We didn't have to pay for WiFi either. As far as food goes, other than the problem with the reception, we had no problem with the food. Granted we never ordered an entrée but all of the appetizers and sandwiches were quite reasonable, quite feeling and delicious. I really hope whatever problems some people may have experienced will not have a bearing on their returning in 2020.
Michelle
It's expensive when you're so close to New York. Although I was
disappointed that I didn't have a fridge, I never bothered to ask for one
either. To my surprise, I wasn't charge the parking fee, or the internet
daily fee. My assumption is that they waived those fees, since I'm a
Marriott Premier Awards member.
I was thankful for room service, because I caught a cold on my way there
and hid in my room for the first three days to limit my exposure to
others. That also meant paying gift store prices for cold medicine.
I think it's going to be challenging to find something that will
accommodate a convention, *at that room rate,* in a nice area around the
city.
Thank you to Paul and Andi for all their work! I'm sure they did the best
to keep costs low. There was nothing we could be done about lack of wait
staff. They should have pulled the two people collecting tickets for
drinks and asked them to help serve food.
Linda Corapi
On Tue, May 31, 2016 at 4:08 PM, Howie Dash <fd6bd32d1@rewrite.aisboard.org>
wrote:
> Things like that need to be made known to the participants in advance. I
> have always bought food to make for breakfast in the room in the past,
> particularly on garden travel days. Problem in Newark is finding a
> convenient food market close by if you in fact wanted to have breakfast in
> the room.
>
> Howie Dash
>
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>
> On Tuesday, May 31, 2016, Phyllis A Wilburn <
> 101d28601@rewrite.aisboard.org> wrote:
>
> FYI: The hotel provided a refrigerator for your room at no charge, if you
> asked at the desk.
>
>
> Phyllis Wilburn, AIS Region 14 RVP
>
>
>
>
>
> ................................................................................
> **Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage**
> Anais Nin
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: andi rivarola <0b5865f51@rewrite.aisboard.org>
> To: aisdiscuss <aisdiscuss@aisboard.org>
> Sent: Tue, May 31, 2016 8:19 am
> Subject: Re: [AISdiscuss] 100th Anniversary Plans
>
> *Addendum to my list of items to be ready for a Convention.*
>
> You may never have to step into a restaurant during a Convention if you do
> the following:
>
> If you drive to it, bring a large cooler, like those for the beach or your
> son's/daughter's soccer game. Roll it into your room. There's plenty of
> FREE ice in each floor's ice machine. Buy groceries, including fruits,
> vegetables, bread, cheese, cold cuts, drinks, milk, yoghurt, etc. Place in
> cooler once the ice is in. That's it.
>
> If you don't drive, bring one of those portable, foldable coolers made of
> flexible materials. Same as above, except place this on the room's shower
> to make sure no leakage on the room's carpet to avoid damage. (To buy
> groceries ask someone with a car, or car share on Uber).
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Andi Rivarola
>
>
> On Tue, May 31, 2016 at 7:00 AM, andi rivarola <andinsky@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > A few thoughts:
> >
> > 1- The way WiFi was set up with the Marriott during the Convention is
> this:
> > You accept the charges online when you sign up, but when you check out
> the
> > Internet charges are taken off your bill. So, Internet service is FREE to
> > all AIS Members.
> >
> > 2- Food maybe a little on the high side, but it was good, and for most
> > people it's only an expense they need to incur for a few days.
> >
> > 3- The Marriott offered FREE shuttle service to and from the airport.
> > Other hotels, while closer to town and/or shopping centers and
> restaurants,
> > may not offer FREE shuttle service.
> >
> > 4- $114 daily hotel rate for our Convention rooms are super cheap,
> > considering we're a close to distance to NYC.
> >
> > 5- Not sure how many people parked at the hotel, but when you have your
> > car and you're not using it you may want to find out about cheaper
> airport
> > parking lots at very close distance.
> >
> > 6- There are many pros and cons considered when researching for a hotel
> in
> > the area that Paul worked on. A contract has been signed for 2020 with
> this
> > same hotel. I personally think that some issues, such as the slow service
> > during the Reception could be worked out with the Marriott. Besides that
> we
> > have a potential for doubling the attendance for 2020 and the
> availability
> > of meeting rooms is crucial. The Marriott has many meeting rooms, which
> is
> > a huge PLUS for our group.
> >
> > 7- Took six Uber rides during the Convention. The cars were all
> excellent,
> > the drivers courteous and for most part very friendly. For instance, five
> > of us went to a restaurant 11.3 miles away from the hotel and paid one
> way
> > $15 for all five of us (potential for savings if you share a ride).
> >
> > 8- Most hotels offer a refrigerator in the room for a charge. I didn't
> > really care for one, but if you do you may want to inquire about for 2020
> > and bring some groceries in. That saves a lot of $$$.
> >
> > Hope this helps.
> >
> >
> > Andi Rivarola
> >
> >
> > On Thu, May 26, 2016 at 11:22 AM, Anita Moran <
> > 00ed64da1@rewrite.aisboard.org> wrote:
> >
> >> I agree Dwayne,
> >> I spend the night at Wyndham half a mile away. Parking was free, rooms
> >> much cheaper nice room, breakfast .
> >>
> >> Lunch one the cheap at the current hotel was $15.00 +/-, parking
> >> $15-20.00 a day difficult to go out and back with out addition charges.
> >> Internet $15.00 a day? Really internet is now free in most places
> because
> >> it is so cheap. The people for the most part have been wonderful but
> there
> >> are too many charges beside room rate.On May 25, 2016 9:00 PM, Dwayne
> Booth
> >> <299597991@rewrite.aisboard.org> wrote:
> >> >
> >> > While this evening is still fresh in everyone's minds,B I would like
> >> to open a
> >> > discussion about the convention hotel arrangements for 2020.B We want
> >> that
> >> > year's convention to be a celebration of the Society's accomplishments
> >> and a
> >> > promising look forward into the next century.B A way to make that more
> >> likely
> >> > to occur is to have a hotel that is an area of several hotels and
> eating
> >> > establishments so that members may attend and have choices that better
> >> fit
> >> > their needs and budgets than I have observed here at the Newark
> >> Marriott.B I
> >> > do not feel our members were well served this evening for the costs
> >> that both
> >> > the Society and attendees paid.
> >> > Thank you,
> >> > Dwayne BoothAIS Treasurer
> >> >
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