Re: So, where to repeat? (was:Re: management granularity)

[Geoff Mulligan <[e-mail]>]

The Orlando airport is a nightmare almost any time and will be even worse during this upcoming IETF.  When I had my FlyClear card it was the only airport where I ever felt that it was necessary.

Avoiding Orlando during the many weeks a spring break would have been good.

Geoff




On Aug 6, 2012, at 6:14 PM, Michael Richardson <[e-mail]> wrote:

> 
>> I've never been to an IETF meeting where the plane fare has exceeded the
>> hotel cost for a week. 
> 
> note: I pay my own way, and make all my own arrangements.
> 
> The only meetings where my hotel costs exceeded my transporation costs
> were the Montreal IETFs (I live in Ottawa).  When I've flown I have
> seldom ever been on direct flights.
> 
> I *do* avoid the main hotel if the price is poor.  I did get the
> Sheraton Wall (backup hotel IETF84), via hotwire.com, which surprised me.
> 
> I find staying over saturday night no longer has any affect on my travel
> costs. 
> 
> I do prefer returning to the same places, and I do like Minneapolis.
> (Yes, even in March and November)
> 
> I am more concerned that we have three north-american IETFs in a row
> (Vancouver, Atlanta, Orlando), and 4 of the next 6 are in North America.
> (Not counting Hawaii as North America for the purposes of travel
> budgets, or it's be 5/7)
> 
> I'm also concerned about going popular places (Quebec, Orlando) during
> peak tourist season. 
> 
> -- 
> Michael Richardson <[e-mail]>, Sandelman Software Works 
>