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Cheap hotels at oopsla

jWarrior
Doug Way posted this on the Squeak list. It worked for me too.

> Just a quick suggestion to anyone going to OOPSLA who hasn't booked a
> hotel room yet:  I was originally going to try to find a somewhat
> cheaper hotel downtown than the suggested ones (which had "special"
> OOPSLA rates of $140-$150 per night), such as the Holiday Inn several
> blocks away for about $100.  But then I happened to try priceline.com,
> and set a price of $50/night for any 3-star hotel, and it actually
> reserved the Marriott Waterside (adjacent to the conference,
originally
> $150)!  (This was for Sat.-Wed.)

> - Doug Way
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Frank A. Adrian-2
Donald MacQueen wrote:

> Doug Way posted this on the Squeak list. It worked for me too.
>
>> Just a quick suggestion to anyone going to OOPSLA who hasn't booked a
>> hotel room yet:  I was originally going to try to find a somewhat
>> cheaper hotel downtown than the suggested ones (which had "special"
>> OOPSLA rates of $140-$150 per night), such as the Holiday Inn several
>> blocks away for about $100.  But then I happened to try priceline.com,
>> and set a price of $50/night for any 3-star hotel, and it actually
>> reserved the Marriott Waterside (adjacent to the conference,
> originally
>> $150)!  (This was for Sat.-Wed.)

Given the recent unpleasantness in NYC and following travel restrictions by
many companies, as well as vacation cancellation by the nervous, you might
be able to find any number of rooms available.  Shop around.  Hotels are
desperate to book guests any way they can...

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