The only way to make this better for future years is, unfortunately, to complain to FIRST and Experient. Someone in FIRST HQ should be on top of Experient to make sure the team database is up to date and ready to go when open registration hits.
PS: We eventually got into their system and got assigned our top hotel pick.
Explanation and apology from Frank:
http://www.firstinspires.org/robotic...ation-Problems