It's not too late...

[dreamshark]

I hate hate hate making hotel reservations. Something always goes wrong when I use the online systems, and if you call on the phone you usually get put on hold by somebody in India. Thus, I typically put it off until it appears to be too late.

But, you'll all be happy to hear, it isn't really too late to make hotel reservations for Minicon, and even get the con rate of $85. It took me two tries. (I'm not kidding about online systems failing me with dismal consistency.) I trekked through all the screens, entered all my info, hit the final button and.... after about 5 minutes my request timed out with a cheery little "try again later!" message. Grrrr. So I started over from the beginning and the second time it worked. (I just hope I didn't end up with two rooms reserved.)

I reserved 3 nights: Friday, Saturday and Sunday. How's about the rest of you? Got your room reservations? When are you checking in?

Comments

[minnehaha.livejournal.com]

Yes, we're good to go, and are checking in on Friday.

K.

[buttonlass.livejournal.com]

We only have the room for Friday. But I'll be out there more than that.:)

[lollardfish.livejournal.com]

SEMP music party! We'd stay another night, but staying out with Nico is hard.

[dd-b.livejournal.com]

We're moving to the hotel Thursday, leaving Monday. I'm actually taking Thursday off work (which is clearly excessive, but it seemed like a good idea when I was making the plans). Huh; remember when Minicon used to be the center of nearly two weeks of constant parties?

At least you've found a financially rewarding use for your ability to make computer systems fail!

[dreamshark.livejournal.com]

Yeah, talk about great combinations of good luck and terrible luck!

[mle292.livejournal.com]

I've got a fabulous tip for a stress free hotel reservation process.

Get a party room, or get a cabana room.

The reservations are handled by the Sheraton Bloomington itself, so it's just a pleasant in-house gal that takes care of it. Ten bucks more (I think), no calls to out of state prisoners learning important telephone job skills and credit card numbers, and no out of country calls where they just don't care about your stupid skiffy room.

This actually has nothing to do with why I got a party room, but it was a REALLY swell bonus.

Yay! More parties!

[dreamshark.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that's what I've been doing for Convergence for the last 5 years or so. It's handy having a room that you don't have to elevator to, but it's actually kind of a chore getting a party room for that con, requiring filling out multiple forms months and months in advance. Fortunately the Party Ghods of Convergence have adopted an attitude of gracious condescension towards their elders and let Minicon bumble around and register late for their party, make mistakes in their forms, etc. They're really very nice about it.

Where's your party gonna be? Does it have a theme? Give me the hours and a party description and I'll rough it into the Bozo Bus Tribune template right now!

Maybe you should make it a CD Exchange party?

Re: Yay! More parties!

[mle292.livejournal.com]

That first paragraph is one of those things where I have all sorts of opinions to share but my experience tells me that it's best not to.

Hey, look! Shiny!

The MISFITS party will be open 8PM to Midnight, and we will be celebrating torrids and spheres. Spagettios will be served.

Re: Yay! More parties!

[dreamshark.livejournal.com]

"The MISFITS party will be open 8PM to Midnight, and we will be celebrating torrids and spheres. Spagettios will be served."

Did you actually mean "torrids" or "toroids"? (Or torrid toroids?).
And doesn't Spaghettios have an h in it?

Re: Yay! More parties!

[mle292.livejournal.com]

Yes!

The spellings that are correct and not sleep-deprivation mangled.

[gerisullivan.livejournal.com]

Room reservation, check.

In Thursday, out Monday. Ditto that for JackWINOLJ.

See you there!

[skylarker.livejournal.com]

I reserved for Thursday through Sunday. I think Sunday. Maybe just Saturday night, out Sunday? I'd better check with the hotel... (it was a while ago now.)