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

Just to chip in…this has been the hardest IETF to get workable rooms at, for me 
— as in, rooms that will pass the bean-counter sniff-test, as well as the 
manager sniff-test. 

Arriving and leaving Saturday, and staying anywhere near the IETF hotel, would 
have set me back $300+/night, it seemed, which unquestionably would have been 
conductive to a conclusion of “that much, on Hawaii - no way we’re paying for 
what clearly is his vacation!"

So I am looking forward to daily 30min walks to/from the venue. And, probably, 
to sharing room with a colleague.

Can we go back to Minneapolis in March, please? 

Or, for that matter, to any other place which does not raise the 
“work-or-vacation?” suspicion.

Thomas

On Aug 26, 2014, at 20:06, Christer Holmberg 
<christer(_dot_)holmberg(_at_)ericsson(_dot_)com> wrote:

> Hi,
> > 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.
> If the room type is the same, and you let them know in advance, I think you 
> should be able to keep the same room.
>  
> At the Taipei IETF, I had 3 different bookings at the hotel where I stayed, 
> but didn't have to change room :)
>  
> Regards,
>  
> Christer
>  
>  
>  
>
> 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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