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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Date: 2008-01-25 10:14 pm (UTC)But my point is that I know that YOU are not staying there. But for example, one dragon on my list is there. He drove. At least 2 others in his room did not. If they told the front desk that they drove, they could get a pass, eh? And since they didn't drive, they could just hand them to you.
If you had a room there, we'd not be talking of this at all :-p But if you knew some there that flew in or ride shared, maybe they could get you such a pass by fibbing just a bit at the front counter :-p
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Date: 2008-01-26 09:34 am (UTC)I went ahead and tried a gamble on the parking thing... annnnnnnnnnd...... what's great *shhhhhhhh, I wasn't sure if this was changing this year too* .... after midnight, they usually/sometimes tell the attendants to go home, so you can leave the lot complimentarily if that's the case... and we made it tonight! wheeee!!.... soo..... the rules changed, but they didn't technically affect me yet... wheee! *hugs ya so much thanx!* :D