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Re: Championship Hotel Reservations - How Did it Go For you?

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Omni is not even on the list this year. We called and the reason is that the Omni is booke with another conference. We do not lk epaying for the party, so we will book outside of FIRST.
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I am very disappointed that the Omni was not an option for the FIRST packages. Also, based on our group size, the Embassy Suites was also not an option either.
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Re: Championship Hotel Reservations - How Did it Go For you?

I'm glad they're still doing the Hyatt Regency; we stayed there in 2004, and aside from a 15-20 minute walk to the Georgia Dome (which I think we can avoid this year with good MARTA planning) it was wonderful (the walk wasn't bad either, gave lots of talking time).

I was wondering why there were 2 hotels on that map that weren't on the price list.

These are good prices for including tickets to the wrap party; I don't think there's a difference in price between getting reservations from the hotel itself (so no wrap party) or through Steele meetings (includes wrap party) in some cases.
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Re: Championship Hotel Reservations - How Did it Go For you?

According to our teacher, we got into the Embassy Suites (best hotel in atlanta, imo). The Omni was a little disappointing last year, compared to all the hype. We'll be glad to be back in the huge rooms at the Suites with an awesome free breakfast every morning
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Re: Championship Hotel Reservations - How Did it Go For you?

All I can say is: painful!

We have a large team and, according to Steele, there is no room for us anywhere except at the Capitol. How is this possible? I have no idea. I have been on the phone with them for 2 hours and counting (I'm on hold now). So if it is like this for us this early, then how is it going to be for other teams later?

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Re: Championship Hotel Reservations - How Did it Go For you?

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All I can say is: painful!

We have a large team and, according to Steele, there is no room for us anywhere except at the Capitol. How is this possible? I have no idea. I have been on the phone with them for 2 hours and counting (I'm on hold now). So if it is like this for us this early, then how is it going to be for other teams later?

I feel the freight train coming ...

I believe that teams looking for 5-10 rooms should do okay with this process. However, large teams (MOE is looking to book 38 rooms) will find this to be a difficult process. Many of our choice hotels are not available and we need to make some quick decisions to get in anywhere. Looks like right now, MOE will be in the Hyatt.

SUGGESTION - If you have a large team, please book soon or plan to split your team into smaller groups at different hotels.
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Re: Championship Hotel Reservations - How Did it Go For you?

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I believe that teams looking for 5-10 rooms should do okay with this process. However, large teams (MOE is looking to book 38 rooms) will find this to be a difficult process. Many of our choice hotels are not available and we need to make some quick decisions to get in anywhere. Looks like right now, MOE will be in the Hyatt.

SUGGESTION - If you have a large team, please book soon or plan to split your team into smaller groups at different hotels.
Yup, John has it right. Booking online for a large group is virtually impossible via the online system. I tried this morning and eventually got fed up with the whole process. Thankfully I ended up with a helpful rep from Steele on the phone. I spent 90 minutes on the phone with the rep, and eventually got the rooms booked.

As for the choice hotels being booked, I have a suspicion that those teams who faxed in orders in advance, were given priority. When I got onto the system this morning at 9:00 am, I could not secure any rooms at the Embassy Suites.
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Re: Championship Hotel Reservations - How Did it Go For you?

I am pretty sure that we do not use FIRST recommended hotels in Atlanta, we stay at the holiday mid-town north, they are pretty good to us. Good luck
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Re: Championship Hotel Reservations - How Did it Go For you?

I toook over 45 minutes to enter in our info for the 19 rooms 1038 plans to use. We'll be at the Wyndham. It was tedious, but problem-free. We were hoping to stay at the Omni, too
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Re: Championship Hotel Reservations - How Did it Go For you?

It is confirmed that MOE 365 will be staying at the Hyatt Regency. If any team has stayed here before and has some suggestions / comments, please e-mail me.

I hope your team's Championship Hotel reservation process went well.
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Re: Championship Hotel Reservations - How Did it Go For you?

I have a feeling that teams who don't qaulify for ATL until the end of March at their regional are gonna have a hard time booking close, convenient rooms.
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Re: Championship Hotel Reservations - How Did it Go For you?

Hm, just tried to book via the online system and didn't get very far. Does anyone know if these reservations are only available for FRC, FVC or FLL teams? Are they available for volunteers who are considering flying down to help? And are wrap party tickets available for volunteers who are not affiliated with teams?

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Re: Championship Hotel Reservations - How Did it Go For you?

Not terribly impressed.

Our travel coordinator called precisely at 9:00am on the day reservations opened and was DENIED a block of rooms at the Embassy Suites. Rather than wasting time and getting shut out of anything near the venue we went with the Westin.

If...

A) You can't block larger quantites of rooms, we should have been told.

B) There were a small number of rooms available at particualr hotels, we should have been told.

C) There was a more efficient way to get the larger blocks of rooms, we should have been told.

This is the first time since Orlando that our team will participate in the post-competition party. In the past I have questioned the price tag (in Orlando it was free and definitely worth paying for had they asked!) and this year decided it was time to give it another go. I'm hoping it's worth the expense otherwise this will be the last year our team attends the party.

I'm sure the reservation system is good for smaller teams and new teams but when your traveling with 45+ people, it doesn't seem to offer many benefits.

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Re: Championship Hotel Reservations - How Did it Go For you?

Team 254 had no problems calling in when the system first went up. We got rooms at Embassy Suites.

The other team we work with had big problems. One of their mentors called at exactly 6 am local time to book some rooms. She was told that Embassy Suites had 11 rooms open that could be blocked for her. She started to give the woman on the phone the names of the students in the rooms, and asked some questions about the process, assuming that those 11 rooms had a hold put on them as soon as she said she wanted them.

After entering around 20 names, she found out that infact they do NOT put a hold on the rooms prior to taking the names. So she lost all 11 rooms because someone else snuck in before she could finish giving names.

She was understandably quite mad that they gave her rooms away, and asked to speak to someone higher up to complain to. Steele told her that she'd have to send an email, which wasn't likely to get anywhere, and unacceptable in her mind. She tried to find contact info for anyone at Steele other than the number given to make reservations and was unsuccessful.

Moral of the story--don't waste your time giving them all the names. Tell them you want john doe in every room 4x, or you run the risk of losing your rooms.
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Re: Championship Hotel Reservations - How Did it Go For you?

What do teams do about hotel reservations when you don't know if you'll qualify until March? Reserve and cancel if you don't make it? Wait until you know you qualify, then scramble?

I'm wondering if a number of hotel rooms free up in March from teams that hoped to qualify, then didn't.

Until last week, we didn't even dream of going to Atlanta, as only 3-4 Vex teams out of 50 get to attend. But after doing better than expected at our Vex Scrimmage, I'd say we have a chance, albeit a small one. Our team only has 5 students, so we'll probably only need 2 rooms, 3 max.

Suggestions/recommendations would be appreciated.
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