[tei-council] hotels for April meeting

[Kevin Hawkins]

I have booked my flight to arrive Wednesday and leave Saturday.  Will 
need a room but can do without free wifi since I can do tethering on my 
cellphone.  --Kevin

On 2/14/2013 3:09 PM, Mylonas, Elli wrote:
> 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