[Deptheads] Fwd: Strategicon Parking RE: [SoCalgamers] Anyone going to the Board Game Meetup @ Gameology Saturday May10th

[Eric Burgess]

This is getting out of hand. The same guy is posting the fact that you can
get a room cheaper on Expedia.com for the con nights.

http://www.expedia.com/pub/agent.dll?qscr=htwv&from=m&stat=1&khst=2&locn=LAX&ploc=LAX&date1=5/23/2008&date2=5/26/2008&cadu1=2&crom=1&rdct=1&&zz=1210311593656&


The rooms are cheaper than the con rate. 97, 97 and 89 bucks a night for
Memorial Day Weekend. They need to drop that rate. I personally know of
another con that got caught in this and the hotel dropped the rate
immediately.


 ---------- Forwarded message ----------
From:  <scheymorton at yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, May 8, 2008 at 10:09 PM
Subject: Re: Strategicon Parking RE: [SoCalgamers] Anyone going to the Board
Game Meetup @ Gameology Saturday May10th
To: SoCalgamers at yahoogroups.com
 Thank you all for your responses. I saw on the website that the rate does
not include parking, but on Expedia I was able to get the same room without
parking for $95 and change. That makes it about the same price as I paid
last time with parking included.
 ----- Original Message ----
From: Gayle Charboneau <monkedoodles at yahoo.com>
To: SoCalgamers at yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, May 8, 2008 8:03:47 PM
Subject: Re: Strategicon Parking RE: [SoCalgamers] Anyone going to the Board
Game Meetup @ Gameology Saturday May10th
 Hi Cris,
I am sure Patrick or Karl will be able to give a better reply, but I can
tell it has been posted that the $99 per night rate does NOT include
parking.  It has not been made clear if valet or handicap parking is also
closed, but I guess a call to the hotel is worth a try. If they are talking
the lot right next to the hotel, then it isn't that big of a deal to walk.
It it not much further than the parking lot of the hotel.
I agree, I thought I would never miss the Westin, but we must march on.

For SPG points, I got the American Express and rack up the points that way.
Brett and I are up to a free weekend stay at Planet Hollywood in Vegas.

Gayle




Chris Johnson <cjohnson at tsla. net> wrote:
 Whoa.

Is *all* of the hotel's parking going to be shut down? That is not what has
been implied (though they *have* been pussyfooting around the issue).

If that is the case, the convention should be *very* explicit about that; or
they are going to have a *lot* of annoyed-to-pissed- off people in their
face.

Mandatory offsite parking will seriously impact attendance; I know at least
a few people who simply will not deal with that. And, if people do have to
park elsewhere, everyone with SPG cards (from the time at the Westin) will
probably opt to stay at the Sheraton Gateway, which counts for SPG points,
and is cheaper. Not so good for the Radisson or the convention.

This move is looking worse and worse; I chalked the issues with the hotel
*last* time up to growing/changing pains (even though the issues
aren't actually likely to go away or get better), but this is sounding even
worse...

Patrick, care to chime in with something approaching an official word?  :)

Chris




 ________________________________
From: SoCalgamers@ yahoogroups. com [mailto:SoCalgamers @yahoogroups. com]
On Behalf Of scheymorton@ yahoo.com
Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2008 7:50 PM
To: SoCalgamers@ yahoogroups. com
Subject: Re: [SoCalgamers] Anyone going to the Board Game Meetup @ Gameology
Saturday May10th
 Does anyone know if the con rate includes parking? I know it is off site,
but I can't find if it is still included. Does not make sense if they
knocked 10 bucks off the room to charge us 13 for off site parking. Who
would have thought I would miss the Westin!
 ----- Original Message ----
From: Karl Kreder <zeotter at gmail. com>
To: SoCal Gamers <SoCalgamers@ yahoogroups. com>
Sent: Wednesday, May 7, 2008 3:38:09 PM
Subject: [SoCalgamers] Anyone going to the Board Game Meetup @ Gameology
Saturday May10th
 Just wondering if anyone is going to be there?  And if some what games to
people want to play.
 --
Karl (zeotter at gmail. com)
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