D*C panic attack!! by MsA

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D*C panic attack!!

POSTED BY: MSA
UPDATED: Thursday, February 19, 2009 15:58
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Saturday, February 7, 2009 3:57 PM

OK so last year I booked Dragon Con in January and there was no problem
This year in January it was totally booked... and now all the overflow hotels are completely booked as well. So anyone have an extra room????
I booked a nearby hotel, but we'd really like to be in the Hyatt or Marriott ( by the way kind of pissed that those dippy football fans are infringing on our hotel)

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Saturday, February 7, 2009 4:12 PM

ZEROKIRYU

According to the D*C site, the Hilton and the Sheraton still have rooms.

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Saturday, February 7, 2009 4:32 PM

MSA

Yeah I just got off the phone with the Sheraton and Hilton...NOPE they are Sold OUT.
I emailed D*C's site to let them know

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It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

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Saturday, February 7, 2009 4:53 PM

ZEROKIRYU

Damn...sorry to hear that. Wish there was more I could do to help.

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Saturday, February 7, 2009 4:54 PM

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Saturday, February 7, 2009 5:10 PM

KAREL

Flying on duct tape and a damaged registry.

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Sunday, February 8, 2009 7:44 AM

MSA

yeah I am really hoping lots of people have their rooms already or we'll be scattered far and wide
and I am hoping there will be a cancellation

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
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Sunday, February 8, 2009 1:27 PM

ROXYFREEFALL

Woman, you are completely off your nut.

Noooo, you have to get a room!!

*bump* so this stays up there. Must find roommates!!

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Just when you thought it was safe...

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Sunday, February 8, 2009 1:36 PM

ENGINEANGEL

oh honey! I don't think you'd want this one but I DO have a room booked in the Mariott that I got before I found one in the Hyatt and I haven't canceled it yet. The problem is it's a big fancy suite (the only thing they had), aka about $500 a night! :( But I thought I'd offer it to you.

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Sunday, February 8, 2009 3:00 PM

ENGINEANGEL

I also let rose and her friend cara know, so you'd have some roomies built in if you all wanted it

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Sunday, February 8, 2009 3:02 PM

MSA

OK yup we will take it and we'd love to share with Rose and Clara...and maybe Navy and ABMichael could bunk in the livingroom area. The suites are NICE!!!

HUGS I am so glad you booked it.

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
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Sunday, February 8, 2009 3:06 PM

PHOENIXROSE

You think you know--what's to come, what you are. You haven't even begun.

I will totally share with you. We get five or six people in that room, we can swing it just fine, right? :)

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Sunday, February 8, 2009 3:08 PM

MSA

Yup 5 people means $100 a night Works for me:) I will check and see if Vex would like in since she's stuck at the Sheraton. Apparently the evil football people have commandeered our rooms...jerks!

oh and we will have a kitchen and microwave( Ken and Niki had the suite last time it was gorgeous) There are two bathrooms!!!

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

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Sunday, February 8, 2009 3:09 PM

ENGINEANGEL

navy and mick already have a room with zero and somebody in the hyatt next to ours, but I'm SURE you could find someone else to share more with! omg i'm so glad i could help! And it's Cara, Rose's friend, not Clara, mine.

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"Never lie, steal, cheat, or drink. But if you must lie, lie in the arms of the one you love. If you must steal, steal away from bad company. If you must cheat, cheat death. And if you must drink, drink in the moments that take your breath away."

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Sunday, February 8, 2009 3:11 PM

MSA

Oh this is perfect I've wanted to meet Rose's Cara and I just know we can find another person to go in with us... YAY!!!
Engie you are a life saver! HUGS

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
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Sunday, February 8, 2009 3:13 PM

ENGINEANGEL

i'm so glad i could help!!!!

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Sunday, February 8, 2009 3:15 PM

MSA

OH you have made me so so so happy Engie!! I was so not happy over being stuck in a hotel blocks away from all teh fun. You are a total lifesaver. Plus the suite willmean we can have Ken and Niki stop and pick up some groceries and we won't have to eat junk food the whole time... oh happy day!!

EDIT oh I will check Ken and Niki 'cause they might need floor space and maybe Jenna and Ray might as well and they're all loads of fun

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Sunday, February 8, 2009 3:27 PM

PHOENIXROSE

You think you know--what's to come, what you are. You haven't even begun.

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Originally posted by MsA:
Apparently the evil football people have commandeered our rooms...jerks!

What the hell are they doing booking rooms almost a year in advance, anyway?

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Sunday, February 8, 2009 3:37 PM

ENGINEANGEL

i'm totally getting in on some of those groceries

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Sunday, February 8, 2009 4:29 PM

THEREALME

Damn! Guess I might not make it this year. How early do you have to book these things?

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Sunday, February 8, 2009 4:33 PM

MSA

Hey we have space on the floor in the living area of our suite ( couch space as well) it'll be about $50 a night... if you want in

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
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Wednesday, February 11, 2009 4:05 PM

THEREALME

Thank you very much for your kind offer. I may take it. I still have not checked with work yet to see if I could get that time off.

Would I officially be staying there, or would I be over the limit of the number the hotel will allow in one room?

Sneak in the back way? You'll leave the window unlocked for me at night?

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Wednesday, February 11, 2009 5:17 PM

MSA

Oh you'll be official.. it's not big. They expect that at D*C

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Thursday, February 12, 2009 6:50 AM

EARTHGIRL

I thought the problem with the football people was last year- don't tell me there's ANOTHER game the same weekend there. They suck

ANYWAY! I have 2 rooms in the Hilton (behind the marriot- or is it in front of? I get so turned around) that I will not be using. Plus one in the marriott that I won't be using. I was holding on to those all until it gets closer in case something happened with the room reservation that I *do* need.

The rates I have reserved are as follows:
Hilton $175.00 a night plus taxes etc, 2 double beds
Marriott $329.00 a night plus taxes etc, 1 King or 2 double beds

If you take these rooms they WOULD NEED TO BE OUT OF MY NAME AND CREDIT CARD COMPLETELY. The Hilton has already charged me $212.00 for each room as a way to hold the room. I would need that credited to me as well (D*C is very expensive as it is, and then when you're a 2 person business...! Well, I just have to cover my financial butt as much as I can here, you understand.)

I was going to just cancel the room reservations when i was sure I didn't need them, but I am willing to try and work something out.

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Thursday, February 12, 2009 9:29 AM

MSA

bumping to help out

Hey earthgirl you might want to also post this info on the 76th. Hang on to those rooms I can guarantee you will find people to take them off your hands. Dreaded football people suck!

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
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Thursday, February 12, 2009 9:45 AM

CALIFORNIAKAYLEE

I've been keeping half an eye on the DC comm on LiveJournal ( http://community.livejournal.com/dragoncon/ ) in the hope I would be able to make it to DC this year (doesn't look like it at this point), and IIRC posts about the hotels being sold out started showing up in *November*. Everything but the Sheraton has been sold out for a long time, at least at the con rate. From what I read everything went extra fast this year because of the problems with the football fans using the code last year. And on top of that I think there's another football game and maybe a Nascar event that same weekend this year?

Anyhow, there have been a lot of posts to the LJ community about "zomg! rooms sold out already?!" and TPTB seem to be directing people here: http://community.livejournal.com/dragonconrooms/ . I guess on top of the issues with non-DC people using the code, and the rush because of the problems last year, a lot of people grabbed whole chunks of rooms "just in case", and people at the LJ community generally seem to think that a lot of those rooms will be up for transfer as DC gets closer and people figure out exactly how many rooms they actually need. So they're trying to encourage everyone to use the DragonConRooms comm to transfer any extra rooms they have to others who are actually going to DC.

One thing I have seen over and over, though, is reminders to *not* just cancel a reservation, especially if it's at the con rate, because the hotels will put that room back in the public pool, not the con rate pool. The hotels will let you transfer a room to someone else, and I think the DragonConRooms comm has info on how all that works. Anyhow, it's a good resource if you're looking for a room or looking for more roommates.

~CK

You can't take the sky from me...

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Thursday, February 12, 2009 9:49 AM

MSA

HUGS CK yup I talked directly to the Atlanta Hyatt and Marriott and they both said they had 10-20 rooms attached to a single card and that multiple cards were being used. So one person was holding 20 rooms another holding 10 etc. I am hoping that we can keep this open as a way for people to trade rooms they booked and don't need to those that need them. I'm just really annoyed with all these football people rushing in and taking our rooms.

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

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Thursday, February 12, 2009 10:52 AM

CALIFORNIAKAYLEE

Honestly this year I'm not sure it was the footballers taking the rooms, so much as the fear of footballers prompting DCers to book extra rooms extra early. Last year there was an issue with the football fans using the code, but this year I think (again, if I remember correctly -- it was a few months ago) the DC rate code was released on the LJ community way before it was put up on the main DC page, like early or mid October (even before some of the hotels could access the date in their booking system -- so more than 11 months out, I guess). Unless the football fans know to check the LJ community as well as the main site, I think most of the people who booked between then and when people started saying things were booked up in early November are actual DCers. I mean, one person booking 20 rooms? That sounds to me like someone who got burned by the footballers last year and didn't want the same to happen again to them or their friends.

If this is the case, then probably a bunch of rooms will become available on the DragonConRooms comm over the summer, as people figure out exactly how many rooms they need for DC. Hopefully this is mostly a case of DCers not wanting to get burned again than it is of football fans planning 10-11 months in advance and booking 20 rooms on one card.

~CK

You can't take the sky from me...

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Thursday, February 12, 2009 11:10 AM

CALIFORNIAKAYLEE

So I went and took a quick look through the archives of http://community.livejournal.com/dragoncon and it looks like on Sept 30, 2008 a post went up about the Marriott accepting reservations at midnight: http://community.livejournal.com/dragoncon/1840665.html . And then there are two posts from the next day saying that the Marriott is sold out: http://community.livejournal.com/dragoncon/1841662.html and the others are filling up or sold out: http://community.livejournal.com/dragoncon/1842311.html . Going back further, there's a post from Sept 13, 2008 with people talking about booking at the Hyatt and Hilton already: http://community.livejournal.com/dragoncon/1825930.html

So I think a lot of DC people just got a really early jump on it this year, probably as soon as the hotels' systems would let them book. But I still think a lot of those will end up being released on DragonConRooms eventually.

~CK

You can't take the sky from me...

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Thursday, February 12, 2009 11:23 AM

MSA

I hope so...'cause I was sooooo unhappy when I couldn't get a room ( luckily sweet Engie had a solution)

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

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Thursday, February 12, 2009 4:40 PM

THEREALME

With kind regards to the generous MSA, I think I would like my own bed if I could get it. Getting sort of delicate in my old age for lying on the floor. Earthgirl, if your room is available, please let me know.

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Thursday, February 12, 2009 6:06 PM

MSA

No worries Therealme:) Beds are always good

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

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Wednesday, February 18, 2009 7:17 PM

KAREL

Flying on duct tape and a damaged registry.

OK. Here's the situation as of tonight, 2/18:

Hyatt, Marriott, Hilton, Sheraton, Hampton, Days Inn: Sold out!

Westin: $$$. (Didn't check availability.)

Baymont, Wyndham: Odd, they both have the same address! 175 Piedmont St. NE. Rooms are available, but not at the D*C rate. About the same price as the Hyatt D*C rate, but a short block farther away than the Sheraton. We've booked a room at the Wyndham.

Edit, 2/19: They've added The Glenn Hotel to the overflow list.