[Deptheads] Hotel issue on FB

[Eric Burgess]

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On Sun, May 18, 2014 at 11:59 AM, Eric M. Aldrich I <ealdrich at mac.com>wrote:

> Arrrrghhhhhhhhhhh. I need to know this when it happens. Not 3 months after
> the fact.
>
> Eric
>
> On May 18, 2014, at 9:26 AM, E.R. Burgess wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > From: Facebook <notification+y42j6y96 at facebookmail.com>
> > Date: Sun, May 18, 2014 at 9:00 AM
> > Subject: J.l. Robert mentioned you on Facebook
> > To: "Strategicon Conventions" <strategicon at gmail.com>
> >
> > facebook
> >
> > J.l. Robert mentioned you in a comment.
> > J.l. wrote: "I'm not sure who is at fault here. I wasn't able to book a
> 2 bed room for Orccon using the convention rate because I was told the
> convention's allotment had been sold out; I wound up booking one through
> the Hilton website (AAA discount made it maybe $15 more than convention
> rate).
> >
> > Learning from that experience, I went to book a room for GAMEX the week
> after Orccon. Same thing happened!
> >
> > So I don't know if Hilton is trying to pull some sort of stunt, there's
> some sort of computer glitch, or if the room blocks were improperly
> negotiated. But if this issue continues, some people will start to book
> rooms elsewhere out of frustration, or will just stop attending altogether.
> It's a lose-lose-lose situation for the hotel, for Strategicon, and for
> those of us who attend the conventions."
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