>From central Europe perspective - price for airline ticket to Vancouver in summer is rocket expensive. I can fly to united states for half price. So "cheap food" cant beat more than $1.000 extra fee paid to airline. It does not mean YVR is a bad place, but I'd recommend to be carefull when talking about expensiveness. MK 6. 8. 2012 v 19:44, Scott Brim <scott.brim@xxxxxxxxx>: > On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 1:33 PM, Melinda Shore <melinda.shore@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> feel about various venues. But even if it did ... I go to IETF >> meetings to get work done, and it's been easier some places than others. >> Minneapolis has consistently had outstanding meeting facilities, and >> I thought the facilities in Vancouver last week were excellent, too >> (and the network team did an outstanding job - many thanks!). >> Inexpensive, edible food is a huge plus, and there again, Minneapolis >> and Vancouver have stood out. But still, the only really serious >> consideration for me is whether or not the facilities make it easier >> to get done the things that need to get done. > > Using those criteria, I would rate Prague and Beijing as good as or > better than Minneapolis, and cheaper if you avoid the big hotels.