Hello Texas Drupalers!
Are you going to DrupalconSF? Interested in saving some money on lodging? I've been looking into options for cheap lodging and unless I do couch surfing I'll probably get a bed at a hostel. I found some great options on Hostel World with rates around 20ドル/night, but I wanted to see how interested people were interested in sharing a private room. Some hostels are well within walking distance of the Moscone Center, include free wifi & free breakfast.
Kayak suggests arriving on the 15th and leaving on the 23rd (best rates +/- 3 days) to get airfare for 232ドル*. That works perfectly for me because I need to be there on the 17th for volunteer orientation and I wanted to get there a day before that just to have a chance to explore the area. I'm flexible on the departure date, but if it's cheap to stay a little longer it might be nice to work remotely from an exotic location. :-)
*San Jose is 199,ドル but the shuttle from SJ to SF is 80ドル.
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Lodging
I am interested. I thought it would be great to have a DrupalCon room at a hostel. The only issues is different schedules. My plan is to go from the 17th to the 23rd
There is a guy here who is staying at a hostel http://sf2010.drupal.org/forum/22/room-share
Might make sense to post something there as well.
Yelp has some reviews
http://www.yelp.com/search?find_desc=hostel&ns=1&find_loc=San+Francisco,...
I started a public google map as well.
http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=1084244929337972...
Flight
Jetblue flys non-stop AUS-SFO for 249ドル so that's what I think I will do.
Schedules
Yeah, the schedules are an issue, but not a major one. I could book a single room for a couple nights until everyone else arrives. That thread on the sf2010 site looks helpful, thanks!
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David Needham
Team Lead of Training at Datadog
Amsterdam Hostel
It looks like I'll probably be staying at the Amsterdam Hostel. Free Wifi, free waffle breakfast, 17ドル/night for a bed in a dorm room.
I'd still like to hook up with some people to arrange a private room though, for at least part of the time I'll be there (17-22nd?). If this is anything like past Drupalcons we'll probably be getting up early and getting back pretty late. That's not really a big deal, but I don't want to bother the other ppl in the room.
EDIT: The Amsterdam looks good, but reviews turn up tons of cases of bedbugs. I guess I'll pony up 26ドル/night and stay at the USA Hostels. Still free breakfast, wifi, stellar reviews, even better location, and still cheaper than a motel.
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David Needham
Team Lead of Training at Datadog
It looks like During the days
It looks like During the days of Drupalcon I'm sleeping somewhere nearby for free from someone at http://www.couchsurfing.org. I'll be getting there a few days early, so before then I'll be staying with someone for ~25ドル/night from http://www.airbnb.com. After Drupalcon, I may do either of those two options, or just find one of the hostels.
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David Needham
Team Lead of Training at Datadog