WEG Hotel-- Price drop

[Watermark_Farm]

My WEG travel buddy just booked us a junior suite at the Days Inn 7 miles from the KHP. $189/night for 5 of us including breakfast. Call them — she said they were eager to book rooms and had a 2 bedroom suite for about $229/night.

Also, I just canceled 2 nonsmoking rooms at the Red Roof Inn South Lexington. Those were at $150/night. They said they had availability.

[asterix]

rooms are definitely coming down. I just rebooked us 50$ night cheaper, equivalent place, and expect to be able to do that at least one more time before I have to “commit” w/o refund.

I ran a search last night and just now, and in between that time a number of places have dropped their rates.

[Sandy_M]

[QUOTE=vineyridge;5109284]
The ones who showed all full up for direct booking or exorbitant rates were hooked up with Short’s, the “official” agency for the Games. The hotel had contracted with Short’s for all their rooms and were waiting for Short’s to sell them at the rates agreed to with Short’s.

So if you are gonna hate on anyone in the housing fiasco, hate on Short’s. :)[/QUOTE]

And Alltech, the KHP, the WEG organizers, etc. - whomever designated Short’s as “official” has absolutely NO control over what they do? Not getting a cut, at all? I think there’s plenty of blame to go around. The whole thing may come off well organizationally with regard to the competition itself, but the ticketing, parking, transportation, lodging, etc. is a cluster f**k and I really do hope they take a financial hit and learn something.

To compete at the WEG level is, for the most part, the provenance of the elite, but to have to be among the “elite” to afford to WATCH the competition is ridiculous! I’ve attended Rolex, I’ve attended the World Championships in several disciplines before they became the WEG, I’ve been to the Olympics…and calculated in the dollars relevant at the times I attended, they were MUCH, MUCH less expensive than these WEG. Greed, greed, greed…

And as for the COTH editor who suggested that one “give up a lesson or two” in order to attend. What it would cost to attend ONE HALF DAY of dressage would pay for two lessons for me from my instructor who has all her USDF medals (i.e., not some up-down teacher of beginners), and that’s leaving out air fare, hotel, etc. Really, I give up “a couple” of lessons and I can afford to go to the WEG??? NOT. Perhaps in the COTH editor’s world. Perhaps she takes from the former Olympian who, I once was told, charged $200 for a 45 min. group lesson (probably more these days). LOL

[kraslad]

Last Minute Housing - good deal

If you or anyone you know is still looking for housing, tell them to call Active Travel at 800.973.3221 - they have rooms available and are willing to work with folks. It’s the whole “something is better than nothing” scenario.

They have rooms during the entire games.

Good luck!