Ah that's handy. I don't mind calling cabs and all, i just remember against nick standing outside the holiday inn on the sunday last year waiting for about two hours for a cab he'd called. Don't fancy that myself.

This is probably in another thread but fuckitt - is they definitely getting more rooms in the holiday inn or it is a possibility? The daft bastard of a brother booked the room in the exec place through the hotel, not Fest, so we (probably) can't get a full refund... Argh, letting non-festers organise things like this, what an idiot am i!!

You can get a full refund as long as you cancel before October 1st. Don't call the hotel though, call here:

All hotel cancelations must be made by Thursday October 1st, 2008 to recieve a refund.
Please call 352-379-9099 and ask for Cam.

Is that someone connected through Fest? The hotel is booked through the hotel, not through Fest. I checked the website again and it say we can get a refund up to three days before the booking. Just gotta wait for more hotel rooms to come up now and we could be good! Pool party here i come.

From the Fest website: http://thefestfl.com/fest7/hotels/

OFFICIAL EXECUTIVE Fest HOTEL

The Paramount Plaza Hotel Suites
2900 SE 13th Street
Gainesville, FL 32608
(352)377-4000
http://www.paramountplaza.com/

Located right next to Chopstix down on 13th Street. 29 blocks from registration and about 4 miles from the downtown center of the Fest 7!
RATES: $102.50 per night for Doubles and Kings (+3% bed tax and credit card fee for residents of US, +4% bed tax and credit card fee for non-US residents, +6.25% sales tax for Florida residents).

Thursday/Friday/Saturday/Sunday available!

FEATURES

* On-site restaurant and bar running weekend-long Fest specials.
* Non-smoking, but every room has a balcony!
* Outdoor pool, ice machine, 24 hour front desk, self-service laundry facilities, dry cleaning/laundry service, safe deposit box, wheelchair accessible, elevator, free high speed wireless internet, fitness room, free parking, free airport shuttle, 24-hour business center, cable TV with remote control, pay per view movies on TV, video games, AM/FM radio alarm clock, voicemail, large work desk with lamp, private balcony, coffee and tea maker, closets, hairdryer, iron and ironing board, daily maid service, electronic locks, fire alarms.

OTHER DETAILS

* 6+ restaurants/bars located within a four block radius.
* Check in any time after 3 PM.
* Check out by 11 AM (late check out available for extra fee)
* All available Fest rooms are 100% non-smoking.
* ALL HOTEL CANCELLATIONS MUST BE MADE BY FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 26th TO RECEIVE A REFUND!

Here’s the skinny on the Paramount Plaza

Just like last year, this is the chill-out get-away hotel for those of you that don’t want to party round-the-clock while you’re here visiting in town. The Paramount is by far the nicest hotel in Gainesville in terms of location and scenery, they have a killer outdoor pool that looks out over Biven’s Arm lake, so you can camp out here with your special someone and enjoy a nice Bahama Mama while relaxing next to the lake and chilling out with some gators. This is a quieter hotel, not to say that it isn’t awesome but it’s definitely not the wild and crazy Holiday Inn. They have a sweet restaurant in-house and will also be running some Fest drink and food specials all weekend long

That's a really good idea Jeremy. I think some of my friends and I are renting a car but if we had no other options I'd take you up on this.

Coffee Project will be playing my room at this hotel at 2:00am on Saturday night! Head to the "House Shows" forum for more details!

Uh, thought that this was the quiet, non-party hotel?

From PJ:

Just like last year, this is the chill-out get-away hotel for those of you that don’t want to party round-the-clock while you’re here visiting in town.This is a quieter hotel, not to say that it isn’t awesome but it’s definitely not the wild and crazy Holiday Inn.