I'll add that I think we should consider consider making one hotel our preferred hotel in exchange for a larger discount. This would also make things simpler for both organizers and attendees that need a hotel. On Mar 11, 2013 11:51 AM, "Patty Langasek" <harmo...@dodds.net> wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 04:22:53PM +0100, Giacomo Catenazzi wrote: > > On 11.03.2013 16:13, Raphaël Walther wrote: > > >Now, it looks like we need already the final number of room we need. > > >Obviously, she doesn't want me to book 10 rooms and have three people > > >coming at the end. > > > Thank you for your job, but it is not really our business going so > > in details. I think we should provide the names of few hotels near > > Le Camp (in the wiki, with ev. few additional information), but we > > should stop there. Reservations, prices and other issues (category, > > room types, etc) should be a task for attendee. Doing it centralized > > is a huge task, which IMHO could cause only problems (no-show, > > overbooking because people forgot to answer mails, etc.) > > > Remember one of DebConf motto: "we are not a travel agency" > > While DebConf isn't a travel agency, remember that many hotels will offer > conference discounts, but the conference organizers will need to discuss > with the local hotels what's going on and see if they're willing to offer a > conference discount at all. > > So, it's a happy medium to get minor information, get minor support from > local hotels and share that information with the attendees. Thank you, > Raphaël, for looking into the hotel. Will DebConf attendees be able to > contact them and say they're with DebConf to get the ~10% off the room > rate? > > Some attendees will be much more comfortable in hotel lodgings, which will > ease a lot of the accommodation burden placed on Le Camp. The orga team > doesn't have to (and should not!!) make those arrangements *for* them, but > doing minor legwork (such as pre-clearing conference discounts and > announcing which hotels have been contacted) still helps. :) > > -- > ---------------------------------------------------------- > > Patty Langasek > harmo...@dodds.net > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > > At times, you may end up far away from home; you may not be > sure of where you belong, anymore. But home is always > there... because home is not a place. It's wherever your > passion takes you. > --- J. Michael Straczynski > _______________________________________________ > Debconf-team mailing list > Debconf-team@lists.debconf.org > http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-team >
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