WHAT is going on in Washington DC on the 17th?
Oct 8, 2000, 10:20 pm
#1
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WHAT is going on in Washington DC on the 17th?
I've been trying to reserve a room in the Washington DC/Arlington area for the period 15 - 18 Oct, and inevitably the 17th is the problem. There appear to be no rooms with most chains (Marriott, Starwood) or only a rack-rate room with Hilton at Crystal City (and no room at the other Hiltons).
Something has certainly sucked up the supply. Any idea what?
Something has certainly sucked up the supply. Any idea what?
Oct 8, 2000, 10:35 pm
#3
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Location: Newcastle area
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Did you try priceline.com? It seems the chain does not bother you. Punch in $100 a room and see what happens - they seem to have inventory on hand at times if you "bid" the correct price. Sherly has all kinds of $20 Amex etc extra bidding bonues on her site to add to your "pay". www.priceline.com/hotels/itinerary.asp?free=amexsave
Oct 10, 2000, 6:01 pm
#4
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Location: Pasadena, CA. USA
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Probably conventions. I have one there. Maybe you should try the boutique hotels like Hotel Gorge and Hay Adams. You can find them at www.lhw.com
Oct 11, 2000, 9:00 am
#5
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Counsellor -- Try "turbotrip", they show availability of Sheraton National Hotel Arlington ($129) and Holiday Inn and Suites in Alexandria ($159) for the 17th of October.
Intercity Aviation -- same deal, plenty of availability for the 21st in a dozen or so hotels.
http://www.turbotrip.com/usa/dc/wash...iewhotels.html
Intercity Aviation -- same deal, plenty of availability for the 21st in a dozen or so hotels.
http://www.turbotrip.com/usa/dc/wash...iewhotels.html
Oct 15, 2000, 4:42 pm
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Originally posted by Eugene:
Counsellor -- Try "turbotrip", they show availability of Sheraton National Hotel Arlington ($129) and Holiday Inn and Suites in Alexandria ($159) for the 17th of October.
Intercity Aviation -- same deal, plenty of availability for the 21st in a dozen or so hotels.
http://www.turbotrip.com/usa/dc/wash...iewhotels.html
Counsellor -- Try "turbotrip", they show availability of Sheraton National Hotel Arlington ($129) and Holiday Inn and Suites in Alexandria ($159) for the 17th of October.
Intercity Aviation -- same deal, plenty of availability for the 21st in a dozen or so hotels.
http://www.turbotrip.com/usa/dc/wash...iewhotels.html
Apparently turbotrip has a different feed than the chain website. Interesting. (And useful!)
Thanks again!
Oct 24, 2000, 6:12 pm
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Thanks to all. FlyerTalkers are really the best!
Sorry I was too tied up to be able to have dinner with some of the folks in DC, but we were doing working lunches, then refining positions well into the night. I think the earliest I got back to the hotel (any of the hotels I stayed at this trip) was well after 9 PM. One night we were so late the food service places in the hotel were closed, and the only thing I had to eat was a Doubletree chocolate chip cookie I scored off of a sympathetic receptionist. (Of course, if you remember the size of the cookies, that sufficed nicely.)
Sorry I was too tied up to be able to have dinner with some of the folks in DC, but we were doing working lunches, then refining positions well into the night. I think the earliest I got back to the hotel (any of the hotels I stayed at this trip) was well after 9 PM. One night we were so late the food service places in the hotel were closed, and the only thing I had to eat was a Doubletree chocolate chip cookie I scored off of a sympathetic receptionist. (Of course, if you remember the size of the cookies, that sufficed nicely.)
