Sent from my iPad > On Apr 20, 2018, at 8:19 PM, Brian E Carpenter <brian.e.carpenter@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > The fact is that some people find the typical "official" IETF hotel rates > exceed their budget. Try "substantially cheaper than the cheapest official > hotel". I think IASA has enough common sense to know what "substantially" > means. > > IASA surely already has to check the general safety of the area around the venue, > and in any case the cheaper hotels need to be reasonably close. We already have > text as follows: > > o The Facility environs include budget hotels within convenient > travel time, cost, and effort. > > Maybe that's enough. It excludes isolated out-of-town venues and the like.. I agree that the current text communicates the concerns and intention sufficiently. Glenn