Doug,

Great tip! I got the same deal!

$250 sure beats the heck out of the $800+ reservation I got through
the unresponsive Tampa Housing Bureau.

Monday, September 24, 2001, 1:11:08 AM, you wrote:

> Just a quick suggestion to anyone going to OOPSLA who hasn't booked a
> hotel room yet:  I was originally going to try to find a somewhat
> cheaper hotel downtown than the suggested ones (which had "special"
> OOPSLA rates of $140-$150 per night), such as the Holiday Inn several
> blocks away for about $100.  But then I happened to try priceline.com,
> and set a price of $50/night for any 3-star hotel, and it actually
> reserved the Marriott Waterside (adjacent to the conference, originally
> $150)!  (This was for Sat.-Wed.)

> - Doug Way
>   dway at riskmetrics.com


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