Sorry bad choice of words. I was in a bad mood and then I saw this I just reacted badly. Also when I checked the hotel and saw that four stars in Arlington are available for $79 and that this specific hotel charges considerable fees for parking and appears not to offer complimentary internet it was a disappointment then I saw $175 per person with no student discounts or military discounts which I thought was strange. I stay well over 150 nights a year in hotels so I know what a deal is. I’ve recovered from my initial disappointment though. I sincerely apologize to you for going off but it did appear as if no one considered that many a freeper might want to make this a family affair. We are not all retired and single and many of us will want to drive. Even so I want to say thanks for your hard work Brytani. Your restrained response was admirable. :-)
Love your tagline!!
Just to answer a few point you brought up, we didn’t look outside of the beltway simply because of travel time and having many seniors and others who tire easily. We wanted to be as close as possible to DC without being in it so those who have carry permits and are driving in do not have to worry about DC’s unconstitutional gun policies (I’d call them laws but after Heller you know what I mean).
Yea, I saw rooms for less on some of the websites BUT when you put in an offer for as many rooms as our convention would need (can’t do it online except to get quotes i.e. Priceline) the Sheraton came in the absolutely lowest per room and per person for the event. In fact, the only hotel that was even close to the room rate came in at $159/night.
We just had our S. Florida Freeper convention this past April in Kissimmee Fl at the Gaylord Palms Resort - 4 star.
Parking was $24/day and room rates were $149. When I took into consideration what was included for that convention and compared it to what I was being quoted at the Sheraton, we received a great deal.
Maelstorm,
Don’t feel bad. I was not even in a bad mood when I saw the ticket price and still got upset about it.
We were going to go, but changed our mind, because we don’t have enough time and money to do so, but there will be a bunch of tea parties going on around the country, I hope.
So, we are just going to donate $300.00 to the original Tea Party organization - (still WAY below our cost to attend the FR function and not feel guilty because we helped the cause?)
Doing what we can and how much we can.
Chong