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Really? I was just in SF for a conference at paid 115 dollars a day for a pretty nice place. That's like half of Manhattan pricing.

ghaff 11y ago
I haven't paid less than $200/night for years in SF. At the last VMworld, $400/night with taxes was a bargain. It certainly depends on the week and the location, but anecdotally (and I travel to both locations quite frequently), SF in the general Moscone area is every bit as expensive as midtown Manhattan.
- rhino369 11y ago
  I paid 200 a night for the 30th and 31st (so new years eve premium) at Hotel Zelos and then 115/night for Parc 55 for the 1st-6th for a conference. Did I get lucky? My wife's hotel stipend was 280 a night, which suggests, I probably did.
  - ghaff 11y ago
    The Zelos used to be the Palomar, which at least used to be a pretty good deal for that area though I don't think I've personally stayed there. $115 is a very good price for a business hotel in the Union Square area. I imagine immediately after New Years may be relatively light on business travelers.
- FireBeyond 11y ago
  Well yes, but of course "hotel close to a premier convention center, where most hotel bills are going to be paid by corporate, not individual" are going to be noticeably higher.
  - ghaff 11y ago
    Yes, but those sort of rates extend to the Union Square and Ferry Building areas and I don't observe, say, Fisherman's Wharf necessarily being a lot cheaper. (And there's very little in the Mission and Dogpatch areas when I've gone to events at the campus down that way.) During a big conference even the hotels down by the airport can be over $300/night. (I'm sure there are cheaper options especially once you get well away from the tourist, downtown, and convention center areas. Though I imagine that's true of Manhattan as well. But SF has gotten quite expensive in general.)

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Really? I was just in SF for a conference at paid 115 dollars a day for a pretty nice place. That's like half of Manhattan pricing.

by rhino369 11y ago

ghaff 11y ago
I haven't paid less than $200/night for years in SF. At the last VMworld, $400/night with taxes was a bargain. It certainly depends on the week and the location, but anecdotally (and I travel to both locations quite frequently), SF in the general Moscone area is every bit as expensive as midtown Manhattan.
- rhino369 11y ago
  I paid 200 a night for the 30th and 31st (so new years eve premium) at Hotel Zelos and then 115/night for Parc 55 for the 1st-6th for a conference. Did I get lucky? My wife's hotel stipend was 280 a night, which suggests, I probably did.
  - ghaff 11y ago
    The Zelos used to be the Palomar, which at least used to be a pretty good deal for that area though I don't think I've personally stayed there. $115 is a very good price for a business hotel in the Union Square area. I imagine immediately after New Years may be relatively light on business travelers.
- FireBeyond 11y ago
  Well yes, but of course "hotel close to a premier convention center, where most hotel bills are going to be paid by corporate, not individual" are going to be noticeably higher.
  - ghaff 11y ago
    Yes, but those sort of rates extend to the Union Square and Ferry Building areas and I don't observe, say, Fisherman's Wharf necessarily being a lot cheaper. (And there's very little in the Mission and Dogpatch areas when I've gone to events at the campus down that way.) During a big conference even the hotels down by the airport can be over $300/night. (I'm sure there are cheaper options especially once you get well away from the tourist, downtown, and convention center areas. Though I imagine that's true of Manhattan as well. But SF has gotten quite expensive in general.)