That woeful day has come.
Jan. 24th, 2008 02:33 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ceagleWhen FC started letting the hotel charge for parking.
All these years at this hotel, it has been free to con attendees, and now they say it is only for hotel guests.
Bad BAD policy. This was the beginning of the end at the previous hotel.
Luckily I have a backup plan, but it is rather inconvenient. I may have to morph into angry parrot feathers every time I pass the front desk, talk to the hotel manager, or speak to con ops. This cannot persist. It is one of my few points of contention: that hotel parking should be free for attendees, and especially when it is ample and hitherto free.
For example, the last hotel was free for a few years, then they built big expensive gates, tire puncture systems, and hired attendants, and charged $12 per day just to pay for all that. Insane, methinx.
Well...grumph. I haven't slept since 10 a.m. Wednesday, and have been driving since 6 a.m. this morning. Maybe I'll just take a nap.
(other than this not-so-fine-how-do-ya-do from the hotel, I'm sure the rest of the convention will be a kick! after...I.... take a napzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz....)
All these years at this hotel, it has been free to con attendees, and now they say it is only for hotel guests.
Bad BAD policy. This was the beginning of the end at the previous hotel.
Luckily I have a backup plan, but it is rather inconvenient. I may have to morph into angry parrot feathers every time I pass the front desk, talk to the hotel manager, or speak to con ops. This cannot persist. It is one of my few points of contention: that hotel parking should be free for attendees, and especially when it is ample and hitherto free.
For example, the last hotel was free for a few years, then they built big expensive gates, tire puncture systems, and hired attendants, and charged $12 per day just to pay for all that. Insane, methinx.
Well...grumph. I haven't slept since 10 a.m. Wednesday, and have been driving since 6 a.m. this morning. Maybe I'll just take a nap.
(other than this not-so-fine-how-do-ya-do from the hotel, I'm sure the rest of the convention will be a kick! after...I.... take a napzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz....)
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Parking Charges at FC
Date: 2008-01-25 04:08 am (UTC)It's so unlike you to be so feather-frazzled about anything, though I certainly do share your feelings about being charged to park at the hotel. :/
When Anthrocon was held at the old Adam Marks hotel in Philadelphia, hotel guests had to pay for parking. I don't remember the daily rate.
When Anthrocon moved to the Westin in Pittsburgh, their hotel charges $20 per day!!! The hotel itself has "in-and-out" privileges, but I think there was limited parking spaces in the underground garage.
Next door is the Convention Centre parking garage, which also charges $20 per day but has no "in-and-out" privileges. (Eeek!)
It's highway robbery, I tell ya!
Re: Parking Charges at FC
Date: 2008-01-25 07:03 pm (UTC)Thanks for peekin' in, Lana! *wingfluffs ya*
Those east coast charges sound awful... This is somewhere in between though, as the hotel guests don't have to pay, but it used to be all con attendees were admitted, and there really *are* plenty of parking spaces (I've never been unable to find a space since we've been at this hotel). But it's just another added charge and injustice, nonetheless. :/