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Cons - hotels - needs
11 years ago
Revisiting this a little on another subject:
http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/5308086/
I'v been picking up a vibe off some fursuiters over the selling out of the Westin and the other close hotel (forget its name) for AC so fast. I'm sure this is particularly hard on folks travelling from other countries due to time differences.
Are there fursuiters who think the con is about fursuiters? Are there ans who thing fursuiters choose their hobby so they get what they get?
People are getting mad? Frustrated? Over the AC system for room reservations. Some people are voicing (essentially) that the con is pushing away fursuiters for not having rooms for them available in the 2 closest hotels.
So you have to have a Super Sponsoring Membership ($250) now to get an almost perfect pick of what type of room in what hotel you want. This provides value to the membership level but will eventually lead to so many people doing it, there is a huge row over those hotels being sold out before normal registration opens. While the extra $$ is useful to the con I'm sure, I hope they come up with something else before it gets that far because AC is big enough to hit that wall in a year or two.
I would knock membership down to 150 again and say there's a lottery for a 100.00 donation to the charity or something. But hey, that's me, I don't run cons, I only speculate as an attendee of many cons and types of cons over the years.
On to the subject of fursuiters and hotels. Realistically there's no way to give a preference to a group. There's no way to define that group. how do you define a fursuiter? Full fursuit? Partial? How about a complicated costume? How about a Storm Trooper in full armor? How about the guy who owns one but doesn't bring it?
How about others like those on scooters form a disability. Surely we want disabled folks to not end up a mile away. Now how disabled? If they have a powered buggy is that OK? They aren't walking, right? How about a service animal? I go to the Pennsic War every year and met people with 'Stress Cats'. OK, whatever, seems odd to me but they are in a special needs category.
Now DJs with equipment to move. Dealers, Photography people with equipment and videography people who don't want to be walking back in the dark to their hotel at night.
Should healthy con staff not be in the hotel to accommodate everyone who can make a case?
As you see, everyone is a special snow flake, just like everyone else. There's a lot to logistically deal with. I would think the only people who need a guaranteed spot in a close hotel are those with certified mobility and sensory issues. But that's me.
It's not the end of the world. Is a hotel further away inconvenient? Hell yes. I think the con runs shuttles now. Deal or don't go. There are other cons to attend. No group in this fandom deserves a preference based on their chosen hobby.
Peace and love, peace and love! (Any Stern listeners out there? :3 )
-X
http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/5308086/
I'v been picking up a vibe off some fursuiters over the selling out of the Westin and the other close hotel (forget its name) for AC so fast. I'm sure this is particularly hard on folks travelling from other countries due to time differences.
Are there fursuiters who think the con is about fursuiters? Are there ans who thing fursuiters choose their hobby so they get what they get?
People are getting mad? Frustrated? Over the AC system for room reservations. Some people are voicing (essentially) that the con is pushing away fursuiters for not having rooms for them available in the 2 closest hotels.
So you have to have a Super Sponsoring Membership ($250) now to get an almost perfect pick of what type of room in what hotel you want. This provides value to the membership level but will eventually lead to so many people doing it, there is a huge row over those hotels being sold out before normal registration opens. While the extra $$ is useful to the con I'm sure, I hope they come up with something else before it gets that far because AC is big enough to hit that wall in a year or two.
I would knock membership down to 150 again and say there's a lottery for a 100.00 donation to the charity or something. But hey, that's me, I don't run cons, I only speculate as an attendee of many cons and types of cons over the years.
On to the subject of fursuiters and hotels. Realistically there's no way to give a preference to a group. There's no way to define that group. how do you define a fursuiter? Full fursuit? Partial? How about a complicated costume? How about a Storm Trooper in full armor? How about the guy who owns one but doesn't bring it?
How about others like those on scooters form a disability. Surely we want disabled folks to not end up a mile away. Now how disabled? If they have a powered buggy is that OK? They aren't walking, right? How about a service animal? I go to the Pennsic War every year and met people with 'Stress Cats'. OK, whatever, seems odd to me but they are in a special needs category.
Now DJs with equipment to move. Dealers, Photography people with equipment and videography people who don't want to be walking back in the dark to their hotel at night.
Should healthy con staff not be in the hotel to accommodate everyone who can make a case?
As you see, everyone is a special snow flake, just like everyone else. There's a lot to logistically deal with. I would think the only people who need a guaranteed spot in a close hotel are those with certified mobility and sensory issues. But that's me.
It's not the end of the world. Is a hotel further away inconvenient? Hell yes. I think the con runs shuttles now. Deal or don't go. There are other cons to attend. No group in this fandom deserves a preference based on their chosen hobby.
Peace and love, peace and love! (Any Stern listeners out there? :3 )
-X
See you at Megaplex. ;)
On the other hand, walking just 3 or 4 blocks to another hotel in suit is pretty unattractive. Perhaps AC needs to setup changing areas at the convention center so the offsite suiters can bring their action packer. But to make it work, AC will need to check people's street clothes, which carries it's own problems.
And, of course, if you're not going to AC, then you don't have to care.