Author Topic: No luck with the hotel lottery, what is my next best move?  (Read 2725 times)

Offline frostywontons

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Re: No luck with the hotel lottery, what is my next best move?
« Reply #15 on: April 10, 2016, 11:24:08 PM »
You won't be out of a hotel, if that's your general fear. Granted, the room might not be downtown, but you won't have to sleep outside. Mission Valley hotels usually open up again later in the month and those will be solidly vacant. The shuttle service is very reliable and frequent. It usually runs every 15min during normal hours and every 30min after 12AM. The only downside to the shuttle is that it kills a lot of time to go back-and-forth if you're someone who needs to go back to their hotel frequently (e.g. drop stuff, change, etc). But if you just need a sleeping area then I don't think a room in Mission Valley is that bad.

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Re: No luck with the hotel lottery, what is my next best move?
« Reply #16 on: April 11, 2016, 04:32:24 AM »
this is my 4th year, I have stayed out of downtown all years, 2 times using public transit and 2 times using the shuttle, all times have been good, some of the reasons i have looked at out of downtown:
1. price- more money to spend at con
2. food and shopping- cheaper food
3. sleep : getting away from the con
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Re: No luck with the hotel lottery, what is my next best move?
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Re: No luck with the hotel lottery, what is my next best move?
« Reply #17 on: April 11, 2016, 08:30:07 AM »
I just booked the Horton for Wed night only on booking.com for 347 (with tax) and free cancellation by July 18th. I figured since I couldn't get a downtown hotel during the lottery that I could stay at least one night there to line up early for Thursday. The rest of the stay will either be in Mission Valley or Coronado and hopefully no need to line up early.