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Re: FoCC Official Hotel Exchange - SDCC 2020
« Reply #30 on: February 27, 2020, 05:59:03 PM »
Saw a tweet that hotels for Exhibitors have gone out.

I don't remember if that's always before "Hotelpocalypse".  Does anyone remember or know how their process works.
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Re: FoCC Official Hotel Exchange - SDCC 2020
« Reply #31 on: February 27, 2020, 10:06:11 PM »
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Saw a tweet that hotels for Exhibitors have gone out.

I don't remember if that's always before "Hotelpocalypse".  Does anyone remember or know how their process works.
Could you include the tweet?


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Re: FoCC Official Hotel Exchange - SDCC 2020
« Reply #32 on: February 27, 2020, 11:36:34 PM »
As if I didn't already have enough to be anxious about with starting a new job. March is literally right around the corner and if trends continue we're looking at April (or even March some time before WCA.) At least our imminent trial is ending mid-March but things are crazy at the office.

I'm low-key (more like high-key) anxious about Hotelpocalypse year-round (hence my back-ups,) so I guess it's just getting worse.

Thank the gods for this forum though, at least we can share the anxiety lol.

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I too am curious about the tweet. I'm trying to recall what's been said about exhibitor hotel sales before, but I do believe it's traditionally been held before the main lottery by a month and a half ish. I may be wrong and I don't know how it works exactly.
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Re: FoCC Official Hotel Exchange - SDCC 2020
« Reply #33 on: February 28, 2020, 06:29:54 AM »
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Could you include the tweet?


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Re: FoCC Official Hotel Exchange - SDCC 2020
« Reply #34 on: February 28, 2020, 11:34:40 AM »
IIRC in previous years the exhibitor hotel sale happened in December.

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Re: FoCC Official Hotel Exchange - SDCC 2020
« Reply #35 on: March 03, 2020, 06:05:24 AM »
Oh the ways I'm not ready to stress about hotels.  :'(

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Re: FoCC Official Hotel Exchange - SDCC 2020
« Reply #36 on: March 03, 2020, 09:47:41 AM »
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Oh the ways I'm not ready to stress about hotels.  :'(

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Re: FoCC Official Hotel Exchange - SDCC 2020
« Reply #37 on: March 03, 2020, 09:58:19 AM »
Question about exchanging or giving someone your hotel. Never done the sale before, so just curious. So my brother isn't going this year, but he said he will help during the sale. Does he need to put my information in if he gets in? Or does he just put all his info in, and if he gets something he can change it to my name after?
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Re: FoCC Official Hotel Exchange - SDCC 2020
« Reply #38 on: March 03, 2020, 10:01:27 AM »
You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login If you and your brother are both going to put in requests, he'll need to put in his own info and transfer to you later. DO NOT USE ANY OF THE SAME PERSONAL INFORMATION. OnPeak discards duplicate requests without notifying you, and their criteria for what gets flagged as a duplicate is opaque and variable.

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Re: FoCC Official Hotel Exchange - SDCC 2020
« Reply #39 on: March 03, 2020, 10:02:42 AM »
No, if he gets it he can switch/transfer to you. Honestly if OnPeak sees your name/info repeatedly they tend to cancel both requests.

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Re: FoCC Official Hotel Exchange - SDCC 2020
« Reply #40 on: March 03, 2020, 10:07:44 AM »
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Is the transfer process easy? And is it before you even put in the actual reservation?
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Re: FoCC Official Hotel Exchange - SDCC 2020
« Reply #41 on: March 03, 2020, 10:13:10 AM »
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Is the transfer process easy? And is it before you even put in the actual reservation?

Yes, the transfer is usually done before the reservation (and large deposit payment) is finalized. It's *usually* easy but occasionally OnPeak adds new little twists to the process, so I can't swear to it. However, if the transfer is between you and your brother it should be fine because you won't have to worry about a FoCC friend/IRL stranger seeing your personal info, and you would be able to coordinate a time with him to call OnPeak ifneedbe (you can usually do it without calling, but again: OnPeak. Their policies change without notice and often vary by phone rep, because their training is either incompetent or nonexistent. Be nice to the phone reps anyway, it's not their fault).

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Re: FoCC Official Hotel Exchange - SDCC 2020
« Reply #42 on: March 03, 2020, 10:16:15 AM »
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Is the transfer process easy? And is it before you even put in the actual reservation?
The transfer process has been relatively painless in the past, but that is no indication as to how onPeak will handle it in the future.
If you don't want to deal with the whole transfer process, just have you or your brother input your data and only submit on the first one inDo not submit the same data twice!
You will just have to be in contact with your brother during the wait room process to see who gets in first.

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Re: FoCC Official Hotel Exchange - SDCC 2020
« Reply #43 on: March 03, 2020, 10:47:10 AM »
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Re: FoCC Official Hotel Exchange - SDCC 2020
« Reply #44 on: March 03, 2020, 12:47:38 PM »
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IIRC in previous years the exhibitor hotel sale happened in December.

Correct, this year the exhibitors (well, at least my exhibitor friend) got the email to request a hotel room on December 8th. And then as we saw, confirmations went out on February 28th.