[nfb-talk] Internet charges at hotels

Steve Jacobson steve.jacobson at visi.com
Thu Jul 14 15:11:29 UTC 2011


Brian,

What I found to be different at this hotel was the lack of free internet even in the lobby which I have found to be pretty standard even in hotels that charge.  
It has always struck be as ironic that one is going to most likely get free wireless in the cheaper hotels.  However, this makes some sense in a way since the 
guests that usually stay in hotels like our convention hotels are paying much higher rates than we pay and the internet costs are for them necessary and far 
less significant.  If you are paying $200 a day for your room, you're not going to worry that much about $12 for internet.  It is less than the tax on your room in 
many cases.

Best regards,

Steve Jacobson

On Wed, 13 Jul 2011 21:03:46 -0400, Brian Miller wrote:

>Not that I disagree that this is a chunk of change when one  considers a
>week long stay, but I have to note that this is a standard rate for internet
>at major hotels.  I travel a lot for work and fun and have paid this often.
>I was at the Hyatt in Phoenix a few months ago where the charge was $12 a
>day, plus tax!  Scandalous, but true.

>I have also stayed at hotels where the internet was gratis -- the Doubletree
>in Nashville, for example, where I stayed for a week for work last month.  

>Brian Miller


>-----Original Message-----
>From: nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>Behalf Of Loren Wakefield
>Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2011 3:09 PM
>To: NFB Talk Mailing List
>Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Convention in Orlando for 5 years

>That amount is something like the mob would charge.  There is absolutely no
>reason to charge that much except that they think they can.


>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "Mike Freeman" <k7uij at panix.com>
>To: "'NFB Talk Mailing List'" <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org>
>Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2011 12:09 AM
>Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Convention in Orlando for 5 years


>> 9.95 a day.
>>
>> Mike
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>> Behalf Of d m gina
>> Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2011 8:44 PM
>> To: nfb-talk at nfbnet.org
>> Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Convention in Orlando for 5 years
>>
>> yes it is nice to check email though when you would wish.
>> What was the cost to use their system?
>> Five dollars?
>> Would that be a day?
>> Jim likes to check things out like that.
>> Me, I would rather use my new system with Verizon.
>> I have worked hard to do email by the phone, and even if I say so myself, 
>> I
>> plum don't do that bad.
>> My lists laugh at me if they get a blank message.
>> I even hit the wrong keys on this computer trying to do something else.
>> Keeps me thinking.
>>
>> Original message:
>>> Of course, the question is *why?* After all, one presumably goes to
>>> conventions to attend meetings, not dabble on the Internet. <<putting
>>> on fire-resistant suit>>
>>
>>> Mike
>>
>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org]
>>> On Behalf Of T. Joseph Carter
>>> Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2011 5:35 PM
>>> To: NFB Talk Mailing List
>>> Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Convention in Orlando for 5 years
>>
>>> More frustrating was that there was no wifi at any price anywhere in
>>> the area of the meeting rooms.  Were I to make one request of the
>>> national office when we return, it would be to obtain internet access
>>> for the meeting rooms and set up a few wifi routers at selected
>>> locations for basic access.
>>
>>> Joseph
>>
>>
>>> On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 04:01:59PM -0400, Marsha Drenth wrote:
>>>> Just my two cents on this convention. The hotel was nice, very clean,
>>>> nice rooms, and the staff was great. It was huge, people thought we
>>>> walked a lot in Dallas, folks that is NOTHING! The food in the hotel
>>>> was very very expensive, way way more than any of the restaurants in
>>>> Dallas. It did help greatly to have the Publics across the street. If
>>>> and when I go back, I
>>> must
>>>> remember to take good walking shoes. In regards to the WiFi, yes it
>>>> totally sucked there was no free access any where in the hotel. And
>>>> yet again I am too cheap to buy it. As far as the cell coverage, I
>>>> have Verizon and had converage every where in the hotel and rooms. So
>>>> I think that really
>>> depends
>>>> on your carrier.
>>
>>>> Marsha
>>
>>
>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org
>>>> [mailto:nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of T. Joseph Carter
>>>> Sent: Sunday, July 10, 2011 12:43 AM
>>>> To: NFB Talk Mailing List
>>>> Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Convention in Orlando for 5 years
>>
>>>> Yes, Mr. Rosen was REALLY impressed with the NFB, and Dr. Maurer was
>>>> really impressed with the facility.  Hopefully the two of them can
>>>> work something out to reduce the nickel-and-dime effects somewhat.  I
>>>> certainly have no objection to the hotel making money-but the
>>>> incidental fees are both too high and too frequent to be comfortable.
>>>> There isn't even lobby wifi access without a fee, and the hotel is
>>>> full of cellular dead zones.
>>
>>>> Joseph
>>
>>
>>>> On Sat, Jul 09, 2011 at 11:43:17PM -0400, Brian Miller wrote:
>>>>> Did they say if it was to be at the same hotel all those years?
>>
>>>>> Brian M
>>
>>
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org
>>>>> [mailto:nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Sherri
>>>>> Sent: Saturday, July 09, 2011 8:00 PM
>>>>> To: NFB Talk Mailing List; blindtlk at nfbnet.org
>>>>> Subject: [nfb-talk] Convention in Orlando for 5 years
>>
>>>>> It was announced at the convention that conventions from 2013
>>>>> through 2017 will be held in Orlando. I wish we could extend the
>>>>> length of the
>>>> convention
>>>>> back to how it was and NFB would organize tours for Wednesday 
>>>>> afternoon.
>>>>> That way, people could get excited about Orlando and have time to go
>>>> places.
>>>>> I liked the old schedule much better. If we are going to keep people
>>>>> here for five years in a row, we need to give them ample opportunity
>>>>> to take advantage of all there is to do in Orlando. Besides, I like
>>>>> the banquet
>>> the
>>>>> night before the last day of convention.
>>
>>
>>>>> Sherri Brun
>>>>> "Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans."
>>>>> John Lennon
>>
>>>>> Check out http://www.raceforindependence.org/goto/Sherri.Brun
>>
>>>>> E-mail: flmom2006 at gmail.com
>>>>> NFBF NewslineR chair
>>>>> www.nfbnewsline.org
>>>>> Vice-president NFB Greater Orlando Chapter http://nfbfgoc.org
>>>>> Secretary
>>>> FDCP
>>>>> INC www.fdcp.org Chair Orange County Disability Advisory Committee
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