Hotel room pricing (Was: Re: Dorm room pricing?)

Reini Urban rurban at x-ray.at
Thu Apr 11 13:20:25 PDT 2013


On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 3:13 PM, Patrick R. Michaud <pmichaud at pobox.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 09:07:50PM +0200, Tobias Leich wrote:
>> I'm not sure if I make a mistake or not, but I booked a room for less
>> then 60USD right now...
>>
>> Here: http://www.qualityinn.com/ires/en-US/html/RoomAvailability?hotel=TX787
>> Found it via: http://www.choicehotels.com/
>>
>> Cheers, Tobias
>>
>> PS: and please tell me if I should cancel it because it is a fake and
>> one has to sleep under a tunnel or so...
>
> It's not a fake, but it's gotten some mixed reviews [1] (thus the $60/night)
> and it's 3.1mi away from the conference venue so you might need to take
> a bus or something.  The hotel is on the opposite side of IH-35 and US-290,
> so I don't know how feasible walking will be.  Google says it's
> over an hour walk (which might not be desirable in June in Texas).

I stayed in similar hotels up there for SXSW, because at that time
Austin is out of hotel rooms at all.

> [1] http://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Review-g30196-d220106-Reviews-Quality_Inn_North_Austin-Austin_Texas.html
>
> Perhaps some Austin-folks can comment on the bus system there;
> I've not ever had an occasion to use it.

It's cheap, everyone uses it, you can take a bike with you.
But it could be half an hour to the university from Tobias' hotel.
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