MatrixSpoon
Sr Member
The Wifey and I will be going to Dragon con this year! What are the best hotels to get for the weekend? It's one of the cons we've always wanted to go to but haven't yet.
First of all I would like to start and say "congratulations" that your planing on attending Dragoncon. I will warn you that once you start it's just like a drug that you can not stop. That being said this year will be my 5 year in a row attending. I personally have stayed 30 miles form the con, 15 miles from the con and 2 times at the main host hotel the Marriott. For one you have price, the closer you stay the more money it's going to cost for a room, most rooms are sold out. If you stay close or even at the hotel you don't have to worry about a lot of things, but you spend more money on the hotel, and less on other things. Next you have to figure how many days are you attending. Even though "Dragoncon" doesn't start till Friday, a lot of us get there on wed or Thursday but beat the rush, and now there are so many people getting their early, it's almost like added an additional day to the con. On the average most people get there on Thursday and leave on Monday or Tuesday. Most of the host hotels and places near by sell out as soon as they are available. I can give you all the info you need just depends on the details of what your looking for, Marriott was 1300 for 5 nights, but another hotel 15 miles away was 500.
On a side note, with this being your very first Dragoncon going I would like to give you this gift of information. Watch this video, it is a little long, but totally worth watching every second of it. It's an old video but a lot of the tips and tricks they tell you, you can use at any time...let me know if you need any other advise, need be you can always PM me...
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