Re: Fwd: YAPC::NA::2004 Call for Venue

[Adam Turoff <ziggy@panix.com>]

On Fri, Jun 20, 2003 at 03:45:24PM -0400, Walt Mankowski wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 20, 2003 at 03:41:16PM -0400, Adam Turoff wrote:
> > One question that we fail to ask every year at the town hall is how many
> > people would attend and stay at a hotel if the dorms weren't available.
> > If TPF can clarify that issue, then perhaps the lack of dorms in Philly
> > isn't a dealbreaker after all.
> 
> Are there enough affordable hotel rooms nearby?  Having never had to
> stay in a hotel in Philly, I don't have any idea what, say, the
> Sheraton University City might charge.

Hard to say.  Expedia says that a 5 day stay next month is in the
$100-$125 range.  Not bad considering the hotel in PGH was $95/night
four years ago.

Of course, they list hotels all over the map, from Cherry Hill to West
Chester, Northeast Philly to the airport, and the downtown chain rates
are significantly higher, as you would expect.

Expedia isn't booking too far in advance, and shows nothing past 5/15/04.

Z.

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