> On Mar 29, 2018, at 5:20 PM, Toerless Eckert <tte@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > +1 on on what Stewart said. I would also venture to say that > i found the London location extremely well fitting the > requirements: > > My flight from California (United) was only $700. Of which seemingly > almost $500 where airport/immigration etc. taxes/fees. I don't > remember from last time, but maybe London has amongst the highest > rate of airline competition, making it cheaper reachable than other > cities ? If thats not just a one-off data point, that > certainly brings up London in my ranking. > > My Hotel was just across the street for under 90 GBP, and i think > there was a good selection of hotels in the vicinity. > > Travel to/from the airport is very easy/fast with heathrow express, > and there are even cheaper public transport options. > > The hotel setup for the meeting rooms and especially public areas (cafe, > bar) was very supportive of collaboration and hallway talks. > > The neighborhood of Paddington was interrestingly renewed/upgraded, > with a lot of restaurant choices in walking distance (e.g.: along > the canal). > > Edgware road was full of small convenience stores open late for > utilities like bottled water etc. > > Se rest of the experience like the hotel being a maze where but quaint > quirks of the event to me. > > Overall, my preoccupation was always London being very expensive, > which is certainly true overall, but for he choosen location it > seems to well controllable. Plus the potential of good > airfares ?!. I’d like to +1 most of this. once again many thanks to the secretariat for the many signs and colored arrows to make finding rooms easier. (it also helps that i remembered some of it from 4 years ago). I ended up in a hotel room that was lacking outlets of all things, but with that as my main gripe, everything else was great. - Jared
