BlogHer '08: Where to Stay if not the Westin St. Francis?

Almost all of the rooms in the BlogHer room block at the Westin St. Francis are sold out. But now, thanks to our friends at Kimpton, BlogHer attendees can still get special rates at hotels within just a few blocks of the Conference.

Check out these exciting offers here! This link provides a list of available hotels with their respective room rates, and even includes a map so you know exactly how far from the Conference each option is.

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Thanks, Kimpton!

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Price Discrepencies

None of the "from" prices are available from the KLimpton. When clicking on Book Now for any of the properties, not once does the cheap price show available. The cheapest at the first hotel which shows From $161 is actually $368 per night.

Submitted by Adriennevh on Mon, 07/07/2008 - 15:03

Same problem here

I can't get it to work, either. I called the reservation support hotline, and there are no blocks set aside at any of the hotels for BlogHer. :(

Suzanne Reisman, Contributing Editor - Feminism & Gender
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Submitted by Suzanne Reisman on Mon, 07/07/2008 - 16:44

Complimentary Internet

I wonder if you can ask The Westin to offer complimentary Internet like all these other hotels are offering? They will be charging $14.95 per day (even in the lobby) for internet access. It seems when you are already paying over $200 a night, Internet should be included. Is there anything you can do???

:-)

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at catherine-morgan.com, The Political Voices of Women, Care2 Election

Submitted by Catherine Morgan on Mon, 07/07/2008 - 16:05

Catherine, the Westin is offering
that...check your guide

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Submitted by Elisa Camahort on Mon, 07/07/2008 - 16:32

Thanks Adrienne and Suzanne...checking
urgently!!!

Man, it seems to happen with any hotel in any city.

We have sent urgent email to the kind, lovely Kimpton folk, asking them to fix ASAP.

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Submitted by Elisa Camahort on Mon, 07/07/2008 - 16:40

Thanks!

I love Kimpton Hotels - they are always very stylish, so this is great. I'm standing by...

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Submitted by Suzanne Reisman on Mon, 07/07/2008 - 16:46

Just an FYI

There are still rooms available at the Westin St. Francis that are less than the normal rate.

If you go to the Westin/Starwood site here:

http://tinyurl.com/6kbgcy

You can still qualify for the "Buy 2 get the 3rd night free" promotion for people arriving Th/F/Sa stays. You can get a single for $598 for 3 nights or a double for $738 for 3 nights.

Lucretia (aka GeekMommy)

Raising a child in a digital world, still a digital girl

Submitted by GeekMommy on Mon, 07/07/2008 - 21:39

another option

My friend and I are staying at the Hotel Carlton about 5ish blocks away from the Westin. It's an adorable boutique hotel and seems reasonable if anyone wants to check it out.

Hotel Carlton

Jamie (Oh! How Lovely!)

Submitted by jamieislovely on Tue, 07/08/2008 - 10:18

try the union square plaza hotel

The best rate I found in the area for a room with free wifi was the Union Square Plaza Hotel- rooms still available as of today 7/8 and I got a double with wifi for $79 per night. I think a queen or two twins are $89. It seems nice with victorian feel and simple rooms. Contact info is:

www.usphotel.com and the phone number is 415-776-7585

good luck and see you there! If you have a car, as i will, I am told there is a garage about a block from the hotel which charges around $20 per 24 hours- this is VERY good.

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Submitted by remabulous on Tue, 07/08/2008 - 16:06

Checking on those booking issues

Hi All -

I'm the liason for Kimpton who is working on the BlogHer special. I'm going to check into these descrepancies mentioned by Adriennevh and Suzanne. You should be able to get these rates advertised, and I'll check to see why the booking # doesn't know about the deal either.

I'll get back to you as soon as I have the information.

Thanks for commenting about this!

~Li

*update - just spoke with Kimpton, we're aiming for a resoltuion of this issue by EOD today (PST).

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Submitted by storyspinner on Wed, 07/09/2008 - 10:37

booking issues

Hi Li,

If this helps, here's the message I got when I tried to book at any of the hotels:

"The rate you have searched for is unavailable. Please see below for available rates."

I called the reservation support line a few nights ago, and a very nice man told me that there were no blocks of rooms set aside for BlogHer, which is why I couldn't book under that rate.

Suzanne

Suzanne Reisman, Contributing Editor - Feminism & Gender
Campaign for Unshaved Snatch (CUSS) & Other Rants

Submitted by Suzanne Reisman on Wed, 07/09/2008 - 11:41

Hi Suzanne,

Can you email me directly - li@lianaevans.com - I'm going to try and get this resolved personally. Don't understand what's going on. They told me this was resovled :(

Let me know which hotel you're looking at and your dates.

~Li

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Submitted by storyspinner on Fri, 07/11/2008 - 22:28

The dates! The problem was the dates!

OK, so when I went through this step by step to document what was not working, I discovered that the default dates that the booking site opened with did not match those of the conference, and that is why the booking did not work. So, it is all systems go.

Thanks!!!

Suzanne Reisman, Contributing Editor - Feminism & Gender
Campaign for Unshaved Snatch (CUSS) & Other Rants

Submitted by Suzanne Reisman on Sat, 07/12/2008 - 09:45