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Don't count on it. Just look at the packed Florida beaches.
I’m guessing that if Hotelpocalypse doesn’t happen this month, then SDCC will be cancelled.Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
thats everyone guess but it seems they are willing to postpone it may or even june
That amount of delay would be unfair to everyone.
Yup, that would be a clusterf*. Among the many issues:* How will they handle refunds? Usually, you have a couple months for full refunds, and then it's partial refunds. Will they narrow it down to weeks, if not days?* What if Hotelpocalypse happens, and then SDCC cancels? Do we all have to individually cancel our reservations, or will it be done automatically? What if SDCC is canceled after the full refund cuttoff?* Can they guarantee all hotels would be still available? In fact, I'm not at all sure how hotels are dealing with COVID-19. Have they scaled way back? Have some closed doors temporarily? I can assume at least all their facilities, like restaurants and gyms and pools are closed. But perhaps they're also making sure guests are in rooms as far apart as possible, and maybe they'll still want that policy through July. They may just say, hey, we're open, but we're making only half our rooms available. And then you have to ask, will some hotels try to back out altogether from their agreement with SDCC?* Hotelpocalypse is usually a 2-3 week process. Fill out the lottery form, wait a week for round 1, wait another week for round 2, and if you still don't have a hotel, then you're on the waitlist for another X weeks. So you would be cutting it EXTREMELY close to the SDCC date if you are unlucky in Hotelpocalypse and are scrambling for a room. I mean, just among FoCC, we have a non-trivial number of people here who took 2-3 months to find a hotel. We definitely won't have that kind of luxury this time around.I'm sure I'm missing a few issues, but those are the ones that are glaring to me.
You are not allowed to view links. Register or LoginHere’s the thing though... SDCC can’t be 100% sure the con is happening until it actually happens. They may get the okay from the city and state, and they may get all the hotels to buy in, but as we’ve all experienced lately, things can change overnight. Who’s to say the government won’t order a new Shelter in Place come July, after any potential hotel sale has occurred? Or at the last minute, the city decides, SDCC is just too high a risk. Or another possible scenario; it’s discovered someone attended Preview Night has COVID-19, and they shut down the rest of SDCC. If you say no refunds, you’ve just opened yourself to one huge lawsuit from tens of thousands of angry nerds.In this climate, you need more assurances that you can get your money back, not less. Especially with unemployment skyrocketing and people with less spending cash (if you’re one of those, you probably shouldn’t be going to SDCC anyway, but that’s a different topic).
* Can they guarantee all hotels would be still available? In fact, I'm not at all sure how hotels are dealing with COVID-19. Have they scaled way back? Have some closed doors temporarily? I can assume at least all their facilities, like restaurants and gyms and pools are closed. But perhaps they're also making sure guests are in rooms as far apart as possible, and maybe they'll still want that policy through July. They may just say, hey, we're open, but we're making only half our rooms available. And then you have to ask, will some hotels try to back out altogether from their agreement with SDCC?
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