Seattle hotel taxes are 15.6%. Just FYI.
Mal: Okay. She won't be winning any beauty contests anytime soon. But she is solid. Ship like this, be with ya 'til the day you die. Zoe: 'Cause it's a deathtrap.
'Out Of Gas'
F2F5: I forget that everyone isn't us
Plan what to do, what to wear (you can never go wrong with a corset), and get ready for the next BuffistaCon.
meara - Apr 02, 2009 2:00:07 pm PDT #896 of 12685
Pete, Husband of Jilli - Apr 02, 2009 2:09:57 pm PDT #897 of 12685
"I've got a gun! I've got a mother-flippin' gun!" - Moss, The IT Crowd
BUT, it's possible they may lower the rates...she's the one who on the phone was all "well, what's the rate that would make you CHOOSE"
Though I note she never alluded to that when we met her. I was waiting.
megan walker - Apr 02, 2009 2:10:16 pm PDT #898 of 12685
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Do we have any sort of head count yet for negotiating purposes?
Pete, Husband of Jilli - Apr 02, 2009 2:18:56 pm PDT #899 of 12685
"I've got a gun! I've got a mother-flippin' gun!" - Moss, The IT Crowd
It's a chicken & egg thing, isn't it? We can't get anything more than a guesstimate head count until we know which hotel - and thus what price - we're picking.
juliana - Apr 02, 2009 3:18:05 pm PDT #900 of 12685
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
It's a chicken & egg thing, isn't it? We can't get anything more than a guesstimate head count until we know which hotel - and thus what price - we're picking.
Exactly. I said 20 rooms when I started the negotiations with the hotels, though.
Pete, Husband of Jilli - Apr 02, 2009 3:23:10 pm PDT #901 of 12685
"I've got a gun! I've got a mother-flippin' gun!" - Moss, The IT Crowd
Yup, 20 is what we've been sticking to.
meara - Apr 02, 2009 3:57:15 pm PDT #902 of 12685
Oooh. The Crowne Plaza just came back with cheaper rates (than they'd been offering)...$159. Of course, their wifi isn't free, so I figure that ends up being $169 for everyone basically...(But I do figure that gives us something to tell the Monaco, when they come back to us)
Pete, Husband of Jilli - Apr 02, 2009 5:35:59 pm PDT #903 of 12685
"I've got a gun! I've got a mother-flippin' gun!" - Moss, The IT Crowd
$159? Cool. That's $20 less than previous, isn't it?
javachik - Apr 02, 2009 7:11:01 pm PDT #904 of 12685
Our wings are not tired.
Yay, I am really happy about the "downtown" aspect. These places sound great. I always associate Crowne Plazas with the boring conferences I have to attend all of the time, and I associate Kimptons with hip and cool and fun.
Associations aren't everything, though!
meara - Apr 02, 2009 7:12:10 pm PDT #905 of 12685
I always associate Crowne Plazas with the boring conferences I have to attend all of the time, and I associate Kimptons with hip and cool and fun.
That's really what I was expecting, Java, but I was pleasantly surprised with the Crowne Plaza.