Our site is still down for the move at the moment, should be back up soon. That site lists all of the nearby hotels, most of which have a special Comcast rate. I would simply ask that you read the "special rate notice" at the bottom of our hotels page and let me know if I can assist further. Jason > -----Original Message----- > From: John L [mailto:johnl@xxxxxxxx] > Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2008 8:19 PM > To: Mikko Saarnivala > Cc: Livingood, Jason; ietf@xxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: IETF 71 - no room at the inn at all on Thursday > > >> I am sure you can find something to stay for the duration. > > The question isn't whether there's other hotels in > Philadelphia, of course there are, although it wouldn't be > easy to find something as nice, and close as the Doubletree > for $169 which is quite a good price for Center City. > > I was wondering why the Doubletree doesn't have the block of > rooms available that they promised to the IETF. The > reservation agent said she saw the room block, but it didn't > have rooms Thursday like it did for the rest of the week. > Unless there's a vast number of IETFers only staying Thursday > night, which seems rather unlikely, Hilton didn't provide the > room block they said they would. I would have thought their > long term agreement with the IETF would prevent just this > kind of problem. > > R's, > John > _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx http://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf