[Workshop-nov2011] hotel questions, status

[Karsten Wade]

Haydn:

Not sure what the confusion is, but the Crowne Plaza is not an hour commute. It is about five+ minutes by car or fifteen+ minutes by light rail between the Crowne Plaza and Cisco Building O.

Check again - the Crowne Plaza is 777 Bellew Drive & Bulding O is 10 Tasman Dr. at the corner of First. I just drove it all on Friday, it was quick although not rush hour. ;)

The Marriott is about three times farther by car only, the Hilton is about twice as far by car & almost the same by light rail. (Less walking, I think.)

- Karsten
(Sorry about the top-post.)

Haydn Solomon <haydn.solomon at gmail.com> wrote:

Hi Karsten,

I've got a question regarding hotel options. I signed up under the
group rate for Crowne Plaza however I find that one hour travel is a
lot of communte each way. I will keep my hotel booking if it's my best
option. After rereading your email I saw you mentioned the Hilton on
Great American Parkway and that we might be able to use the cisco
rate.  Is that still an option? And any idea how much of a communte it
is from that hotel?

Thanks

Haydn

On Mon, Oct 10, 2011 at 4:02 PM, Karsten Wade <kwade at redhat.com> wrote:
> Summary:
>
> We've got an offer for a reasonable rate for a group, which includes
> guaranteed rooms, of $140/night at the Crowne Plaza[1]. For that rate,
> they want us to guarantee to book at least 80% of the block we
> reserve.
>
> You may still need to send me travel details, see below.
>
> Full details:
>
> Until Red Hat signs that contract, I won't have a code to book
> under. For me to recommend that we sign that contract, I need to know
> exactly who is going to be using the group rate so we only reserve
> what we need.
>
> I've been gathering details from all of you about when you need hotel
> rooms. For those who haven't sent me all these details (directly),
> please do so immediately:
>
> * What nights do you need a hotel room?
> * Will you agree to book under our group at the Crowne Plaza?
>
> I know some of you may have individual traveller rates you'd rather
> book under, either at that or a different hotel, so I just need to
> know if you want to book under our rate or not. The main advantage is
> that the rooms are guaranteed held for us. (I did a test booking, for
> example, and couldn't get all the nights I wanted, probably because
> they have the block of rooms already held for us!)
>
> For overflow, we've got the Hilton on Great America Pkwy. It's a few
> miles away from Cisco by light rail. They also have a Cisco individual
> traveller rate we might be able to use
>
> - Karsten
>
> [1] http://www.ichotelsgroup.com/crowneplaza/hotels/us/en/milpitas/sfomp/hoteldetail
>
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