*sob* *panic* *blither*

[eurydicebound]

Crap.

Hotels are sold out left, right and center for Origins. ALREADY. And I was planning to attend with family this year, so I can't just ride someone else's coattails. It's UNREAL. It's six months early, and it's sold out. I hope the companies I work with have already made their reservations, or it's gonna be a little scary this year.

The sucky thing is that I know how these things work. Between my bum ankle, needing to shmooze, and needing to work with my kid's schedules and tolerance for crowds and what not, I have no interest in staying in a room more than a couple of blocks from the convention center -- not with two small kids in tow. It would mean we might as well not attend at all.

To verify that this was not some great fluke, I called GAMA and spoke to Anthony Galella. He was super nice and offered to call the listed hotels and see what was still available, as he had a hotel check coming up and wouldn't mind doing it a little early. He's going to call me back. Now I will feel like an ungrateful wench if I don't go, but I can't stay somewhere that won't accomodate my family, either.

Damn it. I want to go to Origins this year.

Comments

[elissa-carey.livejournal.com]

Holy crap! Origins must have become really popular. That's the only explanation I can think of, because this is ridiculous. No way should the hotels already be sold out -- this time last year, the year before, etc., there was still room to be gotten either at the Hilton or at least a hotel right across the street.

I was just going to start looking into this stuff, myself. I'm not sure I'll be able to go, but I sure want to. If the hotel situation is as bad as that, now I'm even less sure I'll be able to go. :(

[tfbretz.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure whether Origins is suddenly popular or if it's due to the dreadful problems with last year's Gen-Con.

We lucked out managed to book the last room at the Hampton Inn (across the street from the Con) last night.

[elissa-carey.livejournal.com]

That's crazy. (I don't doubt it's true, but it's crazy. I'm still stuck on the "sold out" part. Jesus.)

[anaka.livejournal.com]

Wouldn't it be a kick if they grew out of Columbus? That would be.... really bizarre. Kinda cool in a way, but bizarre.

Heck, last year I wasn't getting rooms until March/April, and they still had vacancies. This is insane.

[elissa-carey.livejournal.com]

Absolutely, on all fronts. I got a room at the Red Roof Inn around March, which is effectively across the street from the convention center. (Not quite as close as the Crowne Plaza, but it wasn't a burdensome walk by any means.)