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And now Mondays are all gone in the hotels I wanted x.x
Luckily my friend had already made just in case reservations at Homewood. I just wanted something closer
But, I kept refreshing and was able to snag my preferred reservation.
It was doing the same exact thing for me, finally got it to work after 3 or 4 times.
Actually decided to go with Best Western as I did last year, only one block away, much cheaper rooms, free internet and breakfast and parking.
the garage next to the Marriott Riverwalk is abput $8-$10 a day (don't remember exactly but I know Wednesday to Sunday came out to under $25), but it fills up pretty early on Thursday and if you plan on Driving in/out you likely not to get back in. I was so glad to find that out about that one after paying $37/day in 2015.
I've got one room booked at the Springhill Suites, and discovered that I'm going to need another most likely. How do I book a 2nd room? Every time I try to book a new room in the same hotel it just takes me back to my previous reservation, and I don't want to cancel and potentially lose my current room. Anyone know if this is possible?
solved, I had to get a second room on another email/name
Yeah, that's the garage I was talking about. It used to be called the Marina Garage before San Antonio completely took it over and renamed it the Convention Center Garage. Happened somewhere in between the years 2014 and 2016 if you look at the street view on Google Maps. Right now the rates are set to $10 per day. They could charge more if they decide that PAX South deserves a event rate, but even still, it'll be much cheaper than parking right at the hotel. I paid $15/day at the Hyatt Place San Antonio/Riverwalk last year, so I actually save in that aspect. I just have to remember not to forget anything before my big drive in.
I stayed there for 2017, due to negligence on my part had to deal with additional person fees but it wasn't so much that they charged them, rather it ended up being way more than expected until I got in touch about it. Still not real pleasant to deal with an extra $200-300 on your account during a trip. Would make absolutely sure you have accurate info on OnPeak about your group size and call to confirm everything ahead of time.
Otherwise wasn't really that spectacular, the in-room internet was pretty useless, bathroom wasn't great, but the lobby area was pretty nice for mingling with other attendees. It's also really spacious but I feel like I could say that about every hotel in San Antonio compared to what I've expected out of Seattle and the likes.
This year I booked Residence Inn over by the Alamo. Anyone have anything much to say on that one?
It's a very popular hotel.
I work for marriott and that hotel is sold out pretty much 99% of the time. So you can expect excellent service.
..anyone know when the roomshare thread is gonna be up?
One year, I want to rent a tour bus or something and take some fellow Paxen on a tour of the city so that they can partake of the many things SA has to offer. SA is one of those cities with so much amazing food, that you really should venture out to try as much as you can. I'm not a fan of seafood in general, but Taco Cabana and Las Palapas are must haves for quick and dirty TexMex, Whataburger is great for fast food burgers, but Chris Madrid's is a much better burger as well as Big Bob's Burgers. For BBQ, Rudy's is a local chain that is pretty good, and Bill Millers does excellent 'fast food' BBQ, but Two Brothers has the best BBQ and sides (especially the potato salad) in the city. I'm happy to provide any recommendations for anything in the city as I lived there for over 20 years and come home 5 or 6 times a year. I follow the city fairly closely as it will always be 'home' for me, and where I always return when I'm tired of living in a new place...
Anyway, I tested the nights for Pax 2018 and it's showing about $250 for Fri-Sun.
I'm local so won't be using it, but I know good hotels at a good price are hard to get, so hope this helps someone.
It is a cool historic hotel, but make sure to ask to stay in one of the haunted rooms.
I have.
It is... less than clean and the people working there were less than helpful.