Re: [Shameless Plug] -- Embedded Systems Conference

From: Clarence_A (no_at_No.com)
Date: 01/10/05 

Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2005 19:29:43 GMT

"Spehro Pefhany" <speffSNIP@interlogDOTyou.knowwhat> wrote in
message news:aob5u09ekca83t4m1lms926mir0cob14ig@4ax.com...
> On Mon, 10 Jan 2005 14:57:07 GMT, the renowned Al Clark
> <dsp@danvillesignal.com> wrote:
>
> >"Ron Huizen" <rhuizen@bittware.com> wrote in
> >news:10u5569ma9ae97c@corp.supernews.com:
> >
> >> "Clarence_A" <no@No.com> wrote in message
> >> news:xQqEd.8982$wZ2.8772@newssvr13.news.prodigy.com...
> >>> Company will not pay for anything in the SF area, they say
it is
> >>> too expensive. They will pay in Anaheim or LV! I've even
been
> >>> allowed to book in Phoenix and Denver (Gun Barrel, CO). Just
NOT
> >>> SF!
> >>>
> >>> No other explanation!
> >>>
> >>
> >> So you can't go to New York, Boston, Chicago, and any other
major
> >> city? I don't find San Francisco any more expensive than any
of the
> >> above, in fact I think I usually pay less in San Fran. I
usually use
> >> Expedia or Hotels.com or some other discount broker, and
don't stay at
> >> the conference hotels ...
> >>
> >> ----
> >> Ron Huizen
> >> BittWare
> >>
> >>
> >
> >San Francisco is not necessarily more expensive than those
other cities,
> >if you avoid the big hotels downtown. One option is to find a
hotel near
> >CalTrain or Bart. These are the commuter rail services. You can
walk from
> >either to the convention center. I stay with family and do this
several
> >times a year. Don't rent a car, parking will kill you.
> >
> >Air tickets are usually available at discount rates if you plan
ahead. I
> >pay from $200-$250 from Minneapolis.
>
> He's in Orange County. It's a miserly $39 each way via Southwest
> (Ontario <-> San Jose or Oakland) with 14 day advance purchase.
>
> >If I wanted to go, I would predetermine hotels and travel
options, and
> >then talk to the powers that be.
>
> Yup. Sounds like a rather Dilbertian policy.

Unless a customer is paying, anything over 1,000 Miles is just not
considered. Price is not the issue, it's just policy.

BTW the last time I went to SF, it was an hour and a half each way
from SJ motel to the Conference, and if you drove Parking was so
far away you needed a bicycle to get to the hall.

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