MangoCon 2016 - Hotel is NOT Fully Booked Yet

@Minion-Queen said in MangoCon 2016 - Hotel is NOT Fully Booked Yet:

Rate is $119/night

Sweet, better than the $195/night down the road - time to update the boss

Way better. NY is expensive for hotels, this is a very good deal. I stayed at a random middle of nowhere Hampton Inn a few nights ago on a HHonors discount and everything and it was more than that.

RojoLoco

@scottalanmiller said in MangoCon 2016 - Hotel is NOT Fully Booked Yet:

@Minion-Queen said in MangoCon 2016 - Hotel is NOT Fully Booked Yet:

Rate is $119/night

Which includes shuttle to the conference

You mean elevator?

scottalanmiller

@RojoLoco said in MangoCon 2016 - Hotel is NOT Fully Booked Yet:

@scottalanmiller said in MangoCon 2016 - Hotel is NOT Fully Booked Yet:

@Minion-Queen said in MangoCon 2016 - Hotel is NOT Fully Booked Yet:

Rate is $119/night

Which includes shuttle to the conference

You mean elevator?

It's a very direct shuttle.

RojoLoco

So where might I find the best airfare deals to this shindig? All the options I've checked are a bit pricey, but I may just have to suck it up and pay... unless anyone here has some great, hidden, cut rate plane ticket connection.

coliver

@RojoLoco said in MangoCon 2016 - Hotel is NOT Fully Booked Yet:

So where might I find the best airfare deals to this shindig? All the options I've checked are a bit pricey, but I may just have to suck it up and pay... unless anyone here has some great, hidden, cut rate plane ticket connection.

All options pretty much suck... NY is really expensive to fly in to and out of.

Minion Queen

We actually have a kick butt finding awesome prices for flights guru around here @Dominica where are you?

RojoLoco

@coliver said in MangoCon 2016 - Hotel is NOT Fully Booked Yet:

@RojoLoco said in MangoCon 2016 - Hotel is NOT Fully Booked Yet:

So where might I find the best airfare deals to this shindig? All the options I've checked are a bit pricey, but I may just have to suck it up and pay... unless anyone here has some great, hidden, cut rate plane ticket connection.

All options pretty much suck... NY is really expensive to fly in to and out of.

I was hoping someone knew a secret combo of flights that would be cheap. I can get to chicago for pennies, but any flights to NY are spendy, non stop or otherwise.

scottalanmiller

@RojoLoco said in MangoCon 2016 - Hotel is NOT Fully Booked Yet:

So where might I find the best airfare deals to this shindig? All the options I've checked are a bit pricey, but I may just have to suck it up and pay... unless anyone here has some great, hidden, cut rate plane ticket connection.

JetBlue is generally pretty good. Flying into Rochester is super convenient, only 10 minutes from the conference. Flying into Buffalo or Syracuse is an hour or longer drive, but very feasible. Flying into Albany would be a huge pain in the butt and flying into NYC would be farther away than flying into Cleveland, but could be done.

Any of these cities: Chicago, Cleveland, Buffalo, Syracuse, Utica, Albany, Poughkeepsie, New York City (JFK, La Guardia) or Newark sit on the Amtrak line and you can get to Rochester via the train. If you are coming from farther than Albany this will turn into a ridiculously long train ride. From Utica or closer (which includes Syracuse, Buffalo and Depew) the train is very easy.

The conference is very close to the train station in Rochester.

scottalanmiller

@coliver said in MangoCon 2016 - Hotel is NOT Fully Booked Yet:

@RojoLoco said in MangoCon 2016 - Hotel is NOT Fully Booked Yet:

So where might I find the best airfare deals to this shindig? All the options I've checked are a bit pricey, but I may just have to suck it up and pay... unless anyone here has some great, hidden, cut rate plane ticket connection.

All options pretty much suck... NY is really expensive to fly in to and out of.

I know someone that just got Rochester to LA for $99 round trip.

RojoLoco

@scottalanmiller said in MangoCon 2016 - Hotel is NOT Fully Booked Yet:

@coliver said in MangoCon 2016 - Hotel is NOT Fully Booked Yet:

@RojoLoco said in MangoCon 2016 - Hotel is NOT Fully Booked Yet:

So where might I find the best airfare deals to this shindig? All the options I've checked are a bit pricey, but I may just have to suck it up and pay... unless anyone here has some great, hidden, cut rate plane ticket connection.

All options pretty much suck... NY is really expensive to fly in to and out of.

I know someone that just got Rochester to LA for $99 round trip.

Grrrrr..... lucky bastard.

scottalanmiller

@Minion-Queen said in MangoCon 2016 - Hotel is NOT Fully Booked Yet:

We actually have a kick butt finding awesome prices for flights guru around here @Dominica where are you?

You should post a thread on flight discussions and maybe people can mention cities and get deals listed there for others to find.

Minion Queen

@scottalanmiller said in MangoCon 2016 - Hotel is NOT Fully Booked Yet:

@RojoLoco said in MangoCon 2016 - Hotel is NOT Fully Booked Yet:

So where might I find the best airfare deals to this shindig? All the options I've checked are a bit pricey, but I may just have to suck it up and pay... unless anyone here has some great, hidden, cut rate plane ticket connection.

JetBlue is generally pretty good. Flying into Rochester is super convenient, only 10 minutes from the conference. Flying into Buffalo or Syracuse is an hour or longer drive, but very feasible. Flying into Albany would be a huge pain in the butt and flying into NYC would be farther away than flying into Cleveland, but could be done.

Any of these cities: Chicago, Cleveland, Buffalo, Syracuse, Utica, Albany, Poughkeepsie, New York City (JFK, La Guardia) or Newark sit on the Amtrak line and you can get to Rochester via the train. If you are coming from farther than Albany this will turn into a ridiculously long train ride. From Utica or closer (which includes Syracuse, Buffalo and Depew) the train is very easy.

The conference is very close to the train station in Rochester.

And we can arrange for pick up of people if they choose this option as well.

scottalanmiller

@RojoLoco said in MangoCon 2016 - Hotel is NOT Fully Booked Yet:

@scottalanmiller said in MangoCon 2016 - Hotel is NOT Fully Booked Yet:

@coliver said in MangoCon 2016 - Hotel is NOT Fully Booked Yet:

@RojoLoco said in MangoCon 2016 - Hotel is NOT Fully Booked Yet:

So where might I find the best airfare deals to this shindig? All the options I've checked are a bit pricey, but I may just have to suck it up and pay... unless anyone here has some great, hidden, cut rate plane ticket connection.

All options pretty much suck... NY is really expensive to fly in to and out of.

I know someone that just got Rochester to LA for $99 round trip.

Grrrrr..... lucky bastard.

Sort of, but they had to go to LA so not that lucky. And no, it wasn't me.

scottalanmiller

@Minion-Queen said in MangoCon 2016 - Hotel is NOT Fully Booked Yet:

@scottalanmiller said in MangoCon 2016 - Hotel is NOT Fully Booked Yet:

@RojoLoco said in MangoCon 2016 - Hotel is NOT Fully Booked Yet:

So where might I find the best airfare deals to this shindig? All the options I've checked are a bit pricey, but I may just have to suck it up and pay... unless anyone here has some great, hidden, cut rate plane ticket connection.

JetBlue is generally pretty good. Flying into Rochester is super convenient, only 10 minutes from the conference. Flying into Buffalo or Syracuse is an hour or longer drive, but very feasible. Flying into Albany would be a huge pain in the butt and flying into NYC would be farther away than flying into Cleveland, but could be done.

Any of these cities: Chicago, Cleveland, Buffalo, Syracuse, Utica, Albany, Poughkeepsie, New York City (JFK, La Guardia) or Newark sit on the Amtrak line and you can get to Rochester via the train. If you are coming from farther than Albany this will turn into a ridiculously long train ride. From Utica or closer (which includes Syracuse, Buffalo and Depew) the train is very easy.

The conference is very close to the train station in Rochester.

And we can arrange for pick up of people if they choose this option as well.

The hotel likely would do it, too. It's closer than the airport.