[Foss4g2009] Preferred Accommodation

[Cameron Shorter]

Julia,
Is Tour Hosts in a position to offer some unbiased advice on which 
accommodation we should recommend all foss4g delegates stay at (so 
people are staying with friends)?


Mark Leslie wrote:
> In my period efforts to get the workshops all lined up in an orderly 
> fashion, I was asked a question that I hadn't considered before, and 
> I'm hoping others can weigh in.
>
> What is the preferred hotel for people attending the conference, as 
> Fountains Hotel was in Cape Town?
>
> Now, I wasn't able to attend Cape Town, so there may be insights here 
> I'm missing (maybe it would be best to avoid Sydney's version of 
> Fountains Hotel), but looking through the list on the website I see no 
> clear winners either way.
>
> The three hotels right on the harbour are the Hotel Ibis Darling 
> Harbour, Novotel Sydney on Darling Harbour and Grand Mercure 
> Apartments One Darling Harbour.  Each easily within crawling distance 
> of the conference center.  On the other hand, the YHA is priced right 
> and has easy train access.  There's also http://www.couchsurfing.org/, 
> but I don't think you'll get everyone in the same place.
>
> Has anybody already booked, or considered where they're planning on 
> staying?
>


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