RE: Slightly OT: Hotel recommendation for OOW 2014
Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2014 20:09:08 -0400
Message-ID: <CAFQ5ACLVy_F76smDdZm2q_0yvdg87wnCoBnT9dzbhs1tvZ3EUw_at_mail.gmail.com>
I'm self-financing this year, so I was looking for low-cost options. I found a room on AirBNB, less than a mile from Moscone, for $110/night. Combine that w/ some Delta Sky miles, and I got accommodations and airfare under $1k. Not bad....
Never used AirBNB before... Hope it goes well.... On Aug 5, 2014 7:49 PM, "Iggy Fernandez" <iggy_fernandez_at_hotmail.com> wrote:
> The BART system map is at http://www.bart.gov/stations.
>
> For example, you could take a 40-minute trip on the BART train to Pleasant
> Hill in the Easy Bay
>
> http://www.bart.gov/schedules/quickplanner?orig=MONT&addr1=&dest=PHIL&addr2=&type=departure&date=2014-09-29&time=10%3A00%20pm&tab=2
>
> Stay in the 3.5 star Embassy Suites right next to the BART station for
> $209 a night for two beds. If you are willing to share, you can halve your
> cost:
> http://www.expedia.com/Concord-Hotels-Embassy-Suites-Walnut-Creek.h2750.Hotel-Information?chkin=09/28/2014&chkout=10/02/2014&rm1=a2
> Walking directions: http://goo.gl/maps/qs0R9
>
> Or stay in an Extended Stay America studio apartment w/kitchen for $103 a
> night:
> http://www.expedia.com/Concord-Hotels-Extended-Stay-America-Pleasant-Hill-Buskirk-Avenue.h67820.Hotel-Information?chkin=09/28/2014&chkout=10/02/2014&rm1=a2
> Walking directions: http://goo.gl/maps/njgPx
>
> More hotels near BART stations:
>
> http://www.hotelsbybart.com/BART-Stations/Walnut-Creek/Pleasant-Hill-BART-Station
>
> P.S. If you're traveling thousands of miles to get here, please don't
> leave without a trip to Muir woods to see the giant sequoias. Pictures at
> https://www.google.com/search?site=&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=1600&bih=725&q=muir+woods&oq=muir+woods.
> Bus tours are available.
>
>
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> From: iggy_fernandez_at_hotmail.com
> To: oracle-l_at_freelists.org
> Subject: RE: Slightly OT: Hotel recommendation for OOW 2014
> Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2014 15:42:05 -0700
>
> The further you go from Moscone Center, the more reasonably priced the
> rooms will be. There's all kinds of public transport. For example, you can
> take the BART train. http://www.bart.gov/stations.
>
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> Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2014 15:23:41 -0700
> From: kellyn.potvin_at_ymail.com
> Subject: Re: Slightly OT: Hotel recommendation for OOW 2014
> To: don_at_seiler.us; rjamya_at_gmail.com
> CC: oracle-l_at_freelists.org
>
> Just saw this one- Yes, I can tell you right now that hotels are going
> for a premium and this is discussed in almost every Oracle PM meeting these
> days.
>
> Isn't this how Chet Justice ends up crashing on somebody's floor in their
> hotel room each year?? Wait, or is it Martin Nash who does that? Both? :D
>
> <http://about.me/dbakevlar>
>
> [image: Kellyn Pot'Vin on about.me]
>
> Kellyn Pot'Vin
> about.me/dbakevlar
> <http://about.me/dbakevlar>
>
>
> ~Tombez sept fois, se relever huit!
>
>
> On Tuesday, August 5, 2014 3:56 PM, Don Seiler <don_at_seiler.us> wrote:
>
>
> Last year my group stayed at the Holiday Inn Fisherman's Wharf. It isn't
> close but it's a great area to check out and Oracle has shuttles during the
> day and for the appreciation event.
>
>
> On Sat, Aug 2, 2014 at 7:50 AM, rjamya <rjamya_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Thank you all, looks like there are cable cars that one can take to Wharf,
> so getting a hotel nearby is going to be easier.
>
> Hope to see/meet many of you there.
>
> Raj
>
>
> On Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 9:24 PM, Seth Miller <sethmiller.sm_at_gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> If you would have asked six months ago, I could have recommended a number
> of different hotels. Most of the hotels within a couple miles of the
> Moscone are booked. However, if money is not an object, you could still get
> something close.
>
> Yes, the shuttle goes out by the Wharf.
>
> Seth
>
>
>
>
> --
> Don Seiler
> http://www.seiler.us
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