On Friday, 9 March 2018 at 18:08:58 UTC, Ali Çehreli wrote:

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> Off topic, booking all legs of your flight individually may be much much cheaper at least on Expedia. They first quoted I think $1800 for the multi-city San Francisco - Istanbul - Munich and back. The same trip was about $1100 when I booked everything individually, still on Expedia. (I am being approximate on the prices but the difference was very large like that.)

I booked both legs directly through Lufthansa and decided to fly into Frankfurt since it's cheaper than the direct flight to Munich. The flight there is costing us about $450 ea. for Basic Economy, non-stop. The BE seats on the way back are $600+, so we booked premium economy for a little over $800 ea. instead. For my wife and I together, $2700 round trip. Then I planned our trip around that: 5 nights in Frankfurt, 7 in Munich, and 3 in Berlin, with two Deutsche Bahn rides and an EasyJet flight in between.

On Friday, 9 March 2018 at 15:26:24 UTC, Luís Marques wrote:
> I'm not impressed with the conference hotel so far. Here's a summary of my interactions with them:
>
> [...]

It might as well be your are talking with different employees changing shift. "The nightmare in customer support"... and they don't have a system to track previous discussions easily.

On Saturday, 10 March 2018 at 04:55:02 UTC, Mike Parker wrote:
> On Friday, 9 March 2018 at 18:08:58 UTC, Ali Çehreli wrote:
[...]
>
> I booked both legs directly through Lufthansa and decided to fly into Frankfurt since it's cheaper than the direct flight to Munich. The flight there is costing us about $450 ea. for Basic Economy, non-stop. The BE seats on the way back are $600+, so we booked premium economy for a little over $800 ea. instead. For my wife and I together, $2700 round trip. Then I planned our trip around that: 5 nights in Frankfurt, 7 in Munich, and 3 in Berlin, with two Deutsche Bahn rides and an EasyJet flight in between.
Sorry to say this, but you are missing the most beautiful German city: Hamburg :-)
Have a got journey!
p.s. I am dreaming of the day DConf being in Hamburg...
This is the location of our annual event:
http://www.hotel-hafen-hamburg.de/uploads/pics/hhh_tagungsraeume_elbkuppel_visual_03.jpg

On Friday, 9 March 2018 at 15:26:24 UTC, Luís Marques wrote:
> Mar-9: I send them an email saying I continue to await a correction to my reservation.

Mar-12: I get an email saying that "the event is fully booked for the dates requested" and they suggest an alternative rate of 93€. I follow Mike's lead and book it using Expedia for less than 64€.

On Monday, 12 March 2018 at 19:30:06 UTC, Luís Marques wrote:
> On Friday, 9 March 2018 at 15:26:24 UTC, Luís Marques wrote:
>> Mar-9: I send them an email saying I continue to await a correction to my reservation.
>
> Mar-12: I get an email saying that "the event is fully booked for the dates requested" and they suggest an alternative rate of 93€. I follow Mike's lead and book it using Expedia for less than 64€.

have they refunded you for the previous booking?

On Tuesday, 13 March 2018 at 06:41:03 UTC, Mengu wrote:
> On Monday, 12 March 2018 at 19:30:06 UTC, Luís Marques wrote:
>> On Friday, 9 March 2018 at 15:26:24 UTC, Luís Marques wrote:
>>> Mar-9: I send them an email saying I continue to await a correction to my reservation.
>>
>> Mar-12: I get an email saying that "the event is fully booked for the dates requested" and they suggest an alternative rate of 93€. I follow Mike's lead and book it using Expedia for less than 64€.
>
> have they refunded you for the previous booking?

I only booked through Expedia the extra day that they forgot to book.

On Monday, 12 March 2018 at 10:31:36 UTC, Martin Tschierschke wrote:
> On Saturday, 10 March 2018 at 04:55:02 UTC, Mike Parker wrote:

> Sorry to say this, but you are missing the most beautiful German city: Hamburg :-)
> Have a got journey!
> p.s. I am dreaming of the day DConf being in Hamburg...
> This is the location of our annual event:
> http://www.hotel-hafen-hamburg.de/uploads/pics/hhh_tagungsraeume_elbkuppel_visual_03.jpg

1. Step: Propose Hamburg the next time
2. Step: See if there is a company that is willing to sponsor the event

If it were for the beauty of a city or town alone we might as well have DConf in Rothenburg ob der Tauber [1] or in Görlitz [2]. Sure Munich ain't too bad when it comes to architecture, the nightlife is just a bit boring ;)

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rothenburg_ob_der_Tauber
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%B6rlitz