Re: [87attendees] [87all] IETF 87 Berlin Meeting Review

[Phil Hunt <[e-mail]>]

I wonder if we are adding to the problem. So many IETFers book as soon as the meeting is announced but then change their reservation to adjust to actual travel. 

Is this leading hotels to think they have more rooms than they think? Particularly on mondays?

Phil

On 2013-08-15, at 8:18, Paul Kyzivat <[e-mail]> wrote:

> I don't think we should imagine that we can have a major influence on the booking policies of hotel chains. I'm sure they think long and hard about this, and the tradeoffs that overbooking entails. (Just as airlines clearly do.)
> 
> Do major hotel chains differ in a significant way about how they handle this? If so, maybe we could insist on being told what the policy is, and then use that as a factor in which hotels we choose.
> 
>    Thanks,
>    Paul
> 
> On 8/15/13 11:13 AM, Jakob Heitz wrote:
>> Don't book more people than rooms.
>> If a booked person doesn't show, let the hotel charge that person a cancellation fee to cover revenue lost due to empty rooms.
>> 
>> --
>> Jakob Heitz.
>> 
>> 
>> On Aug 15, 2013, at 6:28 AM, "John R Levine" <[e-mail]> wrote:
>> 
>>>> Don't bump anyone.  Apply a cancelation fee.
>>> 
>>> Not an option.  If the hotel has more people than rooms, they have to bump someone, and there's no way to force a person who's checked into a room out of it.
>>> 
>>> Regards,
>>> John Levine, [e-mail], Taughannock Networks, Trumansburg NY
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