Actually, I was at the conference last year and I didn't have to pay for transportation. The hotel is very close to the air port and they have their own free shuttle bus. The conference had a free shuttle bus that they used to take attendees to a couple of the local attractions.
If you think you will be able to come, make sure to stay in the hotel the conference is at. The hotel and airport are on a small peninsula all by themselves and there isn't anywhere else to stay within walking distance. The transportation cost from another hotel to the conference will be more expensive than the cost difference between the two hotel rooms. -----Original Message----- From: Gerald Richter - ecos gmbh [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, May 03, 2002 6:52 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Talking about Embperl at the O'Reilly OpenSource Convetion 2002 > How about we just hold a bake sale to send Gerald to San Diego? > Set up an account on paypal. I'll donate $50 to get it started. > Thanks very much to all of you who want to donate money to make it possible for me to go to the conference :-) I have taken a quick look, the flight is currently about USD 1000, I would need to stay 5 nights in San Diego (to stay over the weekend), because otherwise the flight would 3 times that price. My internet connection to US is currently very bad (lots of packet loss), so I wasn't able to check for hotel prices, but I guess it will be not to cheap. The cheapest room in the conference hotel is USD 185, I guess it would be possible to find something cheaper in town, but I have been told that on friday the Gay Pride Week starts and that the hotel prices will be therefor much higher than normal :-(. So for covering the flight and hotel we would need USD 1500-2000. If you think if we could collect something in this range, I would able to pay the rest (eating, transportation etc.). Just to give you an impression about the relation: Things like eating, transportation, hotel etc. are about as twice as expensive in the US then in germany. Thanks again very much Gerald P.S. What's paypal account? (sorry my non computer english is very bad ------------------------------------------------------------- Gerald Richter ecos electronic communication services gmbh Internetconnect * Webserver/-design/-datenbanken * Consulting Post: Tulpenstrasse 5 D-55276 Dienheim b. Mainz E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Voice: +49 6133 925131 WWW: http://www.ecos.de Fax: +49 6133 925152 ------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
