On 8/3/2018 2:30 PM, Toerless Eckert wrote: > the IETF itself doesn't really mind because it just > wants to get the quota filled as part of the deal with the hotel, I would put large bets on this one. Room block fees are a really nasty surprise for conference producers that fail to fill them or have something like a weather incident that causes them to rapidly decline. In this day and age with things like Airbnb as well, any rooms you can attach to your room block is usually preferred. Regards, KAM