I was considering actually coming to that meeting, but, at circa USD 450/room/night including taxes... not likely.
If anyone considers not staying at the primary hotel as a basic reason not to attend an IETF meeting, there almost certainly are deeper issues to worry about.
On the other hand, if there are no rooms at a 'reasonable' rate and with sufficiently convenient access to the venue, then that's a straightforward and serious IAOC problem, because it isn't supposed to happen... It used to be an issue but the staff and meetings committee attend to it rather carefully, these days, in my direct experience.
d/ -- Dave Crocker Brandenburg InternetWorking bbiw.net