Stephane Bortzmeyer <bortzmeyer@xxxxxx> wrote: > > And this just scratches the surface. There's easily 6 hotels that are both > > cheaper and have better ratings than the Hilton, and still have rooms for > > the IETF week, within a few blocks. What's the problem? > > No problem at all and thanks for the information that you > searched. However, for people who do not know the place, it can be > difficult to find out the locations that are the closest - time-wise, > not distance-wise - from the Hilton (Google Maps may deceive you, for > instance if there is a big freeway to cross between your hotel and the > Hilton). > > Here, the local host could help by suggesting the most convenient > hotels. This is true in the general case, but this location is a special case. Waikiki is essentially a neighborhood of hotels. More than half the blocks in that area appeared, when I was walking around there, to be made up entirely of hotels plus retail to support the people staying at those hotels. A typical Waikiki hotel is both next door to and across the street from other hotels. So, no freeways, no train tracks, no other obstacles, just hotels everywhere, totally walkable. -- Cos