Re: Hawaii Block - going, going....

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Just to chip in…this has been the hardest IETF to get workable rooms at, for me — as in, rooms that will pass the bean-counter sniff-test, as well as the manager sniff-test. 

Arriving and leaving Saturday, and staying anywhere near the IETF hotel, would have set me back $300+/night, it seemed, which unquestionably would have been conductive to a conclusion of “that much, on Hawaii - no way we’re paying for what clearly is his vacation!"

So I am looking forward to daily 30min walks to/from the venue. And, probably, to sharing room with a colleague.

Can we go back to Minneapolis in March, please? 

Or, for that matter, to any other place which does not raise the “work-or-vacation?” suspicion.

Thomas

On Aug 26, 2014, at 20:06, Christer Holmberg <christer.holmberg@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hi,
>I managed to book Sat to Sat using a mixture of corporate and ietf bookings although the corporate >rate was somewhat higher. 
>
>What is unusual and somewhat irritating is that there is no recommended alternate if the main hotel is >booked.
>
>I also wonder how many room changes will be needed.
If the room type is the same, and you let them know in advance, I think you should be able to keep the same room.
 
At the Taipei IETF, I had 3 different bookings at the hotel where I stayed, but didn't have to change room :)
 
Regards,
 
Christer
 
 
 

On 25/08/2014 08:36, Murray S. Kucherawy wrote:
I was just able to get a Tapa Resort view room with two double beds as my only option, at $235/night, though our block was supposed to be $50/night cheaper.  I could only get it Saturday through Saturday as well.

Ticket opened with the Secretariat.

-MSK



On Fri, Aug 22, 2014 at 9:58 AM, Spencer Dawkins at IETF <spencerdawkins.ietf@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
I booked the IETF block the nights it was available, and hotels.com for the nights it wasn't. We'll see how many room changes that translates into!
Spencer


On Friday, August 22, 2014, Andrew Allen <aallen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I was just able to book king bed resort room - but only from Sunday through to Saturday.

It would seem to be an issue if you want to come a day or two early though (not available Friday and Saturday before IETF starts)

-----Original Message-----
From: ietf [mailto:ietf-bounces@xxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Michael StJohns
Sent: Friday, August 22, 2014 12:56 AM
To: ietf@xxxxxxxx
Subject: Hawaii Block - going, going....

I saw the email for the Hawaii IETF registration when I got home about 30 minutes ago.  I immediately got online to book the hotel, and as of 12:48 (exactly 3 hours after the announcement), all of the Ocean View rooms are gone as well as the King bed resort view rooms, leaving only the 2 Double Bed  resort view rooms.  Impressive take rate (assuming at least somewhat even distribution between King and DB rooms).

I wouldn't be surprised to find the block filled by sometime tomorrow.

Mike




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