Just wanted to provide a quick update on this:
As you all know, the primary hotel, the Marriott Courtyard Tempe Downtown, has given us 5 additional rooms for our block which need to be filled by today [1]. Because prices will be higher after these rooms are booked and/or after the 7th of November, some folks have been asking about a secondary hotel for those who are more cost-conscious.
I've arranged a $99/night rate with the Four Points Sheraton [2] in Tempe. It is approximately a mile and a half from the Courtyard, but is still technically "just off campus" - across the street from the southeast corner of campus, on University Ave. / Rural Road. For folks walking to ASU Memorial Union on Sunday, it will be approximately the same distance as walking from the Courtyard; however, it's quite a walk from the Brickyard building, but to alleviate that issue the Sheraton will be providing shuttles to those who need to go to/from the Brickyard on Saturday and Sunday.
Here's what's included:
* Free Airport shuttle service (to/from) * Free high speed intarwebz * Free breakfast * They'll shuttle our folks to/from FUDCon events, though we should make some effort to coordinate / get everyone on the shuttle efficiently
We do not have a room block "obligation" - that is to say, we are not contracted to fulfill a certain number of rooms. The contact has already sent me the limited paperwork, which I have sent back, which basically was "what is the name of your conference / group," and she is providing me with a group code and direct link for booking tomorrow.
As soon as I have the full information and link tomorrow I will post it on the wiki!
-Robyn
[1] http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/fudcon-planning/2010-November/00139... [2] http://www.fourpointstempe.com/
On Sun, Nov 07, 2010 at 07:47:11PM -0700, Robyn Bergeron wrote:
Just wanted to provide a quick update on this:
As you all know, the primary hotel, the Marriott Courtyard Tempe Downtown, has given us 5 additional rooms for our block which need to be filled by today [1]. Because prices will be higher after these rooms are booked and/or after the 7th of November, some folks have been asking about a secondary hotel for those who are more cost-conscious.
I've arranged a $99/night rate with the Four Points Sheraton [2] in Tempe. It is approximately a mile and a half from the Courtyard, but is still technically "just off campus" - across the street from the southeast corner of campus, on University Ave. / Rural Road. For folks walking to ASU Memorial Union on Sunday, it will be approximately the same distance as walking from the Courtyard; however, it's quite a walk from the Brickyard building, but to alleviate that issue the Sheraton will be providing shuttles to those who need to go to/from the Brickyard on Saturday and Sunday.
Here's what's included:
- Free Airport shuttle service (to/from)
- Free high speed intarwebz
- Free breakfast
- They'll shuttle our folks to/from FUDCon events, though we should
make some effort to coordinate / get everyone on the shuttle efficiently
We do not have a room block "obligation" - that is to say, we are not contracted to fulfill a certain number of rooms. The contact has already sent me the limited paperwork, which I have sent back, which basically was "what is the name of your conference / group," and she is providing me with a group code and direct link for booking tomorrow.
As soon as I have the full information and link tomorrow I will post it on the wiki!
That's fantastic Robyn -- good work. Hopefully we won't end up with too many people staying separated from the main group. But in any case, it's excellent to have an inexpensive option for people who couldn't commit to the FUDCon event earlier.
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