<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" = http-equiv=Content-Type> <META content="MSHTML 5.00.3105.105" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN = class=090185918-06072002>The cost of the our convention room rates is cheap in comparison to just = about any other hotel you can think of. Anything under $100 per night for a hotel = like the Hyatt is a deal anyway you slice it. Overall the service is generally = good,nice rooms,and quite accommodating.  I split a room with someone this = year... a little of $200 for 5 nights. That's a good deal.</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN = class=090185918-06072002>My pet peeve, however, is not the cost of the room but rather how convention sites are strategically  = placed and run.  Generally they are conveniently located to the airport, but = beyond that, that make things like buying food a high priced commodity. = Come on....$9.25 for 2 eggs and a glass of juice. It's bit of the "gotcha".  I think the convention hotels are so geared towards = attracting companies/conventions with unlimited expense accounts that the = "extras" don't hit home like they do when we, the basically self-employed worker, = have to swallow some of the ridiculous stuff.  Good example at this convention...Jansen Pharmaceuticals put up several thousand of their = salespeople and not one of them had to pay one dime for their week of fine wine and dine.</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=090185918-06072002></SPAN><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT = size=2><SPAN class=090185918-06072002><FONT color=#0000ff = face=Arial> Don't get me wrong, I personally like hotels like the Hyatt. I think for what = they do they do as well as any hotel out there. = </FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN = class=090185918-06072002>Tom Servinsky,RPT</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=2>-----Original = Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> owner-pianotech@ptg.org [mailto:owner-pianotech@ptg.org]<B>On Behalf Of = </B>Joe And Penny Goss<BR><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, July 06, 2002 11:23 = AM<BR><B>To:</B> pianotech@ptg.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: convention = <BR><BR></DIV></FONT> <BLOCKQUOTE style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"></FONT> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>My stay at Chicago's cost me = $31.00</FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>per night for the days of the = convention.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>To do this three other techs had to = give up a little creature comfort for 4 nights that we roomed = together.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> Three had to give up more than = one due to the noise level caused by the chain saw that was being used to fell = giant Ponderosa pine.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The next nites were fine as all used = noise reduction devices to block the evidence that one of us was still alive = and breathing.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Although the lack of sleep resulted = in my becomming susceptable to the bronko bug,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I count this convention as one of the = most rememorable to date. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The last day ( Sunday ) I roomed with = another tech at reduced rates, $43.00 for my part sr. cit. There are some = advantages to being an old ----</FONT></DIV> <DIV>Joe Goss<BR><A href="mailto:imatunr@srvinet.com">imatunr@srvinet.com</A><BR><A = href="http://www.mothergoosetools.com">www.mothergoosetools.com</A></DI= V> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt = arial"> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>