On 04/09/2014 08:47, Ofer Inbar wrote:
> 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.
So how is a person in, say, an African country who has never been
to Hawaii supposed to know that? I had to get a guide book out of
the library to know that, and I've been travelling to the USA regularly
since 1979.
Brian