[Wikimedia-l] AffComs $40,000 Hong Kong junket

[Béria Lima]

To get a better picture, the hotels listed in the google maps linked here (
http://wikimania2013.wikimedia.org/wiki/Accommodation) ranged from 110
dollars to 170 dollars per night and room and If you place 2 people in the
same room the price is 55 to 85 dollars per person (that without the
discount that the page mention). So ya, 200 dollars is way too much for
accommodations.

And that is even without mention the fact that the dorms are 27 dollars per
night...
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*Béria Lima*

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On 13 May 2013 18:30, Russavia <russavia.wikipedia em gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Andrew et al
>
> On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 5:03 AM, Andrew Lih <andrew.lih em gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Mon, May 13, 2013 at 1:05 PM, Michael Peel <email em mikepeel.net>
> wrote:
> >
> >> ...Paris and London are both more expensive cities that Hong Kong, so
> I'd
> >> expect the daily rate here to be closer to $130/night, and ideally less
> >> than that where bookings are made sufficiently in advance.
> >
> >
> > Not to be a nit, but I wanted to point out that this biannual study shows
> > otherwise.
> >
> > On this list of most expensive cities for hotel rooms, Hong Kong is #8,
> > Paris is #9, and London is not in the top 10.
> >
> > http://travel.cnn.com/explorations/escape/costliest-hotels-list-637685
>
> That list is for 5 star hotels; something that I hope that donor money
> is never put towards covering the cost of; regardlessofwho itis.
>
> But what is most interesting is at the bottom of the article you
> linked to was this:
>
> Also on CNN: Frugal nights: Decent, inexpensive hotels in Hong Kong
>
> http://travel.cnn.com/hong-kong/sleep/frugal-indulgence-nice-cheap-hotels-hong-kong-497905
>
> The Tsim Sha Tsui area of Hong Kong around the university is packed
> jam of decent lodgings, that are a far sight cheaper than the $200 per
> night being budgeted for at the Regent.
>
> Russavia
>
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