Re: OT convention planning

Oh, Walter, I don't want to scare you out of coming to the Denver Conv.!
So I just called the Marriott Tech Center & asked -- they said they
use/recommend a service called Super Shuttle (local phone 370-1300),
which charges $15 per person one-way to/from DIA & this Marriott. ($27
round trip -- tho why anyone would want this I can't quite imagine.)

I called Super Shuttle for more info: the shuttle runs on the hour & 1/2
hour between 4:30 am & 5 pm daily. Eariler or later, one must call &
make reservations for pickup. The trip to/from DIA is approx. 1 hr &, of
course, when outbound one should get to the airport 1 hour ahead of
flight time.

If you'd like a sneak preview of the hotel & its setting, go to the
website @ http://www.marriott.com/, click under hotels, then Colorado,
then Marriott Tech Center. There's a photo, lots of info on services,
facilities & attractions, a road map you can zoom in & out of for
greater or lesser detail & a "find out how to get there" button that
supplies very complete driving instructions from just about any point in
the *country* to the hotel, including drive times & mileage. (Explorers
can turn this around to figure out day-trips & excursions.)

Now are your feet getting warmer?!

Marte in the mtns -- Evergreen, CO  
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Walter A. Moores wrote:
> 
> On Wed, 18 Feb 1998, Marte Halleck wrote:
> 
> > Hello, all -- this is long, so hit "delete" if not interested!
> >
> > Last week there was some chat re the Denver AIS Convention in June -- I
> > didn't rise to the bait then but now want to throw out some comments.
> >
> > Getting from DIA to the Tech Center will be pricey unless the hotel
> > you're staying at provides airport shuttle service -- cab fare will be
> > outrageous.
> 
>         This is scary!
> 
>         Somebody in Denver please tell us if the hotel will provide
> shuttle service.  I had a bad experience with a cabbie in Detroit.  I had
> missed the shuttle and didn't want to wait another two hours for it to
> return and took a cab, the driver taking the longer (scenic?) route which
> cost $40.
> 
>         The January issues of former AIS Bulletins used to go into greater
> detail about the convention (garden previews), transportation, etc.  But
> the last few years just the bare essentials have been given.  I heard some
> people at Detroit say their first day (Tuesday) was wasted because there
> was nothing for them to do as they were not interested in section
> meetings. Had more details been available they would not have come so
> early.  They had already made reservations with the hotel and airline
> before the convention materials arrived, having used the dates in the
> Bulletin as a guide.
> 
>         Earlier, I had planned to go to Denver, but now I am getting cold
> feet.  Denverites, convince me that I should come to the convention.
> 
>         Walter Moores
>         Enid Lake, MS 7/8
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