[Groop] San Diego Hotel Problems

[azamin zainol abidin]

Last option .. (for those who have friends/relatives in San Diego).. call
them... saying you'll be at their house for 1 or 2 nights... heheheh

For muslims... there is several mosque/Islamic centers in San Diego...
http://www.icsd.org/
http://www.sandiego.edu/theo/sdrel/pw/icsd.html
http://www.mcc-gsd.org/CenterList.htm
http://www.massandiego.org/



Quoting Gary Grossmann <grossfamm at comcast.net>:

> Hi Folks!
>
> Or more specifically, Folks who plan on going to the San Diego Con.
>
> I have checked various hotels in San Diego and without the help of
> booking through the Con (which starts February 15) getting a reasonable
> rate is hopeless.  The mid-range place I've stayed at recently, the
> Bristol, is already booked and they are NOT one of the hotels hooked up
> with the Con.  The two low priced hotels in easy walking distance from
> the Con (Comfort Inn and Days Inn, normally about $90,  have upped
> their rates about $250 per night, minimum 3 nights!!! I hope Groo stays
> there!!!
>
> I guess this is the difference between the Con drawing 80-100,00 as
> opposed to a mere 60,000 a few years ago.
>
> Even the Hostels have upped their prices from around $50 bucks a night
> to $80-90 (bathroom down the hall)
>
> So your best bet for a decent room at a decent price is to go through
> the Con, which has apparently made a lot of deals with a lot of hotels
> to basically charge their regular prices.  You cannot book a
> reservation before 9:00am PST, February 15th.  My guess is by 9:15, all
> the rooms they have reserved in the various hotels will be gone.  So I
> would suggest any of you who are going to have your dialing finger
> ready to go at the stroke of 9:00 PST next Wednesday!!!
>
> By the way, there are some reasonable hotels on the list where three
> guys could split the cost and stay for $50-$70 bucks a night.  I would
> be interested in hooking up with a couple guys for that kind of deal.
> (No Long Suffering Mrs. G. this year. Darn!)
>
> So whose going anyway and what are your housing plans?  (And Kaytee, I
> don't want to here it! hee-hee).
>
> Take care all -Gary G.
>
>
>



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