20 minutes ? During rush hour that would equate to about a 45-60 minute drive.
On Mon, 2 May 2011 15:58:49 -0400, Joe Martin D'Souza <[email protected]> wrote: > You may also want to check out options a little outside the DC area in > Virginia, which may be about 20 minutes driving distance from the hotel. > Some of those hotels may even have a shuttle service into DC if you do not > feel comfortable renting a car and driving one here considering that you > would be used to right hand drives in London. Taxi’s in most places in > Virginia run by meter instead of higher flat rates so that may be a > relatively cheap option too – not cheaper than a car rental but relatively > cheap.. > > Joe > > > From: Warren R. Baltimore II > Sent: Monday, May 02, 2011 3:41 PM > Newsgroups: public.remedy.arsystem.general > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: WWWRUG 11 - Hotel Expense > > ** > Peter, > > While DC is in no way as expensive as say London, it still isn't cheap. > You might want to take a look at Hotels.com or priceline. You may be able > to find something a bit less pricey. > > Maybe I should rent out space in my basement! I could make a fortune.... > The only problem is getting everyone to and from my house in Maryland... > especially after a happy hours! > > Good luck! > > > On Mon, May 2, 2011 at 3:31 PM, Peter Romain > <[email protected]> wrote: > > ** > For anyone knowing the area of the conference centre that the RUG is > being held in, is there a cheaper hotel option? > > > > The conference is £1250, flight from the UK ~ $950 but the hotel is $1311 > ! > > > > As I’m paying myself I’d be happy with a Days Inn or other cheap and > cheerful chain. However, I don’t intend getting a car so walking distance > would be good. > > > > I’ve done some searching and the conference centre is a bit out of the > way so maybe that’s why the hotel can charge this much. > > > > Cheers > > > -- > Warren R. Baltimore II > Remedy Developer > 410-533-5367 > _attend WWRUG11 www.wwrug.com ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are"_ > > > _______________________________________________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org > attend wwrug11 www.wwrug.com ARSList: "Where the Answers Are" _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org attend wwrug11 www.wwrug.com ARSList: "Where the Answers Are"
