AP sold out; chances of picking up cancellation?

[euro12]

Damn me and my procrastination!

Now the AP is completely sold out. The legendarily-curteous lady on the phone informed me that they're not taking names for cancellations, and I should basically play roulette and call back "periodically."

Am I screwed? Should I start looking for love elsewhere? When is a good time to try and pick up a cancellation room? (I was thinking perhaps closer to the con would bring more luck.)

[octalpus]

Damn me and my procrastination!

Now the AP is completely sold out. The legendarily-curteous lady on the phone informed me that they're not taking names for cancellations, and I should basically play roulette and call back "periodically."

Am I screwed? Should I start looking for love elsewhere? When is a good time to try and pick up a cancellation room? (I was thinking perhaps closer to the con would bring more luck.)

You're not going to get a cancellation. Book earlier next year. For now, it's time to scramble to get a room in a nearby hotel before they're all booked too. Last I heard, St. Tropez and Amerisuites were almost full, too.

[blackbeetle]

Other hotels

http://www.defcon.org/html/defcon-12/dc-12-hotel.html

[kallahar]

You can have my room, for the low low price of $500/night

Or you could sleep on the floor for $200/night

Or I'll even let you sleep on the floor outside the door for a mere $50/night

Ain't capitalism great? ;)

Seriously though, there are several nearby hotels that work just fine. It's not quite as convenient but as long as you're within walking distance it's not that bad.

[astcell]

I slept in the pool one night....

[phobal]

Damn me and my procrastination!

Now the AP is completely sold out. The legendarily-curteous lady on the phone informed me that they're not taking names for cancellations, and I should basically play roulette and call back "periodically."

Am I screwed? Should I start looking for love elsewhere? When is a good time to try and pick up a cancellation room? (I was thinking perhaps closer to the con would bring more luck.)

Yup. You're screwed. Go home. Don't come out because the Alexis Park is the only hotel on the infamously desolate I-15 stretch of road.

[Strom Carlson]

Yup. You're screwed. Go home. Don't come out because the Alexis Park is the only hotel on the infamously desolate I-15 stretch of road.

I just booked a room at the St Tropez on expedia; it was $260-ish for the weekend.

[phobal]

260 for the st. tropez when you could have gotten the el cortez for $80ish is truly a shame.

[Strom Carlson]

260 for the st. tropez when you could have gotten the el cortez for $80ish is truly a shame.

but you can't exactly walk to the el cortez from the alexis park, especially when you're drunk. Why else would I get a room _at_ the convention when I live in las vegas already?

[phobal]

but you can't exactly walk to the el cortez from the alexis park, especially when you're drunk. Why else would I get a room _at_ the convention when I live in las vegas already?

but when you offset the cab cost you're likely saving money. and hey! it's the el cortez!!!!!!!!!!

[astcell]

phobal, you talk like you can get a cab in 30 minutes. Maybe on a regular day, but not when 1,200 others are ahead of you in line.

[Contrarian]

Damn me and my procrastination!

Am I screwed? Should I start looking for love elsewhere? When is a good time to try and pick up a cancellation room? (I was thinking perhaps closer to the con would bring more luck.)

Well, the latest you can cancel to get a full refund is 3 days before the con. So you may want to keep that in mind when looking for a cancellation.

[zero]

Other places

If you're going to make reservations at the surrounding hotels listed in the hotel FAQ, call directly and say you're with defcon. They've made arraignments with them. I'm at the Embassy Suites (like the free breakfast, and the cook there, plus bring family I wouldn't put in the Alexis), and the rate on Expedia was 129-169 a night, while the defcon rate was 115 a night. MUCH better. But friday night is already sold out for the Swenson Ave venue.

[phobal]

phobal, you talk like you can get a cab in 30 minutes. Maybe on a regular day, but not when 1,200 others are ahead of you in line.

Buuuuut, it's the el-cortez!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

if you're poor and need inspiration:
http://www.bigempire.com/vegas/19dollar1.html

[Contrarian]

The western casino is truly a cultural experience.

Inside are the hadcore degenerate gamblers, male and female - it doesn' discriminate. Dealers typically wear a uniform of, what they were wearing before they came to work. If you gamble $5 a hand you're a whale.

Outside is a parade of gang members dealing crack, two-bit prostitutes too ugly for the escort services, and drunk and/or homeless. Even the cops don't ride their bikes down that far along freemont, usually stopping at those cement cylinders in the ground.

They seem to act as an imaginary border and he riff-raff know now to cross in, and the gentle folk know not to cross over. I often wonderered if the husband and wife with their two 11 and 13 year old children would be walking around so casually if they really knew that not more than 50 feet away someone was buying crack for $20 a baggie and some-body else was arranging for a quick $50 blowjob.

I have never seen a room or stayed at their motel, but I will give he utmost respect to anyone who ever did.