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Room booking procedure for 2018
James The Dog:
I find myself feeling annoyed over the procedure too. Especially as I filled out the registration form... it crashed when I tried to send it and I had to fill it out again which took another minute of so and probably easily cost me around 300 places in the reg number list- and therefore a guaranteed room- and therefore I'm on the waiting list.
It seems a bit of a mess and inconsistent anyway, it seems some people who emailed the hotel after me got a room, and some who emailed before aren't even on the waiting list. I'm not sure if this is as bad as ladengate or not yet... but at least I got a room there even if it did take me 5 hours. I don't even know where I am on the waiting list (or how big it is either) so I can't even grasp how likely my chances of getting a room actually are.
I hope I do get a room though, as I just couldn't cope with an overflow hotel needing either a 25 minute walk, an S-bahn ride or a shuttle bus. I need to be able to keep going back to the room to rest or get away from the con for a while, which I can't do if I'm in a hotel a mile or so away.
Schorse:
--- Quote from: James The Dog on 22.01.2018, 11:59:00 ---It seems a bit of a mess and inconsistent anyway, it seems some people who emailed the hotel after me got a room, and some who emailed before aren't even on the waiting list.
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The problem is the delay at your email provider. You send it out, but it may take half an hour to be recieved by the hotel.
James The Dog:
--- Quote from: Schorse on 22.01.2018, 18:24:30 ---The problem is the delay at your email provider. You send it out, but it may take half an hour to be recieved by the hotel.
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Maybe shows that the "send an email" system wasn't the best way to do it. I have been struggling to understand how people with numbers less than 1000 can be on the waiting list, people with 1200 numbers got a room, and some people with 1300 numbers) didn't get on the waiting list at all, but some higher are on the waiting list.
One way that might help is people only get the hotel booking link after their con fee is payed? Stops people getting a room "just in case" and means at least people are more likely to attend the con. Is there actually a system where if people don't pay their con fee on time their room booking gets cancelled? Feels fair for those of us who's paid their con fee and are still waiting for a room.
I just feel frustrated at this situation, not knowing if I even have a room or not (or how long I might have to wait to find out)- my planned roommate is the same situation, not even sure if he should book his flights or not- he's not going to hang on waiting forever (like me, he's unlikely to come if he has to stay in an overflow).
Raito Wolf:
--- Quote from: James The Dog on 22.01.2018, 20:40:07 ---One way that might help is people only get the hotel booking link after their con fee is payed? Stops people getting a room "just in case" and means at least people are more likely to attend the con. Is there actually a system where if people don't pay their con fee on time their room booking gets cancelled? Feels fair for those of us who's paid their con fee and are still waiting for a room.
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You didn't have to pay the con fee to book a room. The "How to book a room" link appeared right after your account was accepted.
Also maybe those under 1000 people were slower than those people with numbers of 1200 when it came to booking a room, the email provider was slow, the internet connection was slow... There can be many reasons why that happened.
James The Dog:
--- Quote from: Raito Wolf on 22.01.2018, 22:09:47 ---You didn't have to pay the con fee to book a room. The "How to book a room" link appeared right after your account was accepted.
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I know- I was saying maybe that's a suggestion for how they should do it.