Re: [73attendees] Attendance by country

[Nicholas Weaver <[e-mail]>]

On Dec 3, 2008, at 7:34 AM, Mary Barnes wrote:

> Definitely hotel prices (and meal prices) will be higher in SF -  
> likely
> around $50-$75 per nite for the hotel (on average) and meals I'm
> guessing are going to be around $20 per day more - for the equivalent
> restaurant categories as were available in Minneapolis. Given that  
> many
> companies find cutting travel costs to be an easy target, some of us  
> are
> having our daily meal expenditures (for those of us on expenses) cut
> $10-$20.
>
> So, I agree comparing airfare only between SF and Minneapolis won't  
> give
> you a true comparison of overall costs for the two meeting sites. In
> general, Minneapolis is a bargain compared to most other major U.S.
> cities.

OTOH, if you look at aggregate expenses across all participants,  
holding an IETF meeting in the SF bay area may result in less total  
spending, because of the attendees, what fraction are from Silicon  
Valley?  Or who, if travel budgets are a concern, know friends who  
live in Silicon Valley?

Has the actual hotel & location been announced, however?

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