On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 1:36 AM, Everton Zanella
Alvarenga
<everton137(a)gmail.com <mailto:everton137@gmail.com>> wrote:
Hi!
I've just booked HI Hostel Florida
<http://hostelsuites.com/hostel.php?Buenos+Aires+Hostel+Suites+Florida&id_hostel=30&idioma=2
<http://hostelsuites.com/hostel.php?Buenos+Aires+Hostel+Suites+Florida&id_hostel=30&idioma=2>>.
The prices are very good, around 20 US$ per night on shared rooms, 41
US$ per night on single rooms and US$ 46 per night on double rooms (a
bed for a couple, I already checked by phone). Likely most people know
HI Hostels, but I think it's worth suggesting. The first time I went
abroad I didn't know about them.
Buenos Aires also has other hostels
<http://hostelsuites.com/hostels.php?idioma=2>. Maybe locals could
inform which are the closest to the Wikimania event place. For me
Hostel Florida seems OK.
http://wikimania2009.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Accommodation
Greetings,
Tom
Dear Tom,
Hostel Florida is about nine blocks away from CCGSM, the venue for
Wikimania 2009. I think you will be fine there, if you like going
through touristy-financial districts :). You'll have a nice glance of
Buenos Aires.
While we can encourage and help attendees to find an accomodation
fitting their preferences --I'm affiliated to HI, BTW--, we have
already made an agreement with Hotel Bauen for a *really* cheap price
for a hotel of its type and location, on the other hand just two
blocks away from Wikimania. It's better for organizative reasons to
have a centralized prearranged offer and then let make his particular
choice to anyone that wants so.
I'm sure there are plenty of places where one might save a little money
on the room rates, but is the difference over five nights enough to be
worth it? The people you will meet at Wikimania are from all over the
world, and one of the great benefits of being there is to wander into an
international conversation in the hotel lobby and becoming involved in
it until the small hours of the morning. Living in a different facility
makes your participation more difficult. Last year in Alexandria three
facilities were available, and the choice depended on price. The effect
was that it separated people, and it was difficult to know where you
could meet people.
It's your right to choose where to stay, but this and walking seven
blocks further in winter are points to consider.
Ray