hotel for fudcon tempe 2011

[Robyn Bergeron]

It's certainly different from the rate of 159/night I was quoted back
in april, when I started working on this.

If that is what people want to do, then we need to make that call.
Since I think paul was planning on signing the contract tomorrow.

On 8/11/10, seth vidal <skvidal at fedoraproject.org> wrote:
> On Wed, 2010-08-11 at 17:57 -0400, seth vidal wrote:
>> On Wed, 2010-08-11 at 17:51 -0400, seth vidal wrote:
>> > On Wed, 2010-08-11 at 15:48 -0600, Clint Savage wrote:
>> > > A quick review on Google maps[1] revealed that there are apparently
>> > > loud trains nearby.  I'm not opposed to a Courtyard as the one in
>> > > Toronto was very nice, but that may be something to think about.
>> > > Overall the reviews were positive, btw.
>> >
>> >
>> > I read about the trains - the windows are doubled up to keep the sound
>> > in check and maybe this is just me b/c I've lived near-ish trains my
>> > whole life but I'll keep the $75/night and deal with trains a lot
>> > better.
>> >
>> > :)
>> > -sv
>
> some more info after talking to frields a bit:
>
> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/fudcon-planning/2010-July/000716.html
>
>
> >From Robyn:
>> This has been the best hotel as far as convenience. There is a
>> Courtyard Marriott also in downtown Tempe which was approximately $10
>> less per night than the Mission Palms, which is located next to the
>> train tracks, and also was fairly uncertain that they could
>> accommodate the group, or have any type of meeting space for us.
>
> They're about $75 cheaper per night and I just confirmed they have 35 rooms
> available for that weekend.
>
> They do have meeting space but I have not confirmed its availability nor its
> size.
>
>
> If the trains are the only issue then maybe it would be worth the $100 to
> have someone stay the night and find out how loud they are.
> For 35 rooms we're talking a savings difference of about $3080.
>
> Given what I've seen for flights that's ~7-8 more people flying in from the
> east coast.
>
> If this is already decided I'll stop asking about it :)
>
> thanks,
> -sv
>
>
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