Hello We are looking at accommodation options for GUADEC 2017 in Manchester and we would like some feedback from you!
Manchester's hotels fill up quickly in summer so we are going to do one or more group bookings now to ensure we have enough rooms for everyone. There are 3 potential locations we've found, each with its own drawbacks. I've put some details about each place here: https://wiki.gnome.org/GUADEC/2017/Accommodation If you are hoping to attend next year's GUADEC, please take a minute to fill the survey here: https://goo.gl/forms/DYcnQLiBBZSSQlH23 If you prefer not to use Google Forms, just reply by email. The questions are as follows: Which accommodation option(s) would you choose for GUADEC 2017? [ ] Youth hostel (4-bed dorm, £33 per night) [ ] University Townhouse (single room, £43 or more per night) [ ] Jury's Inn Hotel (sharing a twin room, ~£51 per night) [ ] Jury's Inn Hotel (single room, ~£94 per night) [ ] I would organise my own accommodation How early could you register for the conference & pay for accommodation? ( ) By 1st March 2017 ( ) By 1st June 2017 ( ) By 15th July 2017 Which nights would you expect to stay at GUADEC 2017? [ ] Thursday 27th July 2017 [ ] Friday 28th July 2017 (core day #1) [ ] Saturday 29th July 2017 (core day #2) [ ] Sunday 30th July 2017 (core day #3) [ ] Monday 31st July 2017 (BOF/workshop day #1) [ ] Tuesday 1st August 2017 (BOF/workshop day #2) [ ] Wednesday 2nd August 2017 (BOF/workshop day #3) The reason we're pushing this now is that the University accommodation, which is very nice and is right next to the venue, would require us to finalize the booking and pay in full by March 2017. If we made a big booking there and got the numbers wrong we would face a big financial loss, for example if we book 100 rooms for 6 nights and everyone only wants to stay for 5 nights, then GUADEC loses £4300. The other two options give us much more flexibility, but at a cost of being further from the venue and requiring people to share rooms. If anyone has other data that could inform our decision then please share! I think we haven't done group-booked accommodation for some years, but it has happened for example in A Coruña -- if anyone has numbers on how many people stayed each night at previous GUADECs it would help us a lot! Thanks Your friendly GUADEC 2017 local team _______________________________________________ guadec-list mailing list guadec-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/guadec-list