TOPIC: GENCON Housing Access Times

Good luck to everyone on getting a good Hotel Room this year!

My access time is 6:13 PM, so no chance of a connected hotel for me. Hopefully my friends will have better luck.

12:08 here. This is the first time in 3 years we'll be able to secure block housing downtown.

Odds are, this means we'll get shut out of being able to secure full TD runs, but for now I'm celebrating

isauteikisa wrote: 12:08 here. This is the first time in 3 years we'll be able to secure block housing downtown.

Odds are, this means we'll get shut out of being able to secure full TD runs, but for now I'm celebrating

Congratulations! You'll have your pick of Hotel Rooms.

isauteikisa wrote: 12:08 here. This is the first time in 3 years we'll be able to secure block housing downtown.

Odds are, this means we'll get shut out of being able to secure full TD runs, but for now I'm celebrating

That’s almost as good as a VIG,
Now that they can’t get into the
Great Hall an hour early, and did not cost
You $600
Enjoy.

After the past few years, I had to triple-check my email to make sure I wasn't misreading anything. Managed to score 12:03pm ET this year. Glad this year I can help our group. We need 5 rooms and I think our second best time is 2:01pm ET.

Dave wrote: After the past few years, I had to triple-check my email to make sure I wasn't misreading anything. Managed to score 12:03pm ET this year. Glad this year I can help our group. We need 5 rooms and I think our second best time is 2:01pm ET.

Wow, 5 rooms is a lot! is the goup like 20-30 people?

Pretty sure you can only reserve 1 room per time slot, but I've never tried to reserve more, so can't say for certain

Endgame wrote:

Dave wrote: After the past few years, I had to triple-check my email to make sure I wasn't misreading anything. Managed to score 12:03pm ET this year. Glad this year I can help our group. We need 5 rooms and I think our second best time is 2:01pm ET.

Wow, 5 rooms is a lot! is the goup like 20-30 people?

Pretty sure you can only reserve 1 room per time slot, but I've never tried to reserve more, so can't say for certain

Can you have more than 2 people per room? I thought I read somewhere on the GenCon website it's 1-2 people per room.

Endgame wrote:

Dave wrote: After the past few years, I had to triple-check my email to make sure I wasn't misreading anything. Managed to score 12:03pm ET this year. Glad this year I can help our group. We need 5 rooms and I think our second best time is 2:01pm ET.

Wow, 5 rooms is a lot! is the goup like 20-30 people?

Pretty sure you can only reserve 1 room per time slot, but I've never tried to reserve more, so can't say for certain

It depends on how many badges you bought under your account. If you bought at least 3 badges, that unlocks your ability to reserve a 2nd room.

Arnold wrote:

Endgame wrote:

Dave wrote: After the past few years, I had to triple-check my email to make sure I wasn't misreading anything. Managed to score 12:03pm ET this year. Glad this year I can help our group. We need 5 rooms and I think our second best time is 2:01pm ET.

Wow, 5 rooms is a lot! is the goup like 20-30 people?

Pretty sure you can only reserve 1 room per time slot, but I've never tried to reserve more, so can't say for certain

It depends on how many badges you bought under your account. If you bought at least 3 badges, that unlocks your ability to reserve a 2nd room.

You're right. I just reread it. Guess I skimmed through it the first time.

Krym wrote:

Endgame wrote:

Dave wrote: After the past few years, I had to triple-check my email to make sure I wasn't misreading anything. Managed to score 12:03pm ET this year. Glad this year I can help our group. We need 5 rooms and I think our second best time is 2:01pm ET.

Wow, 5 rooms is a lot! is the goup like 20-30 people?

Pretty sure you can only reserve 1 room per time slot, but I've never tried to reserve more, so can't say for certain

Can you have more than 2 people per room? I thought I read somewhere on the GenCon website it's 1-2 people per room.

The "official" capacity for every room in the block is 4 (and I've stayed in almost every hotel downtown indy for one gen con out another). Some hotels do charge an extra $10 for each person beyond two.

Unofficially, room capacity is about 8, before you just can't cram more people in the room. From roughly 1996 to 2010 I had 8 people in my room. After 2010 my group decided to not have more than 6 in a room, and last year we even dropped to 4.

Krym wrote:
Can you have more than 2 people per room? I thought I read somewhere on the GenCon website it's 1-2 people per room.

The 1 room per 2 people thing is just to manage the reservation process on housing selection day. The hotels all have a max occupancy defined for each room (usually like 3 in a king room, 4 in a double/queen room, 6 in a suite). I don't think those limits tend to actually be enforced though.

Aegoce wrote:

Krym wrote:
Can you have more than 2 people per room? I thought I read somewhere on the GenCon website it's 1-2 people per room.

The 1 room per 2 people thing is just to manage the reservation process on housing selection day. The hotels all have a max occupancy defined for each room (usually like 3 in a king room, 4 in a double/queen room, 6 in a suite). I don't think those limits tend to actually be enforced though.

A lot of places will limit the number of keys they give you, or the number that work. As in, if you give away all 4 initial keys, then the person with their name on the room goes to get a new one, one or more of the old keys will stop working.

Ultimately you can fit 6 to 8 in a room, but logistics get to be quite a pain after 4 imo.