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[PRIME] PAX Prime 2012 Hotel Discussion
Now that everything is appropriately launched, here's an appropriate hotel discussion thread.
PAX Prime Hotels are LIVE!
Book yours now at the PAX Travel Desk. Here are the details of the hotels. If you're looking for a room share, use the room share sticky.
The SOLD OUT indicator means that at least one of friday or saturday nights is totally sold out for the hotel, meaning that you couldn't stay there for all 3 days of pax. This also makes my life easier for tracking
Courtyard Seattle Pioneer Square
612 2nd Street
0.90 miles to Event Location
Crowne Plaza Seattle SOLD OUT!
1113 Sixth Avenue
(3.0 blocks to Event Location)
Fairmont Olympic Hotel
411 UNIVERSITY ST
(4.0 blocks to Event Location)
Grand Hyatt Seattle SOLD OUT!
721 Pine Street
(2.0 blocks to Event Location)
Hilton Seattle
1301 6th Avenue
(1.5 blocks to Event Location)
Homewood Suites Convention Center SOLD OUT!
1011 Pike Street
(1.0 blocks to Event Location)
Hotel Max Seattle
620 STEWART STREET
(4.0 blocks to Event Location)
Hyatt at Olive 8
1635 8th Avenue
(3.0 blocks to Event Location)
Mayflower Park Hotel SOLD OUT!
405 Olive Way
(5.0 blocks to Event Location)
Paramount Hotel SOLD OUT!
724 Pine Street
(1.0 blocks to Event Location)
Red Lion Hotel on Fifth Avenue SOLD OUT!
1415 5th Avenue
(2.0 blocks to Event Location)
Renaissance Seattle Hotel
515 Madison Street
(4.00 blocks to Event Location)
Roosevelt Hotel Seattle SOLD OUT!
1531 7th Avenue
(1.0 blocks to Event Location)
Sheraton Seattle Hotel & Towers SOLD OUT!
1400 Sixth Avenue
(1.0 blocks to Event Location)
SpringHill Suites Seattle Downtown
1800 Yale Ave
(0.50 miles to Event Location)
The Westin Seattle
1900 FIFTH AVENUE
(6.0 blocks to Event Location)
W Seattle Hotel
1112 Fourth Avenue
(4.5 blocks to Event Location)
PAX Prime Hotels are LIVE!
Book yours now at the PAX Travel Desk. Here are the details of the hotels. If you're looking for a room share, use the room share sticky.
The SOLD OUT indicator means that at least one of friday or saturday nights is totally sold out for the hotel, meaning that you couldn't stay there for all 3 days of pax. This also makes my life easier for tracking
Courtyard Seattle Pioneer Square
612 2nd Street
0.90 miles to Event Location
Crowne Plaza Seattle SOLD OUT!
1113 Sixth Avenue
(3.0 blocks to Event Location)
Fairmont Olympic Hotel
411 UNIVERSITY ST
(4.0 blocks to Event Location)
Grand Hyatt Seattle SOLD OUT!
721 Pine Street
(2.0 blocks to Event Location)
Hilton Seattle
1301 6th Avenue
(1.5 blocks to Event Location)
Homewood Suites Convention Center SOLD OUT!
1011 Pike Street
(1.0 blocks to Event Location)
Hotel Max Seattle
620 STEWART STREET
(4.0 blocks to Event Location)
Hyatt at Olive 8
1635 8th Avenue
(3.0 blocks to Event Location)
Mayflower Park Hotel SOLD OUT!
405 Olive Way
(5.0 blocks to Event Location)
Paramount Hotel SOLD OUT!
724 Pine Street
(1.0 blocks to Event Location)
Red Lion Hotel on Fifth Avenue SOLD OUT!
1415 5th Avenue
(2.0 blocks to Event Location)
Renaissance Seattle Hotel
515 Madison Street
(4.00 blocks to Event Location)
Roosevelt Hotel Seattle SOLD OUT!
1531 7th Avenue
(1.0 blocks to Event Location)
Sheraton Seattle Hotel & Towers SOLD OUT!
1400 Sixth Avenue
(1.0 blocks to Event Location)
SpringHill Suites Seattle Downtown
1800 Yale Ave
(0.50 miles to Event Location)
The Westin Seattle
1900 FIFTH AVENUE
(6.0 blocks to Event Location)
W Seattle Hotel
1112 Fourth Avenue
(4.5 blocks to Event Location)
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It'd tell you this in "person" but my phone is in another office atm :P
TWDT '13: Hufflepuff OotP
Sh*t just got real.
TWDT '13: Hufflepuff OotP
You don't have to put any money down now if you are using a credit card, and you can cancel if you change your mind.
The deposit will be due later, probably about one month before the event if its the same as last year.
I had the Homewood selected, but took too long to review and lost the rooms, oops. Choose your rooms and checkout fast!
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Nerd blog at culturalgeekgirl.com
If it's a Debit/Credit card (has a credit card logo on it), your deposit won't get charged until sometime during the month before PAX. Exactly when depends on the hotel and its policies. I think last year, the Sheraton didn't charge me for the deposit until the Thursday or Friday of PAX weekend.
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The room share thread is already posted
Try craigslist for vacation rentals?
or airbnb.com
it'll be tight but you'll manage.
Please be aware that room maximums are 4 people and if the hotel finds you with more people, they are well within their right to toss you with no refund.
Thanks. Those pictures never are any help. But I know about the 4 max, thankfully we're all arriving at different times.
Please correct me if I'm mistaken, but I somehow remember them doing this in 2010. Right now, the Amenities info lists a $10.95 daily rate for internet, but that's it.
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Hotel Booked [x]
Drive Fiancee Batty over PAX [x][x][x]
Oh! Well that definitely makes me feel better! I didn't have a chance to actually check, but with all the numbers displayed there when you book, it really made it seem like they were going to take a portion of my money then and there. :P
TWDT '13: Hufflepuff OotP
Last year, the Sheraton didn't charge me until a day or two before PAX. This year with the Homewood, I booked last month and have not been charged anything. I also use a debit/credit.
There's always homeway.com as well. They're just a middle man though so the standard "Buyer Beware" applies. (But no different than Craigslist I suppose.)
Like the others mentioned above, depending on which hotel you chose, they do not take out the deposit between a month prior to the day of check-in. It normally would state "pending" in your online banking statement as it usually takes three business days to process it completely.
The sheraton rooms I've seen are not large enough to have an air mattress unless it's a very small air mattress.
Will there be a problem with having a 5th person in the room with us, besides not being able to fit an air mattress anywhere? I saw someone mention before that some of these hotels are okay with more than 4 guests to a room during PAX.
I don't think we've ever had trouble fitting a single person sleeping bag on the floor of our four person rooms, so if you have an air mattress that's not much larger than a sleeping bag, you should be fine. They're made to accommodate a rollaway, so fitting a single-bed-sized air mattress shouldn't be a problem
As for five in the room: technically it's against the rules, but I haven't heard of anyone getting in trouble for it as long as they aren't jerks with regards to noise, filth, etc. Common sense, really.
Triwizard Drinking Tournament - '09 !Hufflepuff unofficial conscript, '10 !Gryffindor
Nerd blog at culturalgeekgirl.com
(Edited to include dates to make it less ambiguous)
As someone who lives about 30 minutes away from PAX, I totally think it's worth it to be downtown.
Allow me to put it this way. My friend (and fellow part time forumer @cybit) lives in Bellevue. After last year watching us hotel it up, he decided to spend the somewhat large sum of money to join us at the Hyatt, even though he didn't have too. Why? Less getting up early, less driving.
Now YMMV if your friends live fairly close (Bellevue was a bit of a trek.) We drove in last year on Friday morning from his house. That afternoon we extended our hotel stay through Sunday night (originally we were going to drive back) and I don't regret it one bit.