Re: IETF 104 Registration and Hotel Reservations Openo

Chown T. <tjc@ecs.soton.ac.uk> Thu, 20 December 2018 12:17 UTC

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From: "Chown T." <tjc@ecs.soton.ac.uk>
To: "Andrew G. Malis" <agmalis@gmail.com>
CC: "Jeffrey (Zhaohui) Zhang" <zzhang@juniper.net>, IETF Discussion <ietf@ietf.org>
Subject: Re: IETF 104 Registration and Hotel Reservations Openo
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> On 20 Dec 2018, at 12:07, Andrew G. Malis <agmalis@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Tim,
> 
> Prepaid nonrefundable reservations are always much less expensive than normal reservations, and also don't include breakfast. You have to compare against their best rate that isn't non-refundable and includes breakfast.
> 
> I do agree, a 21-day cancellation policy isn't the best, but if that's an issue for you, you can stay at the Hilton Old Town, which has a 48-hour cancellation policy.

It's just odd it's been increased from IETFs 80, 93 and 99 in Prague where it was 7 days.  I couldn't see from my past bookings then how much deposit they charged, and whether it was 3 nights.

Tim

> Cheers,
> Andy
> 
> On Thu, Dec 20, 2018 at 6:45 AM Chown T. <tjc@ecs.soton.ac.uk> wrote:
> > On 20 Dec 2018, at 03:33, Jeffrey (Zhaohui) Zhang <zzhang@juniper.net> wrote:
> > 
> > " Cancel with No Penalty: 21 Days prior to check-in/ arrival"
> 
> And they take a 3-night fee as a deposit until then.
> 
> If you book the hotel as a Hilton Honors member (or join the scheme on booking) you can get the rooms for 3,525 Kč rather than the IETF rate of 3,850, so about 10% cheaper, BUT you pay everything up front and lose the booking payment if you cancel at any time.
> 
> Tim
>