Invite to US teams to attend Waterloo Regional

[Mr. Lim]

Originally Posted by commodoredl

I've been looking into getting our team to attend Waterloo, but need some more economic advice before I can know if the team will want to go.
What hotels have teams traditionally stayed in at Waterloo, and do you know what the going rate usually is per night?

Dan,

Many teams have stayed at the Destination Inn in Waterloo. It is a 5 minute drive from the venue, and every year we've been there, it's been teeming with FRC teams. It's popular. Team 188 has booked there since Waterloo first started.

They've gone through extensive renovations over the past year, so they may no longer be as good of a deal as they once were. So if you call for a quote, and it seems expensive, don't stop and try elsewhere.

http://www.destinationinn.com/

[Adam McLeod]

For anyone who's on the fence over whether or not to attend the Waterloo Regional, I figured I'd throw in another endorsement, for what it counts.

I haven't missed one of these yet, and wouldn't want to: from a scrappy, competitive first-year regional to an ever more smoothly-run veteran event - I've loved every year. I can all but guarantee an intense, intimate venue and an engrossing event from start to finish.

I remember having a great time teaming up with a few American teams at Waterloo in the past couple years, and the more the better: keeps the same Canadian teams from beating up on each other too much, right?

[commodoredl]

Thanks B-Morris and Shawn for your help. Unfortunately, our budget was a lot tighter than it appeared and it looks like there's next to no chance of us going to a second regional this year.
Next year, though, I'll recommend to my team putting Waterloo right at the top of the short list, especially if our previous favorite Boston continues to be in week 2.