[tei-council] hotels for April meeting

[Mylonas, Elli]

Hi all, I'm looking into hotels, and have the following information, also
an important question:

How many will be attending and needing a hotel room?  I may be able to do
something with a block of 10 or more.

I am looking at hotels in downtown Providence, easy walking distance to
Brown (uphill towards Brown, downhill back). These are also within walking
distance of restaurants and pubs. I am excluding paid wifi unless the total
cost is advantageous. Right now, the best I've got is $139/night. All
downtown hotels offer valet parking for @$28/day. What this means is they
don't have adjacent parking, and they drive your car to some lot they all
use.

There is also the Wyndham Garden, on the other side of Brown. It is also
within walking distance of Brown, but through a mediocre neighborhood and
not a great walk home at night. It's sort of near a street of restaurants,
but again, the walk isn't great - probably fine for a group. It's right on
a highway ramp, and has free parking. The rooms on hotels.com are under
$100, also has free wireless.  They do offer a shuttle (for a small charge,
they say). Optimized for people with cars (Paul!).

I may be able to get some better prices downtown, but right now, the
Wyndham has the others beat, at least on hotels.com.

Syd and I will have cars, and I am housing Gabby and Hugh. --elli