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We didn't attempt the hotel lottery until our 4th year (2015) when the allure of downtown became too great... Now we HAVE to stay downtown, haha.
Please don’t be April 10, that’s when I fly to Star Wars Celebration!
Late enough that I can do the hotel sale and haul a$$ to the airport.
[member=1817]Violet[/member] Just curious (again)...Was there a particular reason you didn't do the lottery in previous years, and what did you do for housing instead.
Well, our first year (2012) we didn't know anything about the hotel sale, either Early Bird or General. We got lucky and scored badges our first time trying, then booked our hotel the same day. Just looked for something cheap in the general area. We booked at a place called California Suites, which is a couple miles North of Hotel Circle, because it was only like $100/night (I don't think they're quite so cheap anymore). Then after that we learned how things worked and did Early Bird for the next 2 years. By that time, we got tired of dragging all our stuff around so far for our Hall H camp outs, haha. So for 2015 we tried Hotelpocalypse for the first time and scored Hilton Bayfront! That was the first year that you could leave the line and come back the next morning, so it was nice that we actually got to sleep in our super expensive beds!
When will they tell us the date of the sale? Is it a week before like the badges?
I stayed on the outskirts of downtown (Bristol, Westin by Spreckles) for the first couple years, then I stayed at the Bayfront one year. One afternoon I thought to myself, "I need to go drop off these bags" so I walked over to my room at the Bayfront and was back at the convention center in less than 15 minutes... from that point on, I was was spoiled.
100% same here. I can't be anywhere except convention adjacent now. But I don't think everyone needs that. Everyone has different priorities. But oh god I need to be able to drop stuff off at my room mid day now and I can't imagine anything else for me.