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Re: Carryon vs. checked (Re: WTB: 6557 (really, really badly) and 6861
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Thu, 11 Mar 1999 23:38:38 GMT
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Steven Vore writes:
> I used to work at the reservations for a major-chain hotel. Same thing.
> Always overbook based on a percentage (which varies due to day of the week,
> holidays, phase of the moon, and who knows what other factors that might
> predict no-shows) and keep a listing of other area hotels handy in the odd
> even that everyone arrives. Belive me, we rarely had to bump anyone...
> maybe our percentage-guesser was better than that of the airlines.
>
> --
> Steven | svore at mindspring .com | kf4fbk | TC++MS++#15LS+M+HalYB64m
This reminded me of my "twilight zone" trip two years ago - driving across the
states as a vacation(1) ended up hitting Minneapolis fairly late - tried to
get a room and to misuse a quote "there were none to be found" after trying
about 8 hotels/motels ,we decided to just hit the road, and get one at the
next town - Nope. Everything was full on a line from Minneapolis straight
through to Albany (and a couple hours past). We didn't actually get a room
until after someone checked out at the last place we tried.
1: Yes, I have a strange concept of vacation. ;)
James
http://www.shades-of-night.com/lego/
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