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The issue with this is that press like myself didn't get to register for a badge until after the hotel sale. And some pros don't hear about it until really close to the con (specifically some pros on panels and stuff like that). So unfortunately it doesn't work out very well limiting it to badge holders.
Does anyone know if the deadline for getting a refund is at 11:59pm or earlier?Also, is the Town & Country Resort really horrible? I am not really concerned about it being old or musty, I'm just gonna sleep there so whatever, but I am concerned about bedbugs, and the Yelp reviews are concerning me.
I agree. I am a volunteer for one of the CCI departments. When the original email went out for the hotel sale back in April I didn't get it since it went to badge holders. It had to be sent to me so I could try for a place to stay there are a lot of people who do SDCC that get badges after the fact. A friend of mine asked why didn't OnPeak or CCI do three Hotel blocks, one for badge holders, one for CCI workers/volunteers/Press/Pro and one for those who fall in neither category. I couldn't answer her. Just shrugged. I don't see a fix for how things can change.
Wow that's a pretty good idea to break it up like that. I don't see them ever actually implementing it. And I can see a lot of push back from regular badge holders. But I like this idea. It always sucks to see industry people struggling to find a room, too. I remember one year Felicia Day was shut out which just blew my mind since she's an SDCC staple.
I kept refreshing and ended up getting the DoubleTree San Diego Downtown from a Mission Valley hotel! I couldn't believe it, almost broke my neck running to get my wallet (should have had it ready)...
Of course.... you could just camp out on the Hall H lawn on Friday night...
Haha! I personally, would've booked around it and switched hotels. They didn't want to. No one in our group does hall h or that would be the solution right there!
I've camped out once for Ballroom 20. I don't know how anyone does it. I stayed awake all night with my friends. Then when we were finally inside, I kept falling asleep. I was asleep for half the panels (including the one I was camped out in line for)