The Hyatt is sold out.

[darxus.livejournal.com]

Two days after posting to the main Arisia site and this livejournal community (in response to a posted question, not as an announcement post as promised, significantly lacking the "hotel" tag). I just got confirmation from innkeeper@arisia.

I am displeased. This may be the first Arisia I miss since I moved to this area.

I tried the overflow hotel once, and determined that it was not worth doing.

Comments

[jarien.livejournal.com]

The taxi was ~10 bucks one way. I waited for 45 minutes for the shuttle, when it was advertised to run um... every 15? Every 20? The Arisia hotel had no information for me as to why it was not running on time, nor when it would finally show up, so I gave up and called a cab. It was way, way too far to walk to last year's overflow hotel. This year's might be closer, but keep in mind that temperatures in Boston in January are not kind, and sidewalks are sometimes inaccessible due to snow issues. Walking isn't always going to be a viable option.

The shuttle was never overcrowded, on the other hand. But maybe that's because no one knew when it would be running and a lot of taxis got a lot of business out of Arisia instead.

[sparkymonster.livejournal.com]

URGH.

I'm a Bostonian so I know how cold and crappy it is here in the winter. Even in a mild winter, I wouldn't make that trek on foot. Hence my desire for cab information.

$10 each way is....irritating. I mean if I split it with ppl each direction it's not horrible, but still. That would add money to my con budget I'd rather not spend.

One of the reasons I want to be in the main hotel is so I can have some place to go chill out (I pretty much require afternoon naps during a con).

Meh.