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

[Eric M. Aldrich I]

No shit. Email sent and I'll be on the phone with them tomorrow.

Eric

On 08 May, 2008, at 22:46, Eric Burgess wrote:

> 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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