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Asunto: Re: [Ghm-discuss] Possible GHM 2018 accommodation
Fecha: 2018-01-10 10:27
De: Ander Juaristi <[email protected]>
Destinatario: John Darrington <[email protected]>
Responder a: [email protected]
Not much, really.
From the last time I posted my spreadsheet here, I contacted 7-10 new
places (can't remember the exact number, but something on the lines).
I failed to update the shared TXT so I apologise for that. Let me
summarize the current status here.
The landscape is a bit disappointing, to be honest. There are lots of 4-
and 5-star hotels in the city, as well as tiny B&B youth hostels, but
there doesn't seem to be nothing in between. 4- and 5-star hotels are
expensive. The cheapest one I've found charges 180€/night.
All of the B&B hostels I've found (and I've seen many), such as the "A
Room in the City" and the "Downtown River" mentioned early in this
thread, require you to sleep in a shared room with *at least* 4 people.
You said, John, that a 4-star hotel isn't something you're against but
would definitely make a very different GHM. Well, that's my posture in
this case too: I'm not entirely against this kind of B&Bs, but bear in
mind it would also make a very different GHM. In addition, most of these
places expect guests to cook their own food, and none of them has a
meeting room or a similar place where talks can be given.
Then, excluding the B&Bs, from the 7-10 new places I contacted, half of
them have less than 6 rooms. They're small hotels, they can serve food,
etc. But as I said, just 6 rooms the biggest of them. I don't think
hosting the people over them all is an option because these places are
scattered all around the area (most of them in small villages).
Furthermore, I don't think they have a place where a talk can reasonably
be arranged in front of a group of people.
For the other half, I've discarded some places for several reasons. For
one specific place, an answering machine told me they were closed until
March 31 and there was no other way to contact them. Others rejected my
proposal, either arguing they were full or that they were simply not
interested in hosting an event (looks like tourism is giving far more
money).
So my list of places is now basically narrowed down to three:
- There's a place (not in the city but in a nearby town) that seems a
good fit at first sight. I contacted them back in early December and
they were interested a priori, but told me they would need to know the
exact dates (even though I told them initially I didn't care much about
the dates as long as it took place on a summer weekend). I proposed them
31 August to 2 September and told me they would not arrange events those
days. Then I proposed them 18 to 20 May and told me they were fully
booked those days. The only option I have is to continue begging them
their available dates ("Please, please tell me which days you're free
and I will choose among them"), which I did in the beginning and didn't
seem to work.
- I asked for exact prices to two other hotels in the city. They're
located quite far from the centre, and that makes me think they'll be
cheaper than the others. I wrote them both on 18th December, and since
then got some mails from internal sales reps telling me they were
working on it, **but no reply yet**. FYI, I screened these hotels in
person before writing to them, just to see whether they would be
interested in hosting the event and they both said definitely yes. I
just wrote them saying I need the info ASAP.
If the above options don't work in the end then I guess I won't be able
to offer anything but just a meeting room (my employer would probably be
happy to arrange that) and GHM would have to take place as it was done
in previous years: we just provide the talks and the venue, and let
people on their own for accommodation and food.
Regards,
- AJ
El 2018-01-09 12:52, John Darrington escribió:
Hi AJ,
Have you got any further with this?
If GHM is going to happen this summer, we really need to get some
definite
arrangements organised very soon.
Happy new year.
John
On Fri, Dec 08, 2017 at 10:04:20AM +0100, Ander Juaristi wrote:
Good, we're starting to reach consensus. This is good news.
This is what I shall do once I get back home next week:
- Try reaching those places by phone, and get some exact figures,
like
price, etc.
- Try harder looking for more similar places in the area, so we
have
more options to choose from.
Jakub's text version is updatable by everyone, I think, so I can
post my
updates there if you prefer.
Regards,
- AJ
El 2017-12-07 21:10, John Darrington escribi??:
>I had a brief look at the list and the websites. IMO these 3
seem
>like possibilities:
>
>https://www.downtownriverhostel.es/en/
>http://www.urbanhousesansebastian.com/
>https://www.aroominthecity.eu/
>
>So perhaps if you're in the region you could check them out.
>
>Most of the others are a bit too up-market for us I think
(~250EUR per
>person
>per night + food + conference room). We can talk about
arranging
>that sort
>of GHM, but it would certainly be very different from any we've
had in
>the
>past. Personally I would prefer to keep the price down so that
the
>event is
>accessible to as many people as possible.
>
>J'
>
>
>
>
>On Thu, Dec 07, 2017 at 07:57:02PM +0100, Jakub Macha??ek wrote:
> Hi
>
>
> Without google:
>
> https://pad.riseup.net/p/0VZCFaNyJatM
>
>
> <https://pad.riseup.net/p/0VZCFaNyJatM>
>
> Cheers
