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

I believe the beach is lined with park benches. Stake your turf early.


On Tue, Aug 26, 2014 at 8:41 AM, Stewart Bryant <stbryant(_at_)cisco(_dot_)com> 
wrote:

>  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> wrote:
>
> > I booked the IETF block the nights it was available, and 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> 
> > 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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