OK: Are there any plans for any group rates any where. I called the sales dept at George Washington university inn http://www.gwuinn.com . They said a block of ten rooms could hold until Until feb 28 at 196.00 a night. If reservation for the block are not filled by then they will let them go. I have looked on the web and there are several nice hotels around the area or close to the blue train line for around 125.00 a night. That is a much better rate. That week I understand is "cherry blossom" week. I suppose Washington has events year round so I don't know how early reservations typically need to be made. chris j
On Thursday 19 December 2002 09:45 am, Chris Johnson wrote:
Are there any plans for any group rates any where.
Much better rates are likely to be had using Priceline.com. We use Priceline to book hotel rooms quite often and have always gotten great deals at nice hotels. -- Patrick K. O'Brien Orbtech http://www.orbtech.com/web/pobrien ----------------------------------------------- "Your source for Python programming expertise." -----------------------------------------------
Are there any plans for any group rates any where.
I called the sales dept at George Washington university inn http://www.gwuinn.com .
They said a block of ten rooms could hold until Until feb 28 at 196.00 a night. If reservation for the block are not filled by then they will let them go.
I have looked on the web and there are several nice hotels around the area or close to the blue train line for around 125.00 a night.
That is a much better rate.
That week I understand is "cherry blossom" week. I suppose Washington has events year round so I don't know how early reservations typically need to be made.
chris j
I live near DC so I don't really know anything about hotels there, but I expect that hotels close to the event might be expensive and fill up soon. Fortunately it's close to the metro so you should be able to find hotels in the suburbs with better rates. Please record any info you find about hotels in the Wiki! The conference organizers don't have time or experience to go research hotel options. However, here's a list that Adam Turoff once mailed me:
I've been looking into hotels. I poked around expedia for availability from March 26 to 29 (4 nights, wednesday thorugh saturday).
I've also started contacting hotels for group rates; some of the group rates are no better than the regular rates, and they require signing a contract with a minimum number of rooms sold (with someone financially responsible for unbooked rooms). Most hotels are less than responsive...
Radission - Barcelo Hotel (DuPont Circle) $125/night, $99/weekend
State Plaza hotel (Foggy Bottom; near GWU) $119/night, $99/weekend
Hilton Silver Spring (Near Metro, in suburban MD) $99/hight, $74/weekend
Windsor Park Hotel Conn Ave, between DuPont Circle/Woodley Park Metro stations $95/night; needs a car
Econo Lodge Alexandria (Near Metro, in suburban VA) $95/night
This is a hand picked list; I ignored anything over $125/night, even though there are some really well situated hotels nearby at higher rates. Also, I'm not sure how much these prices reflect an expedia-only discount. I can't vouch for any of these hotels, either.
I also found out that the down season for DC Hotels are mid-june through mid-september, and mid-november through mid-january.
Feel free to copy this into the Wiki too! http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/moinmoin/PyCon --Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)
OK:
Are there any plans for any group rates any where.
I called the sales dept at George Washington university inn http://www.gwuinn.com .
They said a block of ten rooms could hold until Until feb 28 at 196.00 a night. If reservation for the block are not filled by then they will let them go.
I have looked on the web and there are several nice hotels around the area or close to the blue train line for around 125.00 a night.
That is a much better rate.
That week I understand is "cherry blossom" week. I suppose Washington has events year round so I don't know how early reservations typically need to be made.
Chris: Terrific work. Can I ask you to put this info in a "PyConAccommodation" page in the Wiki? It's waiting for you at http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/moinmoin/PyConAccommodation I hadn't realised we were conferring during Cherry Blossom week. That might put pressure on hptel sapce, but it will give us a local event to tie in with. Early bookings will probably be advisable. regards ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Steve Holden http://www.holdenweb.com/ Python Web Programming http://pydish.holdenweb.com/pwp/ Bring your musical instrument to PyCon! http://www.python.org/pycon/ -----------------------------------------------------------------------
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