Where are you staying in Houston?

[AMS]

Originally posted by Don Knight
No matter where you stay make sure you are buying the team packages offered by the Meeting Company.

If you don't your team will not be able to attend the Friday and Saturday Night activities at Six Flags (i.e. Team Social and BBQ). The only exceptions I'm aware of is if your team is from the Greater Houston Area you'll be able to purchase tickets seperately.

My understanding is also that FIRST is going to tow the line on this one - so you don't want risk not buying the "package" unless you're willing to have your team miss the Six Flag activities.

You have to admit that the prices of this years packages are less than last years at WDW.

on this note i have a question, when you say sixflags, are u talking about just astroworld, or both astroworld and waterworld, coz it just doesnt feel the same without stopping by at the water park, just a question, if anyone has an answer pls reply. thx

AMS

[Koko Ed]

Originally posted by ElDiablo872
1126 is staying in:
Holiday Inn Hotel & Suites MEdical Center 6800 SOuth Main Street

What he said.
Geez! What are you guys? Following us?

[Jon K.]

RAGE team 173 is staying at the Holiday Inn Astrodome at Reliant Park. CORRECTION it is right next to the Reliant complex

[KevK]

must be nice to spend $384 on a room, i don't think there's any way that we'll be able to spend more than $121
and i don't think that the team social thing in Six flags is all that great, at epcot last year everything was closed, though it may be different in houston??!! i think our team skipped the package and decided to put the money towards full day passes for one or two days after nationals.

[Alex Forest]

Crowne Plaza Hotel, Medical Center. I think we are all alone. =(

[Mark Pettit]

Check out where Team #991 is being put up. . . .

Located one block from the Galleria. Embassy Suites is an atrium style hotel, with a beautiful pond and two swans in the reception area. Value includes complimentary cooked to order breakfast, two hour managers reception, indoor pool, exercise room, 150 suites with microwave, refrigerator, coffee maker, iron and ironing board....

[MaTT WarZ]

We're also not buying the package so we won't be going to the team party so anyone on team 330 that would like to come party with us is gladly welcome. Any other teams that are not buying the package can contact team 379 and let us know if you would like to join our party since FIRST won't let us join them.

[pbarrett03]

Originally posted by Mark Pettit
Check out where Team #991 is being put up. . . .

Located one block from the Galleria. Embassy Suites is an atrium style hotel, with a beautiful pond and two swans in the reception area. Value includes complimentary cooked to order breakfast, two hour managers reception, indoor pool, exercise room, 150 suites with microwave, refrigerator, coffee maker, iron and ironing board....

Sounds so classy

[Allison Guerin]

It looks like Team 103 will be joining MOE and many others at the Radisson Hotel Astrodome in the Reliant Park area. We can't wait to see all the teams there.

[Matt Krass]

My team hasn't todl me where we are staying yet, but ym advisor hasn't told us to pack tents so I think we're good to go.

[ryanspensley]

Originally posted by JosephM
384 will stay at the Marriot at the Med Center (I think). The price for double occupancy is $384. Karma baby, karma.

so is #171! thats crazy! Two regional winners in one hotel?!??!?!

[DirtyBird213]

Team 213 the Dirty Birds will be staying at the Houston Hilton Plaza (by the medical center). Will anyone else be staying there?

I just wanted to touch on the cost of the packages you are all talking about. I agree that they are expensive, but not as bad as the Florida rates. We are bringing 17 students with us who struggled to fund raise. My biggest complaint as a coach is that my family will be traveling with me as my wife helps our team. I am bringing my 2 children ages 4 and 6. We HAD to pay full price (package prices) for our kids to attend. Are any other coaches having this same problem? We contacted FIRST and the Meeting Company who said we had a legitimate complaint but there is nothing they would do about it. (FIRST did point out that we could leave our children home, which was not an option, and frankly quite rude of the woman to suggest .) When we asked if we didn't pay the price for them they responded that the kids could not ride the shuttle or go to any of the after competition events, which would mean our whole team would have missed out. So we had to pay for them to attend. Is there some way that we could try to have FIRST offer the individual sales to teams next year? I'm not trying to single out any of the teams from the Houston area (because you all deserve to go) but is it fair to sell tickets to those teams because they live there and not offer them to the teams who can't afford to buy the packages? Does anyone else feel this way?

[Melissa H.]

All of the FORD sponsored teams are staying at...I think Best Western Greenway, Houston....at least that's what is says in my packet...Hmm...I have no idea where this is...

[MissAbi]

Will we be the only team at the Hyatt Regency - Downtown?

[Aaron Knight]

Team 891 will not be staying in a meeting company slot due to how late we got our money together. We weighed $200+ per person for what was left, a hotel about 12 mi from the park, versus the Motel 6 across the street at which we will stay for about $45 a night....we won't get into Six Flags for the Friday night but since we're not leaving until Sunday early afternoon we're going Saturday with a group discount.

Kinda sucks not to be part of the 'plan', but we're not capable of funding it....

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