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.
I couldn’t find it on their website, do we know how much they charge for parking and internet access?