David Morris wrote: || On Fri, 4 Sep 2009, Andrew Sullivan wrote: || ||| On Fri, Sep 04, 2009 at 07:43:15AM -0400, Lou Berger wrote: |||| Yes. I checked Sept 14-18. Try it yourself, I expect you'll get |||| the same results... ||| ||| I don't understand why the rate during another period is relevant to ||| the rate we might get. Remember that hotels, like everyone else, ||| charge more when demand is higher. || || And the cost of meeting space and/or other standard features || (i.e., internet service in the room) is built into rate for meeting || attendees. _______________________________________________ As I understand the norm, it is meeting rooms and facilities are charged as a set fee with attendee room rates normally reduced due to the numbers involved. Like most things, volume purchases reduce prices and unless the meeting is held at a peak time for the hotel, good rates should be able to be negotiated. Rates may be higher than the norm if the negotiations included extras such as the provision of morning and afternoon teas etc. That is to be expected. I imagine the committee has concluded the best deal possible. Darryl (Dassa) Lynch _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf