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Should I cross my fingers and keep checking? or should I just look for other places?
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For the sake of making sure you and your group have a place to sleep; you probably shouldn't bank on the Sheraton having more rooms open up. You might want to start looking into alternative accommodations.
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Well, look around...it's not like you can't cancel a booking if, by some miracle, more Sheraton rooms open up.
Keep in mind, most of the hotels are all in spitting distance of the con- they might not be right next door, but a 4-block walk isn't huge.
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Yeah, my girl and I have upgraded to the suite the last two years, and after a day of walking the tubs are a godsend.
Speaking of divine intervention, they just put some rooms up, so we've got ours for the weekend! (Now to find passes)
Last year there was just my partner, a friend, and myself that went, we stayed at a place from AirBnB. It was however a little bit of a distance and I found that it shorted us a little on being involved in the end of day activities, some of which were at the hotels. So like everyone else, I attempted to get rooms at Sheraton, almost got the full weekend booked for my group, but it's killing me seeing that one night unavailable... GRAH! So close! I'll wait for my partner to come back from his vacation before fussing with alternative accommodations.
Thanks a lot, man! I managed to switch my room to the sheraton too.
BTW I canceled my Roosevelt reservation in case anybody needs it.
Yeah I know what you mean. I'm curious as to the difference between a triple occupancy room with two beds and a double occupancy room with two beds. There's a $20 price difference but outside of that is there really a difference? Couldn't I book a double occupancy room with two beds for three people and get the same thing as a triple occupancy room?
Yeah I know what you mean. I'm curious as to the difference between a triple occupancy room with two beds and a double occupancy room with two beds. There's a $20 price difference but outside of that is there really a difference? Couldn't I book a double occupancy room with two beds for three people and get the same thing as a triple occupancy room?
With the double vs. triple, it might be a larger room, but it's probably the fee hotels charge for having a third. But I'm talking about how the system lists "single occupancy 1 bed", twice at the same price and different allocations. Most if not all of the categories are the same way.
Hey Karick, have you released the Roosevelt? I've been looking for a Thursday night King bed, or a double room for all four days.
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suites run more then $300 a night, correct?
I'm trying to help my friend, his wife and their kid save some on a room and thought if I dropped my hotel Seattle room then shared a room with them it would save some but I'm sure they would want separate sleeping areas. It sucks I didn't reserve 2 rooms back when I got mine
Keep in mind that the on[peak prices for the con hotels are substantially reduced, in my experience.
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Homewood Suites actually have the sleeping area separate (although I think even the 2 bed rooms still have the beds in the same area). This allowed us to have a third person sleep in the living room on the sofa bed.
Unfortunately, none of the rooms look like they're available there at this time. I would advise to keep checking often though, the availabilities change pretty frequently.
The big suites (800 sq ft) has two entrances to said facilities, one from the 'living room' area and a slider from the bedroom. At least, the corner one I was in last year was like that.
I've not seen the studio style rooms that are supposed to exist there, but from what I've read, they are like your typical hotel room (everything in one big room), just with a small kitchen area.
Last year, we ended up at the Hampton Inn by the Space Needle. It was around ~300 a night, but it had a separate bedroom with a sofabed in the living room. You could easily fit a rollaway in there too if you needed more beds. It was a nice place to stay with free breakfast, but you'll need to take the monorail every day to get to PAX. It's doable, the monorail only takes a few minutes and it goes to Westlake. But it definitely takes more time every day and it will be more walking. But it can work in a pinch.
However, you may also want to look into AirBnB, filter for entire apartments. I looked into these recently and some of these would be great for your situation. Plenty of room for a mixed party + kids, close by and cheaper than some of the suites. Definitely take a look.
I have a quad partly book for my group, and my partner and I were going to do a twin room.. but we are now wondering if anyone that has availability for a couple in a quad room share at the Sheraton. I did the calculations and I am disheartened to discover that we otherwise will being paying just a little over twice the amount of my friends.
Location wise it's perfect, but I worry since it's going to be PAX-ed to the brim with people that there might be issues with elevator access, noise, etc. Any info from convention vets in this regard would be much appreciated!
I was on the Sheraton 5th floor in 2013 and really had no problems. Getting in and out of the lobby was never an issue. The noise never kept me up (but I'm a sound sleeper). I didn't see any real elevator problems either, but I'm sure there were times where it got packed. The lobby cafe could get kind of busy, but even that was never killer(and you have many nearby options).
Pro tip: if you are on a low floor at a busy time, you may find it very hard to get a down elevator. This is because the elevator hits its weight limit and then goes express to the lobby. So tell the elevator you want to go up then ride it up and then back down.
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The Homewood works better for me and my friends for medical reasons that include an actual fridge rather than a minifridge. Distance isn't really an issue for us either.
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