ovff reservations...

[tollers]

If you haven't made your OVFF reservations already, the room block is apparently sold out for two nights already (not the hotel... just the block). I just booked for Thursday night through Sunday night and got two nights at the block rate and two nights at the regular rate

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[madfilkentist]

I don't know about OVFF, but with other cons temporarily "filling up" the room block is a normal occurrence; it just means the hotel has to release more rooms into the block. Contacting the con's hotel liaison is likely to help.

I don't see anything on the OVFF home page which points at hotel information, or even registration information. That greatly surprises me. Don't they want people to come?

[tollers]

I'm pretty sure the home page originally at least linked to the hotel, so I'm wondering if they're in the middle of changing some info and just didn't finish? I did notice that same thing (including no links to contact information for con comm, so I couldn't contact the hotel liaison since I don't know who it is).

Nice to know that it might be as simple as getting more rooms added to the block. I went ahead and booked my room anyway, but I certainly wouldn't complain if the two nights at the non-block rate came back down to the block rate. :-)

[madfilkentist]

I now see a sidebar that wasn't there earlier. I'm working from a different computer now, so I don't know if they just changed it or it's a browser issue.

[tarkrai]

It's actually quite simple.

When I first posted the OVFF website for this year, all I had to work from was the information on the back of the OVFF24 program book. Which I faithfully put up. :)

Then, eventually, I got data to populate the site, and so I did.

Then... it was pointed out that the dates were... wrong. There was a typo on the program book, and no one caught it, even though it had been faithfully copied to the website.

So, a few days ago I did a sitewide update to correct the date. And somehow, the original home page (without the menu) was put back in place.

All fixed now, tho...

[hsifyppah]

I just called and booked my room (whew! thanks for the reminder!) and they gave me all four nights at the convention rate. So if you call back I bet they can fix you up now.

[tollers]

Yay! I just called back and I've been put back in the block. The nice guy at the front desk is supposed to be emailing me a new confirmation.

Now I just need to find an envelope and stamp so I can mail my registration!

[braider]

I emailed our webmaster; the data was there, but a technical glitch led to it not being picked up on the menu. It's back now.

[tollers]

Thanks, Braider! I was pretty sure I'd seen more info there at some point and wondered if something glitchy had happened. It's nice to see everything back in place now. :-) (And I've filled out and printed my registration form... now I just have to find my checkbook, and a stamp...)