Ask to talk to the person in charge of organizing events at the hotel. Front desk people will give you no love.
And I always give myself a title:
"Hi, I'm an event coordinator for a Web-based networking site, and I am pricing hotels in the area for a small event for my client. What prices can you give me on a bloc of rooms, a mix of singles and doubles, for approx. 40 people?
Also, we would need a room or suite that would be used for socializing meetings, with a large screen TV and a DVD player. What kind of internet access do you provide, and are there any charges?
In addition, my client wants a Saturday night cocktail party with hors d'ourves, with room for music and dancing. What kind of package can you put together for me to look at?"
Also, have your dates at hand.
Wow, we don't sound crazy at all.
Windsparrow, do you have the RFP from Vortex? That details our needs very well and you could use that as a reference for calling.
Wow, we don't sound crazy at all.
I know. Erin's an artist with these things.
Thanks, y'all.
I keep waiting for the job position with the title "Bullshitting Your Way to Respectability" to open; I would totally make y'all write me reference letters!
Well you would write the reference letters. We would just sign them. Now off to post-minor-surgery nap.
Erin, I may use your script for further calls.
Windsparrow, do you have the RFP from Vortex? That details our needs very well and you could use that as a reference for calling.
I do, and referring to it helped a lot in talking to the one human being I ever got hold of.
Nah, politics is too slimy for me. I'm good at situational BS, not deluding myself and others as a life goal.
Also, WAY too many blackmail pix from college floating around. (I DID inhale.)
Erin, that's awesome. Laga, I laughed because I had the same thought.
