Originally Posted by
toomanybooks
For those who have hotel reservations but who have not yet registered for the DO:
The hotel apparently will not give us your email addresses, which I can understand. We will be able to do some name- and reservation-number-matching to see if you have registered, but it is not 100%, because of nicknames, people registering for more than one person, etc. As of 10:30 am Central on Wednesday, we have 106 DO registrants.
If you have friends who have hotel rooms reserved, please contact them and make sure they have registered.
If you have yet to register, please don't dawdle. I will post the handles of all DO registrants sometime today or tomorrow.
Can you explain what purpose is served by linking hotel and event registrations?
Are hotel guests guaranteed spots at the event?
Are hotel reservations subject to cancellation if not associated with paid event registration?
Do guests with hotel + event registrations get some extra benefit?
Or is this just so that the organizers can have a better idea of where people are staying for shuttle planning purposes?