On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 9:26 AM, Leandro Gómez <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 6:51 PM, Leandro Gómez <[email protected]>wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> We got a first quote from Hotel Seminole. Please note that we haven't
>> negotiated yet a discount with them, so these price might go down a bit.
>> All prices are in US dollars.
>>
>>
> Update on Hotel Seminole:
>
>
Just two more things:


> I just finished a phone conversation with the people at Seminole and we
> managed to get the discount we asked for. Hopefully, today afternoon or
> tomorrow we (ISIC, actually) will be signing the contract with them.
>
>
Talking with Norman, I think it would be best to have two separate
contracts; one signed by govt for the first week they're sponsoring, and
the other signed by ISIC for the second week.


> The final numbers/costs for accommodation are:
>
> First week (6 nights, paid by govt):
>
> > 348 nights (77 people, arriving at different dates according to penta) -
> $12957.75 (incl. sales tax) = $37.23/pp
>
>
There was a miscalculation on accommodation costs of ~$1K. I asked the
hotel people to charge that amount to the first week so our price per
person/night of $29.99 remains the same.


> Second week (8 nights, paid by us)
>
> > 616 nights (77*8) - $18474.89 = $29.99/pp
>
> Total accommodation costs at Seminole Hotel: $31432.64
>
> Payment:
>
> > We can pay the amount we have atm (or in a few days), could be 10% or
> more
> > They're more interested in signing the contract than receiving any
> payment in advance
>
> Bonus:
>
> > They'll provide free shuttle service (airport-hotel-airport)
> > We need to prepare a wiki for people to sign up and send them the info
>
> I'm going to the shirt provider in an hour or so, but can answer any
> questions you have in the meanwhile.
>
> Cheers,
>
>
>>  > Single room: $75 + 17% sales tax = $87.75/pp
>> > Double room: $80 + 17% sales tax = $93.60 ($46.80/pp)
>> > Triple room: $90 + 17% sales tax = $105.30 ($35.10/pp)
>> > Quadruple room: $100 + 17% sales tax = $117 ($29.25/pp)
>>
>> Note: The quadruple rooms are with two king size beds, or one queen size
>> and two small beds, so I don't think we have some use for them.
>>
>> As a bonus, they offer us a free room for every 15 rooms we use.
>>
>> I quoted the following:
>>
>> Reservation for 77 people
>>
>> > 40 people from 1st. to 7th July
>> > 8 people from 2nd. to 7th July
>> > 4 people from 3rd. to 7th July
>> > 11 people from 4th. to 7th July
>> > 5 people from 5th. to 7th July
>> > 9 people from 6th. to 7th July
>>
>> Total: 348 nights accommodation ((40*6)+(8*5)+(4*4)+(11*3)+(5*2)+(9*1))
>>
>> The cheapest quote they gave us was for $12957.75 ($36.20/pp),
>> distributed in 2 single rooms, 3 double rooms and 7 triple rooms.
>>
>> I'm going to write to them later tonight and start negotiating prices in
>> order to see if we can lower it from $36 to $30 or less.
>>
>> Questions? Comments?
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>
>
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