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Posted by kevinrg del_grande
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del_grande wrote:I can see two problems with this off the top of my head.
#1 - "more rooms for the rich"
#2 - there will be people who can only attend, say, Thursday through Sunday, but will get a 6-night reservation because they thought that was the only way they could guarantee getting a downtown room; what happens when they arrive and the hotel informs them, "You didn't show up, so we gave your room to someone else"?

Talking about when the portal opens, not getting bumped.   It opens and you start at 'if you book a room, its a min 7 days.   Then a week later drops to 6.. then 5 then 4.   

As for 'more rooms for the rich' it's capitalism.   Entire Con is capitalism.    Whomever can commit to the most days probably should have priority.

But regardless of my thoughts I'm still thinking 5 days is in the cards for more hotels in 2025 and I'm thankful that the hotels and Gen Con do this because if this was pure capitalism, there would be no housing block.   It would just be open season on hotels and pricing.

Posted by schultzeey
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Posted by del_grande kevinrg
#28

kevinrg wrote:
del_grande wrote:I can see two problems with this off the top of my head.
#1 - "more rooms for the rich"
#2 - there will be people who can only attend, say, Thursday through Sunday, but will get a 6-night reservation because they thought that was the only way they could guarantee getting a downtown room; what happens when they arrive and the hotel informs them, "You didn't show up, so we gave your room to someone else"?
Talking about when the portal opens, not getting bumped.   It opens and you start at 'if you book a room, its a min 7 days.   Then a week later drops to 6.. then 5 then 4.   
As for 'more rooms for the rich' it's capitalism.   Entire Con is capitalism.    Whomever can commit to the most days probably should have priority.
But regardless of my thoughts I'm still thinking 5 days is in the cards for more hotels in 2025 and I'm thankful that the hotels and Gen Con do this because if this was pure capitalism, there would be no housing block.   It would just be open season on hotels and pricing.

In that case, Gen Con will need to make it quite clear to people that they cannot choose to reduce their 7-day reservation to 3 days later (because they never intended anything other than arrive on Thursday and leave on Sunday, but made a 7-night reservation because that's all that was available), and if they no-show the first night, either they will be charged for the room or the reservation will be canceled and the room made available to someone else. Either that, or they pay for the full 7 days in advance, but if an emergency prevents them from coming at all, the whole thing is refundable up to a few days before the con begins.

Posted by njseahawksfan kevinrg
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kevinrg wrote:
=inherit   I've never met anyone that stays Wed-Su.I'm sure hotels have historical data on if it is better to do Tu-Sa or We-Sun to maximize occupancies rates.   Is Gen Con going to lean Tu-Sa because of vendors?  Probably.
You have now.  I drive in on Wednesday and drive home on Monday.  Most the folks I know who drive more than 4-5 hours stay over on Sunday.

Posted by kevinrg
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You completely missed where I did the same to the other persons "I've never met anyone that stayed Tu-Sun."   Going in circles.

Posted by faseel amjad
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