Re: Hawaii Block - going, going....

I managed to book Sat to Sat using a mixture of corporate and ietf 
bookings although the corporate rate was somewhat higher.
What is unusual and somewhat irritating is that there is no recommended 
alternate if the main hotel is booked.
I also wonder how many room changes will be needed.

Stewart

On 25/08/2014 08:36, Murray S. Kucherawy wrote:
> I was just able to get a Tapa Resort view room with two double beds as 
> my only option, at $235/night, though our block was supposed to be 
> $50/night cheaper.  I could only get it Saturday through Saturday as well.
> Ticket opened with the Secretariat.
>
> -MSK
>
>
>
> On Fri, Aug 22, 2014 at 9:58 AM, Spencer Dawkins at IETF 
> <spencerdawkins(_dot_)ietf(_at_)gmail(_dot_)com <mailto:spencerdawkins(_dot_)ietf(_at_)gmail(_dot_)com>> 
> wrote:
>     I booked the IETF block the nights it was available, and
>     hotels.com <http://hotels.com> for the nights it wasn't. We'll see
>     how many room changes that translates into!
>
>     Spencer
>
>
>     On Friday, August 22, 2014, Andrew Allen <aallen(_at_)blackberry(_dot_)com
>     <mailto:aallen(_at_)blackberry(_dot_)com>> wrote:
>
>         I was just able to book king bed resort room - but only from
>         Sunday through to Saturday.
>
>         It would seem to be an issue if you want to come a day or two
>         early though (not available Friday and Saturday before IETF
>         starts)
>
>         -----Original Message-----
>         From: ietf [mailto:ietf-bounces(_at_)ietf(_dot_)org] On Behalf Of 
> Michael
>         StJohns
>         Sent: Friday, August 22, 2014 12:56 AM
>         To: ietf(_at_)ietf(_dot_)org
>         Subject: Hawaii Block - going, going....
>
>         I saw the email for the Hawaii IETF registration when I got
>         home about 30 minutes ago.  I immediately got online to book
>         the hotel, and as of 12:48 (exactly 3 hours after the
>         announcement), all of the Ocean View rooms are gone as well as
>         the King bed resort view rooms, leaving only the 2 Double Bed
>         resort view rooms.  Impressive take rate (assuming at least
>         somewhat even distribution between King and DB rooms).
>
>         I wouldn't be surprised to find the block filled by sometime
>         tomorrow.
>
>         Mike

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