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Re: [Debconf-team] Question for DebConf13 bids: Accommodation



Hi

On Wed, 25 Jan 2012 19:48:57 +0000, Moray Allan <moray@sermisy.org> wrote:
> Sponsored accommodation:
> 
> Roughly what is the expected distribution of rooms by room type?
> (e.g. single/twin/double/3-/4-person rooms)

On the map at http://www.lecamp.ch/visite.php?lang=de# you can click on
the buildings and will get a popup with detailed room distribution. The
site is french and german only, but numbers are arabic ;-) (Schlafraum
means dorm and Plätze means beds) The bottom line is:
- There are no single rooms AFAIK
- There are about 10-20 double rooms without twin beds (no twin beds
  AFAIK)
- About half the places are in rooms with 3 to 8 beds.
- The rest is in larger dorms of 10 to 20 beds.

> 
> What choices on room type and/or quality are available nearer the
> time, according to the money we have available?
> 
> How flexible is the accommodation provider on room booking, so that we
> only pay for beds on nights where they are in use by an attendee?  (As
> attendees do not all come and go on the same dates.)

As we'll rent the whole camp it's the same price. But we get a
significant discount when renting the whole camp. So that's the best
option for us. We can do all the room booking and allocation by ourselves.

> 
> 
> Non-sponsored accommodation:
> 
> Normally we have some attendees who would like to stay alongside other
> attendees but to pay, perhaps paying more for a single room.  What
> options would be available for them in your bid?

We could sell the smaller and more comfortable rooms to those paying
more and put the sponsored ppl into the bigger dorms. 

> 
> Normally we have other attendees who would like to pay for their own
> accommodation, and prefer a higher standard than the sponsored
> accommodation.  What options would be available for them in your bid,
> either as superior rooms in the same place, or other hotel options
> nearby?

There is no option for this on Le Camp itself.

I mainly see two options for this:
- http://www.larouvraie.ch/ is quite close but only reachable by private
  transport. The have a cooperation with Le Camp. Attendees staying
  there would either need their own car or we would have to arrange
  transportation.
- Staying in a hotel in Yverdon. There are hourly connections by bus
  from 5:00 to 24:00. The trip takes a bit more than 30 minutes. There
  are several hotel options in Yverdon up to 4 stars. The same goes for
  Neuchatel but the trip there is not as convenient. Traveling by car to
  either city takes about 15 to 20 minutes.

And the Castle of Vaumarcus (about 400m from the Camp) seems to have a very
limited amount of beds. Information about this is a bit uncertain.

> 
> Can the accommodation provider deal with payment directly from
> attendees who do not take sponsored accommodation?

Probably not as this would lead to a total mess. I'd prefer it if all
the payments went through Debconf.

Gaudenz

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