 2012 at 9:06 AM, Paul <middl...@gmail.com> wrote:
Please, if you reserved but never got a CodeMash ticket, cancel your hotel
reservations.
Many of us who bought tickets are unable to get reservations, especially for
Thursday night, as the hotel is completely booked. I know that there is a
$25 cancellation fee, but that is the appropriate price to pay for making
reservations before tickets went on sale.
I ask you to do the right thing, and remove the complication of trying to
transfer rooms only to people "in the know" enough to find this group.
To the conference organizers, I think it may be necessary to require proof
of conference attendance when people check in, in order to receive the
conference-rate at the hotel. I fear that there may be a significant number
of people choosing to take advantage of the significantly discounted rates
in order to just make a vacation for themselves, after not getting a ticket
to the conference. I hope that is not the case, of course, but with the
total lack of availability, I'm forced to wonder.
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