How many rooms where blocked at the $209 rate ? I think this is a rigged game. I bet a large percentage of rooms will have been booked before the email by folks in the IETF that are in the know. Show us a log from the hotel when each of the booking was being made, then we will know. Cheers Toerless On Wed, Dec 16, 2015 at 03:30:10PM +0000, Tim Chown wrote: > I reserved a room fine, from the hotel info page on the ietf95 site not the link on the email (tho they may be the same) > > 300 rooms will fly off the shelf??? > > Tim > > > > > On 16 Dec 2015, at 15:22, Carsten Bormann <cabo@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > I just got a booking, but had to adjust the arrival/departure dates to > > get that booking. > > > >> $ 250 per night (including taxes)... Duuh. > > > > (At least I don't have to pay for a visa.) > > > > Grüße, Carsten > > > > > > Eric Burger wrote: > >> Really? Is that because there is an IETF block and we do not know the code, or are we SOL, nine minutes into registration? > >> > >> For a paltry USD 450/night (including tax), we can get in on Tuesday April 5. > >> > >> Really? > > > -- --- Toerless Eckert, eckert@xxxxxxxxx