[CQ-Contest] Is anyone else pissed off...

[Richard F DiDonna NN3W]

not sure how you're getting that.  I get the following error 
message...Through the IHG website.  The CPDayton website refers yo you the 
IHG site engine.

There are no rooms available for your requested travel criteria. Please 
consider either modifying your requirements or searching alternate hotels.

73 Rich NN3W
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Jimk8mr at aol.com>
To: <Paul at k9pg.com>; <cq-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, July 02, 2010 10:40 AM
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Is anyone else pissed off...


> FWIW the Crowne Plaza web site lists rooms for Thursday though Saturday
> night of Dayton at $165.00 plus tax. This is up from $153.67 for one week
> earlier.
>
> Don't know if you can actually make a reservation that way.
>
> About 10 years ago I pissed off at CP Dayton, and have stayed at cheaper
> places up north. This year we stayed right across from the airport for
> $50/night plus tax for a double. Not fancy, and you have to drive back 
> after the
> suites, but certainly cost effective.
>
>
> 73  -  Jim  K8MR
>
>
>
> In a message dated 7/2/2010 6:32:05 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> Paul at k9pg.com writes:
>
> ....  about this amazingly disgusting rate hike by the Crowne Plaza?
>>From $125 or so all the way to $209?
>
> This is a 70% increase
>
> I  thought that $125 a night for the average rooms & service that we get 
> is
> a  bit high... but $209?
>
> The DoubleTree 2 blocks away is just as nice and  under $100 a night
>
> I bet that if enough people call the Crowne directly  and voice an opinion
> and threaten to go elsewhere, they might have a change of  heart.  I'm
> currently in email contact with the marketing manager...  probably gonna 
> talk to
> him tomorrow.
>
>
> Paul  K9PG
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