The Orlando airport is a nightmare almost any time and will be even worse during this upcoming IETF. When I had my FlyClear card it was the only airport where I ever felt that it was necessary. Avoiding Orlando during the many weeks a spring break would have been good. Geoff On Aug 6, 2012, at 6:14 PM, Michael Richardson <mcr+ietf@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> I've never been to an IETF meeting where the plane fare has exceeded the >> hotel cost for a week. > > note: I pay my own way, and make all my own arrangements. > > The only meetings where my hotel costs exceeded my transporation costs > were the Montreal IETFs (I live in Ottawa). When I've flown I have > seldom ever been on direct flights. > > I *do* avoid the main hotel if the price is poor. I did get the > Sheraton Wall (backup hotel IETF84), via hotwire.com, which surprised me. > > I find staying over saturday night no longer has any affect on my travel > costs. > > I do prefer returning to the same places, and I do like Minneapolis. > (Yes, even in March and November) > > I am more concerned that we have three north-american IETFs in a row > (Vancouver, Atlanta, Orlando), and 4 of the next 6 are in North America. > (Not counting Hawaii as North America for the purposes of travel > budgets, or it's be 5/7) > > I'm also concerned about going popular places (Quebec, Orlando) during > peak tourist season. > > -- > Michael Richardson <mcr+IETF@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, Sandelman Software Works >