Festivals Extra: CCI Hotel Reservations Go Live Tomorrow



Comic-Con International has sent out its hotel reservation-day letter. I'm really excited because for five years I've missed noticing this and then I sit around pretending it's not important.

Also, is this a new booking company? Like I said, I've been kind of out of it.

Here's the letter that was sent:

Please find below the link to access the OnPeak Housing landing page for Comic-Con International 2016 hotel room requests. OnPeak is the official housing provider for Comic-Con.

Around 6:00am Pacific Time on April 5, 2016, you may copy and paste this link into your browser and join the on-line waiting room: https://cci.onpeak.info

Or you may call OnPeak starting on April 5th, at 9:00am Pacific Time:

1-877-55-COMIC (1-877-552-6642) or 212-468-5283.

To avoid delays during the request process please look at our hotel page in advance at http://www.comic-con.org/cci/hotels. Be sure to look at the hotel PDF and choose your top six hotels before housing opens, as you will be required to select exactly 6 hotel choices.

* The waiting room will open on Tuesday, April 5th, around 6:00 AM Pacific Time, you cannot enter the wait room before that time. Entering the waiting room early will not increase your chances of getting a room.

* Form submission by web or phone starts at 9:00 AM PACIFIC TIME.

* Entering the waiting room after the 9:00am form submission period has started will decrease your chances of getting a room.

Thank you for your continued support.

Sincerely,

Comic-Con International

As someone who helps with a show now and has as result been doing some digging into how hotel reservations work, I've become newly impressed with the way Comic-Con works with the downtown San Diego hotels to make as many rooms available as they do. I used the con system for years, and while there were a lot of frustrations, I also got a lot of great rooms that way: more room than which I've ever been assisted by any other show.

One thing I'd recommend is knowing your hotels ahead of time -- as they suggest in the letter -- so you can fill in that information rapidly. I also suggest getting everyone in your group to participate, and for at least one of you to cheat the time by five to 10 minutes because as much as there are protests this won't work, sometimes it does.

As far as what hotels you should choose, I think closer is always better, although as a younger man I appreciated the break from the show that came with a hotel up on Broadway, a feeling that's only intensified with how freaking stuffed with people the areas in immediate proximity to the convention center have become. In fact, the hotel in which I've stayed the most frequently is the Westin Gaslamp. I don't know of any outright deficient hotels on their list.

See you all down there in July. I'll be the guy not able to walk across the street because I'm not willing to injure the people in front of me (I don't mind people being injured; I just know I'll be really tired).
 
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