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@xxxxxxxxxxx> 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. > > > ------------------------------ > From: iggy_fernandez@xxxxxxxxxxx > To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > 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. > > ------------------------------ > Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2014 15:23:41 -0700 > From: kellyn.potvin@xxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: Slightly OT: Hotel recommendation for OOW 2014 > To: don@xxxxxxxxx; rjamya@xxxxxxxxx > CC: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > 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@xxxxxxxxx> 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@xxxxxxxxx> 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@xxxxxxxxx> > 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 > > >