Right --- the goal is not to provide the cheapest possible accommodations but to recommend a pretty good hotel and to try to improve the rate there. You should book at the Little America if that kind of hotel appeals to you.
As full disclosure, RacketCon does lose some money if it turns out that I far overestimated interest in the hotel. But my experience over the years, so far, is that contracting a group rate works out. At Fri, 14 Jun 2019 16:16:32 -0500, Robby Findler wrote: > Not that you should change your system/plans, but attendees booking > rooms at the hotel is actually part of what helps to pay for the event > (because of the way the contracts between the event and the hotel > works). In this case, I don't think there is any issue and RacketCon > is, as far as I know, fine, but that may explain your experience. :) > > Robby > > On Fri, Jun 14, 2019 at 3:20 PM James Platt <j...@biomantica.com> wrote: > > > > I actually booked rooms at a hotel across the street from the Little > > America > for much less. In all the conferences and other events I have been to, I > don't think I have ever, even once, found the group-rate rooms at the host > hotel to be the best deal. > > > > James > > > > > > On Jun 14, 2019, at 3:40 PM, Matthew Flatt wrote: > > > > > If you're attending just RacketCon, there are still some group-rate > > > rooms available at the Little America Hotel --- but you'll need to act > > > fast. Our guaranteed group reservation has expired, but they'll > > > continue to accept group reservations as long as space remains. > > > > > > See > > > > > > https://con.racket-lang.org/ > > > > > > for more information. > > > > > > At Fri, 14 Jun 2019 08:31:30 -0400, Jay McCarthy wrote: > > >> Racket Week is less than a month away! The dorm housing signup for the > > >> workshops is closing soon. You'll have until 06/21 to register for it. > > >> > > >> https://school.racket-lang.org/#housing > > >> > > >> The details are at the link, but in summary, it's $40/night at the > > >> University of Utah dorms. > > >> > > >> Jay > > > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Racket Users" group. > > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to racket-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/racket-users/5d03f81c.1c69fb81.eba49.412cSMTP > IN_ADDED_MISSING%40gmr-mx.google.com. > > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Racket Users" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to racket-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/racket-users/0F46524A-2E60-48F5-B013-67571DA1 > 6812%40biomantica.com. > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Racket Users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to racket-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/racket-users/CAL3TdOO5iCNf6ayxhE%3D6sH9-LuruT > axuiawSzGbu9upiFh1jBg%40mail.gmail.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Racket Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to racket-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/racket-users/5d041d6f.1c69fb81.6dad.0140SMTPIN_ADDED_MISSING%40gmr-mx.google.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
