On Wed, Mar 02, 2016 at 04:11:48PM +0000, Alexis Lee wrote: :Walter A. Boring IV said on Mon, Feb 22, 2016 at 11:47:16AM -0800: :> I'm trying to follow this here. If we want all of the projects in :> the same location to hold a design summit, then all of the :> contributors are still going to have to do international travel, :> which is the primary cost for attendees. : :My understanding is that hotel cost tends to dwarf flight cost. Capital :city hotels tend to be (much) more expensive than provincial ones, so :moving to less glamorous locations could noticeably reduce the total :outlay. : :EG 750 flight + 300/night hotel * 5 nights = 2050 : 750 flight + 100/night hotel * 5 nights = 1250 : :(figures are approx)
Not sure howmuch cost optimization is reasonable to attempt. It is true hotel costs in the current arrangement have been a multiple of flight costs for me at least. It's also true that hotels in secondary cities tend to be cheaper (not sure if they're 1/3 though). If we are going to consider detailed costs, we should also consider that flights to secondary cities are more expensive. A semi random pricing comparison of Manchester -vs- London from Boston USA (picked the dates of Austin summit since that about the time distance I book things for) BOS->LHR $900 (nonstop) + London hotel ($250 * 5) = $2150 BOS->MAN $1200 (1 stop) + Manchester hotel ($120 * 5 ) = $1800 So it is cheaper but $350 on a week's travel isn't a stay or go choice here. For different city pairs and times this will all move around so with out more detailed comparisons this is still pretty sloppy but I don't think the cost different enough to be significant. I think availible facilities and local OpenStack community should be larger factors in location selection than this level of travel cost optimization. -Jon __________________________________________________________________________ OpenStack Development Mailing List (not for usage questions) Unsubscribe: openstack-dev-requ...@lists.openstack.org?subject:unsubscribe http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-dev