<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12pt">Greg,<br><br>Thank you for the detailed information and your time.<br><div> </div><div>Thanks,<br>-Prak<br><br></div> <div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <hr size="1"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Greg Meece <GMeece@algebraixdata.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> YAPC::NA <yapc@pm.org> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Thursday, April 11, 2013 3:48 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> RE: Hotel room pricing (Was: Re: Dorm room pricing?)<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container"><br>
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<div class="yiv193642887MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D;">All –</span></div>
<div class="yiv193642887MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D;"> </span></div>
<div class="yiv193642887MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D;">Hopefully this is an appropriate comment since most of you trying to get reasonable pricing on housing.</span></div>
<div class="yiv193642887MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D;"> </span></div>
<div class="yiv193642887MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D;">I don’t have any specific recommendations on hotels, etc. I will say that many people visiting for SXSW and other large venues make use of Austin’s (fairly) new
light rail system and stay further out from downtown. There is a stop (MLK Jr.) that is fairly close to the U.T. campus, along with a feeder bus route that stops very close (within a block) to the venue (Thompson Conference Center). If you buy a rail ticket
or pass, you get the feeder bus pass along with it.</span></div>
<div class="yiv193642887MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D;"> </span></div>
<div class="yiv193642887MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D;">Yes, it does take time to transit, depending on how far away you travel, but it could be the best bet for some of you. I live in Cedar Park (NW Austin area) and
worked downtown for 6 years total. I took the bus system for the first job, and used the train whenever I could for the second gig. The train is pretty pleasant and has WiFi (many of the busses do as well).
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<div class="yiv193642887MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D;">Anyway – here’s a few links:</span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D;">MetroRail stop info for MLK Jr.:
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;">http://www.capmetro.org/metrorail.aspx?id=312</span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;">CapMetro info for the 465 feeder bus:
http://www.capmetro.org/schedulemap.aspx?f1=465</span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;">As an example,
<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.lq.com/lq/respath/checkAvailability.do?propId=6338&searchCity=Austin&searchState=TX&searchRadius=30&palsra_IND_M=06&palsra_IND_D=03&palsra_IND_Y=2013&palsra_OTD_M=06&palsra_OTD_Y=2013&palsra_OTD_D=05&palsra_NRM=1&palsra_ROC=1&palsra_AMC2=&palsra">
La Quinta in Cedar Park</a> (it’s a 3-minute drive to the Lakeline Station for MetroRail/CapMetro) shows rates at about $95 right now.</span></div>
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<div class="yiv193642887MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;">Anyway – I hope everyone enjoys their stay in Austin. I’m a transplanted Californian and I have loved living here for the past 15 years.</span></div>
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<div class="yiv193642887MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D;">Greg Meece</span></b></div>
<div class="yiv193642887MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D;">Quality Assurance Engineering Lead</span></i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D;"></span></div>
<div class="yiv193642887MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D;">Algebraix Data Corporation</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D;"></span></div>
<div class="yiv193642887MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;color:#1F497D;">9601 Amberglen Blvd, Suite G-119</span></div>
<div class="yiv193642887MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;color:#1F497D;">Austin, TX 78729</span></div>
<div class="yiv193642887MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#1F497D;">v: (512) 651-5834</span></div>
<div class="yiv193642887MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#1F497D;">f: (512) 651-5844</span></div>
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<div class="yiv193642887MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;"> yapc [mailto:yapc-bounces+gmeece=algebraixdata.com@pm.org]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Reini Urban<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, April 11, 2013 3:17 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Tobias Leich<br>
<b>Cc:</b> YAPC::NA; Uri Guttman<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: Hotel room pricing (Was: Re: Dorm room pricing?)</span></div>
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<div class="yiv193642887MsoNormal">Tobias,</div>
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<div class="yiv193642887MsoNormal">$60 is a typical price at any of the motels along I35.</div>
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<div class="yiv193642887MsoNormal">I call them the "Indians".</div>
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<div class="yiv193642887MsoNormal">You can also check <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://booking.com/">booking.com</a> and best do it from a linux browser, not mac, as the rates may change.</div>
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<div class="yiv193642887MsoNormal">On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 2:07 PM, Tobias Leich <<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:email@froggs.de" target="_blank" href="mailto:email@froggs.de">email@froggs.de</a>> wrote:</div>
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<div class="yiv193642887MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;">I'm not sure if I make a mistake or not, but I booked a room for less then 60USD right now...<br>
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Here: http://www.qualityinn.com/ires/en-US/html/RoomAvailability?hotel=TX787<br>
Found it via: http://www.choicehotels.com/<br>
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Cheers, Tobias<br>
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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...<br>
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<div class="yiv193642887MsoNormal">Am 11.04.2013 19:45, schrieb Matthew Wilson:</div>
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<div class="yiv193642887MsoNormal">Through some experimentation just now, I discovered that a minimum of 7 night stay is required [at this time, anyway] for the $119-prepay rate to be displayed. Since the room that I booked was for 7 nights, the rate showed up for me, and
that's what I'd been searching afterward too. Here's what appeared not 5 minutes ago (see image attachment):</div>
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<div class="yiv193642887MsoNormal">On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 10:02 AM, Patrick R. Michaud <<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:pmichaud@pobox.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:pmichaud@pobox.com">pmichaud@pobox.com</a>> wrote:</div>
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<div class="yiv193642887MsoNormal">On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 11:11:36AM -0400, Uri Guttman wrote:<br>
> On 04/11/2013 08:50 AM, Daniel Wright wrote:</div>
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<div class="yiv193642887MsoNormal">> >Nope. According to the contract, that rate should be valid for any number of nights between 5/31/13 and 6/8/13. If you are booking on a date outside of that range, they may charge you standard rack rate.<br>
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<div class="yiv193642887MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;">> i did the same for sun-sat. spoke to the hotel and also hilton<br>
> reservations and no prepay or $119 deal was found. i still would<br>
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<div class="yiv193642887MsoNormal">This past weekend I did see the $119 rate available, but it was through<br>
the standard "best available / advance purchase" rate and not through<br>
the group code. "Best available rate" was $139, advance purchase was $119.<br>
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It appears to me that Doubletree has now sold out of their $119-level<br>
advance purchase rooms; when I looked for a reservation just now I see<br>
that their best available (cancellable) rate is $159, advance purchase<br>
(no cancellation) is $139, and the conference rate (cancellable) is $139.<br>
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HTH,<br>
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