From: "David A. Black" Date: 2004-08-20T00:32:46+09:00 Subject: Re: Ruby Conference hotel sold out Hi -- On Fri, 20 Aug 2004, Lyle Johnson wrote: > On Thu, 19 Aug 2004 23:45:55 +0900, Tim Hunter wrote: > > > I just tried to make a reservation at the Ruby Conference hotel only to > > learn that the conference block - and indeed the entire hotel - is sold > > out. > > I'm not sure what was going on when you called, Tim, but I just called > (10:21 a.m. Thursday morning) and booked a room at the conference rate > with no problem. This was with a check-in date of Thursday, September > 30 and staying for three nights (check-out on Sunday, October 3). I called them right after seeing Tim's post and they said they were sold out for that weekend. Their website said soldout too. So you may have been the last one :-) (Not that I discourage people from giving it a try; but I'd keep the list of alternatives handy :-) David -- David A. Black dblack@wobblini.net