ns>,
for 24$ a bed with double occupancy. These were at least confirmed already
*in the bid* so I guess we can have those up soon, a year later :) Because
yeah, this amount per night is what I would ideally spend on a whole
Wikimania for staying etc.
Best,
Lodewijk
El 23 de abril de 2012 03:51, James Hare <messedrocker(a)gmail.com> escribió:
I and every American will concede the U.S. tax code
does not make
sense. (Technically this is the D.C. tax code we're dealing with, but
just another part of the problem.) But now that we have that settled,
let me know if you want me to clarify a price.
Regards,
James Hare
On Sun, Apr 22, 2012 at 9:29 PM, Joseph Seddon <josephseddon(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
Primarily "sensible" tax policies :) It
is a very annoying practice
though.
And pointless because rarely is there any
indication of what the actual
tax
is until youve bought something. So you neither
know how much your going
to
pay or have any idea to what to expect from the
state.
Seddon
2012/4/23 Delphine Ménard <notafishz(a)gmail.com>
>
> On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 2:35 AM, Nathan <nawrich(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> > 2012/4/22 Delphine Ménard <notafishz(a)gmail.com>
> >>
> >> On Sun, Apr 22, 2012 at 5:32 PM, James Hare <messedrocker(a)gmail.com>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >> > The deals we're arranging have no extra charge for dual occupancy.
> >>
> >> This might sound extremely stupid, but make sure that dual occupancy
> >> means 2 beds in a room, not a Queen Size Bed. There are surprisingly
> >> few hotels that actually offer two separate beds in a room or their
> >> contingent of such rooms is actually quite limited. At the prices
that
> >> were mentionned, you really want to
book all the double bed rooms in
> >> those hotels, because very few people will be able to afford a single
> >> room.
> >>
> >> Best,
> >>
> >> Delphine
> >> --
> >
> >
> > I'm not sure about this... While I haven't done a survey or discovered
> > any
> > references on point, I've stayed in a number of hotels in Washington
and
> > throughout the U.S. and almost always
encounter two beds in a room as
a
> > single occupant. Since I'm
commenting anyway, I will say that $149 is
a
> > very
> > good rate for hotels in Washington D.C.
>
> Point taken on the beds. It must be a silly European habit ;).
> I am not arguing with the fact that $150 is cheap or expensive for
> Washington. My point was rather to say that $150/night is not
> something that many wikip/medians can afford.
>
> > And while Thomas Dalton denigrates it as "a silly American habit" to
> > quote
> > prices before taxes, that may be because we have so many different tax
> > domains with different rates. It helps to know the pre-tax amounts
> > (similar
> > to how airline seats are often quoted) for comparison purposes, as the
> > tax
> > component will give you no sense of the accommodations or amenities
> > expected
> > etc. I suppose that may not be commonly understood by travelers from
> > small
> > nations with primarily national tax policies.
>
> Heh, I like the "small nations" part a lot ;). You're right though, at
> least in Europe, you know the tax, but it's included in the display
> price. Shopping in the US can quickly become a problem if you max out
> your available dollar by just adding up numbers without "thinking" the
> tax.
>
>
> Delphine
> --
> @notafish
>
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