Klarinet Archive - Posting 000240.txt from 2006/05

From: Don Christensen <don@-----.com>
Subj: [kl] Re: Cheap hotel tip for the Clarinetfest in Atlanta
Date: Tue, 30 May 2006 17:43:53 -0400


On 30 May, 2006, at 17:01, klarinet-digest-help@-----.org wrote:

>
>> By booking in Atlanta-Perimeter, we
>> are only paying $26/night/room (with taxes, etc. it comes to about
>> $30, but $26 is the offer price we chose). We ended up with the
>> Homestead Atlanta Perimeter Extended StayAmerica at 1050 Hammond Dr.
>> These rooms include a kitchenette.
>>
>>
>
> It's a tradeoff. You are 15 miles away, 3 miles from the airport,
> there
> is a minimum stay period, and you don't get daily laundry service.
> It's
> great that it works for you.

Saving $750 will certainly help me past these minor inconveniences. I
do think it is important for people to have a much cheaper
alternative to the Omni. Then everyone can choose: 1.) Pay lots of
money to walk down the hall and ride an elevator to all the events;
or 2.) Walk a ways and spend 20 minutes on a commuter train, but pay
very little. For some, such as college students, it may be Choice #2
or not go at all. In any event I am neither worried about the Omni's
bottom line nor am I inclined to recognize the choice involved here
as being any kind of an ethical dilemma.

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