[maemo-community] Maemo Summit Accommodation

[From: Murray Cumming]

We don't know the neighbourhood, so we don't plan to do the
accommodation organization for the summit ourselves.

On Sun, 2009-07-19 at 12:37 +0300, Sebastian 'CrashandDie' Lauwers
wrote:
> AFAICT, hotels won't be significantly cheaper if you book in advance
> (though they can get more expensive when nearing towards the fully
> booked).
> 
> However, it might be possible to knock down the asking price a bit
> when booking for a larger group. Also, if finance is an issue, shared
> accomodations are usually a lot less expensive.
> 
> I would suggest calling a few hotels, asking for someone in charge
> (front-desk personnel rarely has the authority to give discounts) and
> use the hotels against each other (e.g.: "Hotel xyz offers me a 15%
> discount if I book 5 double bedrooms in September, how much discount
> would your hotel be willing to offer?"). Hotels will be more willing
> to ensure a group of people coming by offering a discount rather than
> individual customers who are more likely to cancel.
> 
> In other words: negociate for yourself and colleagues first, and if
> you get good deals, you can be sure others will jump on board.
> 
> On 19/07/2009, Murray Cumming <murrayc at murrayc.com> wrote:
> > Any idea when we might have Accommodation suggestions for Amsterdam?
> > http://wiki.maemo.org/Maemo_Summit_2009/Accommodation
> >
> > We (Openismus) would like to book early to save money, but we'd like to
> > be with the other attendees too.
> >
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