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PAX East 2011 Hotel Discussion Thread and Poll
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Ed: CrapCrapCrap <checks email> Gibbering Heavens that was lucky. Two westins on the list.
I'm thinking they are going to release blocks at a time. Last year hotels kept reappearing on the list of available ones.
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Haha yeah, I nearly had a heart attack when I saw there were two Westins on the poll. Had to double check my reservation like you did.
Hopefully nobody actually DID make that error...that would suck bad. D:
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Woot is an understatement.
Not too worried about it though - I booked at the Renaissance which is actually a lot closer then OnPeak makes it look.
Whoops, forgot to put an "Other" option on there this time.
Besides, you can't put a price on being attached to the convention center. Well, you can, but it's reasonable is what I'm saying.
That worries me, cause there's only 22 Thursday night 2-bed rooms left... And we need 2-3!!! /worryworry
Edit: Just dropped to 21 WORRY WORRY WORRY
If you can get me discounts on my plane ticket I'd reconsider, but I already have to fork over $330 for the cheapest flight I can get.
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I think that was more people were canceling their reservations and it was going back into the general open block
That...seems kinda wonky to me. It's a convention centre hotel. It shouldn't run out of 2-bed rooms THAT quickly, no? (May just be naive here)
It's a fight between the personal value of being this close to the con versus the tangible value of saving money through other options. I booked something else for 133$ A few days ago and I'm quite satisfied. Both the my hotel and CQ are fairly close, to a point it's doable on foot if the weather permits. The cab fair is cheap and the public transportation is almost at our door step.
All of this is nice but there are no winners a in this debate. Some would have gladly paid even more just to be in the same hotel for Pax because it's important to them. That's totally fine! In fact I bet a few parties will be going on.
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Hmm...I'd say thats a little bit disconcerting.
From looking at the numbers considering 300+ rooms across the hotels have already been reserved no its not that unbelievable.
I probably wouldn't even consider it if it was just for PAX, but fortunately I'm using PAX as an excuse to visit Boston, so it all works out.
From what I can tell, Thur/Sun night rooms they pre-booked less of, and even fewer Wed/Mon, and that contributed to those nights disappearing fast. At the same time, keep in mind not everyone going to a convention is going to want 2-bed rooms. For example, more commercial conventions where a company is paying, frequently 1-bed rooms will be primarily in demand. Odds on the Westin is 50/50 at best.
You guys will be getting more Wed/Sun night rooms next year, right?
(I'll be booking hotel, then flights, next year)
And you'll have at least 1 other PAXer with you there! (Hint: Me.)
1- Anyone else booked at the Nine Zero?
2- For others who want to book cheap I think you may be able to book the Onyx for about 120$ a night. It's not that far from the convention either.
3- I have a good list of potential hotels, I'll get back to MyMaps as soon as I have a few free minutes today.
4- I saw that certain hotels had Shuttles available. Anyone know more about this? What are the max hours of the shuttle service, etc...
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So dumb question, but at the Westin Boston Waterfront, are all the rooms that are spaced off close to each other? For example, will my neighbors be Paxers? I would hate to think we might keep someone up if we're being debaucherous in the wee hours of the morning.
Not usually. If you know someone else going, the hotel might be able to arrange adjacent rooms.
I'd like to know about this shuttle too.
Only 14 rooms left for Thursday night for those coming in early.
And only 73 left for Friday/Saturday.
Seaport!
I'm at the Club Quarters as well. I stayed at the Seaport before, but I'd be too tempted to sleep in that close and get over confident thinking "oh sure, I won't get that far back in line to get in" then have murphy's law come around and bite me in the ass. I need motivation to get my ass there early.
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I assume this means that the Westin Lobby is going to be taken over by PAX at night? I need people to get my Catan on with.
I wouldn't count on the Westin having any rooms available at all by the end of the year. You're not charged a dime yet, so why in the world are you waiting so long to book?
Sorry, by "next year", I meant "this time, next year", or PAX 2012!
*edit*
Oop, crossed with rnicoll's post ^_^
Ah, race conditions. I'm writing a voting system and currently trying to ensure we don't have this sort of problem!
Anyone else thinking about PAX Prime 2011 hotel rooms, at the moment, BTW?
Now to find a roomie...Off to the Sharing Thread go I!