"Chris DiPierro" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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>
> I know this is slightly OT, but I assume a lot of people here are going to
> PalmSource.
>
> On Palm's website, they list ETMI as a travel agency to make reservations
> through. However, upon calling them, I found them to be relatively
> uninformed about the conference. They were unaware that they were
> providing air travel arrangements (let alone discounted ones) and they
> were misinformed about the conference dates (they kept telling me it ends
> 12/14 instead of 12/15). Additionally they will not let you make
> reservations for a flight back on the 16th (I assume the conference goes
> late on the 15th, so making it to San Jose will be problematic). Finally,
> they only have 2 of the recommended hotels on their list, so you can't
> book the other ones through them...
I booked my own flight and car through Expedia.com (America West has an
AUS-PHX-SJC round trip for $220) and am doing a Saturday-Saturday stay.
ETMI wasn't able to book me for the Hilton from arrival to departure, so I
just went with them for the dates they were able to get, then called the new
Santa Clara Hilton directly to extend my stay at 408-330-0001. The Hilton
people were very nice and said there should be no problem getting the
reservation extended, but their local reservation system wasn't online yet
(later this week). They took my name, number, and address and said they
would contact me as soon as they had their system ready. They also quoted
me a weekend rate around $130 on an earlier call which I hope they will
honor. Don't bother trying to reserve through hilton.com -- they don't yet
have any booking information for the property, although their web site
states "This Hotel is scheduled to open 11/28/00 , and is currently
accepting reservations for stays after that date."
--
Ben Combee
Veriprise Wireless <http://www.veriprise.com>
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