Date: Fri, 24 May 2002 17:58:43 -0400
From: Elspeth Kovar <ekovar at radix.net>
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Worldcon musings
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>

N Lynch wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> Has anyone else tried to make hotel reservations for
> WorldCon to find the main hotel blocks full?  We had
> to reserve a room in one of the other hotels.  It's a
> little cheaper, but it may turn into the same thing as
> Philly - none of the doors for the convention center
> are open on that side.  That meant a long walk around
> to the front of the convention center.

The main hotel -- the Fairmont -- isn't actually full but people seem to
be having problems reserving rooms.  The best way to reserve at the
Fairmont is to go to the Passkey site and, instead of entering the dates
you want go to step 2, View Hotel Information Page.  Select the
Fairmont, then click on Reserve for a Queen room.  (We are out of
Double/Doubles at the moment, but hope have more available fairly
soon.)  Highlight the dates that you want, and you should be home free.

When making a reservation at the Fairmont *please* specify Party, Non
party, or No preference in the comments field.  'Party' does not mean
that you're planning on hosting one, it does mean that you're willing to
be near them.  We very much need people to take these rooms to act as a
buffer between the parties and the rest of the hotel.  Quite simply, the
more people who take them, the more parties there will be at ConJosé.

Elspeth