D Conference 2007

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John Reimer wrote:
> On Thu, 16 Nov 2006 23:41:32 -0800, Walter Bright 
> <newshound at digitalmars.com> wrote:
> 
>> Thomas Kuehne wrote:
>>> I'd love to come to the Westcoast, but as other have hinted this would
>>> most likely require somewhere around US$ 2000-3000 for most Europeans.
>>
>> Would prices be lower if we did it off season?
>>
>> I just checked with www.expedia.com for a weekend in late March round 
>> trip Seattle <=> Frankfurt. Fares range from $518 on up. Car rental, 
>> add another $200 - $300 (guessing). Hotels in Astoria, can probably do 
>> for $100/night. Seattle hotels are probably higher.
>>
>> It's a lot of money, no two ways about it.
> 
> 
> I think the flights are much cheaper going from here to there... Did you 
> check the other way around?  It seems that it makes a difference even 
> thought it's a round trip either way?  Not sure why.
> 
> Hotels are pretty expensive... would almost be better to find a way to 
> camp out.  That's one way to get to know new country.  I always try to 
> find the least expensive route, even if it means a little hardship.  :)
> 
> -JJR

Well if I have to spend a few hundred, just in airfare, then that pretty 
much puts me in a campground someplace too.  Then there's the last mile: 
transportation.

I'm googling around, but I'm not seeing much in the way of camping 
that's drivable to downtown. :(

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