The good news is that the Hotel costs in Richmond Hill are considerably less than past venues. And, the exchange rate is currently USD$1 to about CAD$1.60, And, the beer has more alcohol content. If your really trying to save money fly to Buffalo on Jet Blue, rent a car, and drive to Toronto. It's a 1-2 hr drive and you can visit Niagara Falls. Sheraton Standard Room Rate: $149 CDN (approx. $95 USD) Sheraton Deluxe Jacuzzi Room Rate: $169 CDN (approx. $107 USD) Best Western Standard Room Rate: $109 CDN (approx. $70 USD) -Randy -----Original Message----- From: Susan Harris [mailto:srh@merit.edu] Sent: April 10, 2002 5:50 PM To: Richard A Steenbergen Cc: NANOG Subject: Re: NANOG costs
Unless of course, they'd like to give discounts for people who have attended many past NANOGs are who are now unemployeed. :)
Unfortunately discounts just aren't feasible - there'd be administrative problems and questions of fairness to other attendees (and to Merit, since our per-attendee costs wouldn't change.) Plus, we're not sure it would solve the problem, considering everyone's high travel and hotel costs. There's always multicast and RealAudio ...