RE: Slightly OT: Hotel recommendation for OOW 2014

  • From: "Mark J. Bobak" <mark@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: iggy_fernandez@xxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2014 20:09:08 -0400

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
>
>
>

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