Why can’t I find certain hotels listed when I search for housing using the Gen Con travel site?
Gen Con directly contracts group housing (aka “the Gen Con housing block”) with numerous downtown and suburban hotels in order to secure the very best rates for our attendees during the week of the event. For this reason, booking into the Gen Con block requires you to book your hotel rooms directly through the Gen Con Housing Bureau. Similarly, Expedia maintains relationships with a much broader spectrum of hotels to offer a wide selection at attractive rates year-round. To make our partnership work without cross-promoting services over the Gen Con show dates, the Gen Con travel site offers supplemental hotel choices not already available inside the conventional Gen Con housing block. Although the two hotel options may be somewhat confusing, we feel it’s the optimal method for offering the best combined selection at the lowest pricing.
Gen Con directly contracts group housing (aka “the Gen Con housing block”) with numerous downtown and suburban hotels in order to secure the very best rates for our attendees during the week of the event. For this reason, booking into the Gen Con block requires you to book your hotel rooms directly through the ICVA Housing Bureau. Similarly, Expedia maintains relationships with a much broader spectrum of hotels to offer a wide selection at attractive rates year-round. To make our partnerships work without cross-promoting services over the Gen Con show dates, the Gen Con travel site offers supplemental hotel choices not already available inside the conventional Gen Con housing block. Although the two hotel options may be somewhat confusing, we feel it’s the optimal method for offering the best combined selection at the lowest pricing.
Related Questions
- The Gen Con travel site appears to support travel to global destinations year-round. How and why is that possible?
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- Can certain rates for conference hotels be incorporated into the travel reservation?
