@adrianhon No, but I'm not waiting for the reservation block to be released—I'll save at most £10/night and this way I know I've got it nailed down before the rush. (For me it's a business event.) Most of the rooms will be in hotels further away from the SEC so rooms in the Crowne Plaza usually go early.
@LianaBrooks I'm probably going to the 2025 worldcon in Seattle as well, but 2024's just 40 minutes away by train and I've been to the two previous Glasgow worldcons, so it's a bit of a no-brainer.
They only accept bookings 12 months in advance. So I rocked up on August 9th and ... nope, cheapest was £600/night! Prices have now dropped to much less than half that but it's still a pricey hotel. I'm paying for proximity to the event, basically (and I expect to use my room for meetings).
@cstross £600 a night is ouch territory. I once went to check out and discovered the price I thought was for 3 nights was intact the daily rate. Never again
@cstross@coldclimate You probably should make clearer that this is not what the average fan will pay, because if I had thought about going, reading £600 a night would have made me stop right there. (Yes, you mentioned using it for meetings, but not exactly what that meant in terms of room size.)
@eleeper@coldclimate I'm not paying £600 a night! I'm paying a bunch less than half that for a suite. That's what the hotel wanted for bookings a whole 12 months ahead of the event. Like I said: bathtub curve pricing sucks.
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