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Early 2013 Hotel Discussion
Please use this thread for early hotel discussion before the OnPeak system comes out. It seems that hotel discussion is heating up and I don't want to clutter up the FAQ with that.
This discussion was created from comments split from: PAX PRIME 2013 Information and FAQ (READ THIS FIRST, THEN ASK ALL QUESTIONS HERE).
This discussion was created from comments split from: PAX PRIME 2013 Information and FAQ (READ THIS FIRST, THEN ASK ALL QUESTIONS HERE).
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It really depends on the hotel. The hotels closest to PAX, through the PAX OnPeak booking system, are usually between $160-200/night give or take some dollars. That is, of course, subject to change.
We rented a pretty sweet place in capitol hill last year that was a 20ish minute walk away but that place was rented already this year. We rented a whole house that's farther out this year from the same guy.
https://www.airbnb.ca/rooms/281208
Too far to walk but as I discovered last year, cabs are cheap and plentiful (compared to Calgary).
One of the group is going as a space marine so walking in his costume is not really feasible, anyway. For a a group, I find that a house is a better deal as we have our own rooms and our own kitchen. The whole 6 day rental cost 1700$ but that is divided 4 ways.
We found that there was a lot less selection available this year. Maybe people are booking for PAX way in advance?
Actually I've read you should wait for the PAX booking tool. You get a major group discount and they have a block of rooms at all the closest hotels.
I know the Hilton chain has a claim of lowest price with price matching, per http://hiltonworldwide.hilton.com/en/ww/ourbestrates/guarantee.jhtml
In my case if they don't match it, I can always make a reservation via the PAX site and cancel my existing one if they won't match it.
How good of a "home base" hotel is it? I'm visiting Seattle for so long to plan my move up there later this year and since PAX will be the last part of my trip I need a good base to check out schools, apartments, and the surrounding areas from for the first week and a half.
Can you actually cook and store food in the kitchens in the rooms? like i said I'm gonna be up there for two weeks and would like to know in advance for budgeting purposes if I'm gnna have to buy breakfast, lunch, and dinner every day like I did last year.
thanks in advance for anyone that's stayed there past years.
Sweet! Now we hunt for tickets!
I'm scared. How likely is it I won't get tickets? I stalk this site on a daily...
It's honestly impossible to say how difficult tickets will be to get this year.
Last year was a perfect storm when it came to PAX to tickets selling out in 5 hours. We had Blizzcon being canceled after PAX east happened, and someone deciding it was a good idea to host the LoL NA regionals at a popular con that's already too big for its current location. So when the tickets went on sale you had the normal PAX crowd, the people that couldn't go to Blizzcon, and you had all the people who only cared about the LoL regionals all competing for the same event. Which meant we got to see tickets disappear in 5 hours or less
I remember for PAX 11' there were still tickets in like mid June, and I also remember before the blizzcon and LoL announcements PA was speculating that 3-days would last about a week and the rest one month.
So hopefully as long as PA learned not to try and host another LoL type event at PAX and blizzcon doesn't get canceled in the next two-three weeks I'd think and am hoping their estimates from last year hold true. Which
hopefully means you shouldn't have to be in commando mode for the next month waiting for tickets to go on sale.
but if you're worried I'd do what everyone told me to do and what's repeated here a lot. Once east is over follow @Official_PAX, add them to your notification list, add your phone to your twitter account, and turn on mobile notifications. Doing all of that will mean when the "tickets are on sale" tweet goes out you'll get a notification that they tweeted and a text of the actual tweet. Also if you don't think you'd be able to register on your phone take a laptop with you to work and places you're not at your desktop.
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Since you used to live there do you know if its also near any public transportation that happens to go north towards UW and/or east towards Bellevue?
Trying to visit both of those in preparation for a move to the area.
Also sorry for going OT
Now let's try to get back on topic.
Also not sure if you could schedule a week through on peak since they just block rooms for the convention I think. Someone that's gone to more PAXs could probably give you an answer on this, but I at least know con prices last just for before and after the con
The PAX hotels are centered around the north part of downtown Seattle, so location is not a problem.
We had an easier time getting around Seattle than we did Boston (which was pretty easy too). Everything was closer together and so a lot of it was just walkable. We did use the light rail a couple times to get around and that was really nice.
So, it never hurts to ask!
I can only speak for the chain I work for (which isn't Hilton), but our best rate guarantee does not apply to rates offered to a group block or by a third-party housing bureau (like OnPeak). I can only assume Hilton's is the same. That said, as long as you avoid prepaid rates, making a new reservation through OnPeak and canceling your other reservation is simple.
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You do want to watch it with those, though, because usually those package deals are prepaid and non-refundable. Read the fine print, and don't prepay for anything until OnPeak releases the rooms.
I think it was 2nd or third after Homewood and Sheraton. So an hour or two if I remember right
I was hoping I didn't have to be quite as quick about rooms as I was about passes.
In 2012 both East and Prime came out on different days but with East coming out the same day this year, I would put my money on same day also for Prime.
As everyone else said, they come out either same day or as close to as possible. To answer your second question, no, all the hotels don't sell out right away. I remember looking a few days later and there was a few still available. The ones that are closer to the Convention Center will go first so if you are looking for a certain hotel, I would get in right away to book.
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