LA.pm: Defcon! (cheap transportation and stuff)

[Scott Francis]

unfortunately, after taking 2 weeks off for vacation last month,
followed by a week of work and then another week off for YAPC, I can't
take off anymore for a while. =\

(much as I'd like to go) ...

"Samy Kamkar [CommPort5]" wrote:
> 
> Who's up for some Defcon?  A few of us were talking about it today in
> #LA.pm (on Efnet) and Jeff Yoak brought up vegasnow.com...Apperently for
> $55 (a person) you can get to defcon, and $55 back.  Good thing is it's
> all through vans, and we can get a great deal if we get the entire van
> ($720 round trip).  Also: "Take $20 off the roundtrip fare for each
> additional passenger departing from the same location."  This'll save
> even more if we get together before leaving.  So this was my thoughts:
> On Thursday (AFTER 11 AM!) we can all meet somewhere (if we all take a
> bus or something) for (?:l|br)unch, probably, and have a van arranged to
> pick us all up there.  Then we get on our way to Las Vegas...Thursday we
> can 'see the sites' and things like that.  And then leave ASAP after
> defcon (when it ends on Sunday) and try to get back to LA before Monday,
> this would be good so it doesn't interupt any more work/school :)  We
> can stay till sometime Monday but it would be bad to stay any time after
> Monday.  Now, if we get enough people (at least 7) we can get the entire
> van for for less than $110 total (about $103 if 7 people, $90 with 8,
> $80 with 9...), round trip.  Defcon is Friday-Sunday (July 28th-30th).
> We already have a few people willing to come...so please email the list,
> or directly to me if you wish, if you are willing to come!  Also tell us
> what kind of accomodations you'll need for Las Vegas, because I can find
> some hotels and other things and see who wants to pair up or anything.
> Please email the list asap since there's not much time left :)
> -Sam

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