for 4.2 sprint, accommodations around Moutain View

[FUJIWARA Katsunori]

At Mon, 06 Feb 2017 18:56:48 +0000,
Martin von Zweigbergk wrote:
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> On Fri, Feb 3, 2017 at 10:15 AM FUJIWARA Katsunori <foozy at lares.dti.ne.jp>
> wrote:
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> > Hi, devels
> >
> > Now, I'm looking for accommodations for upcoming 4.2 sprint, and
> > surprised by high price hotel fee in Mountain View :-)
> >
> 
> Yes :-(
> 
> 
> >
> > Would you have any information about:
> >
> >   - reasonable (often used) accommodations for events at google in
> >     Mountain View
> >
> 
> I don't know much about this, sorry. I stayed at Hotel Avante when I
> interviewed here ~6 years ago. I was happy with it. It's very close to
> where I now live, so if anyone decides to stay there, I could probably
> drive 3-4 of them from there to the office.

Ah, I dropped that from candidates, because of 45min (according to
google map) or so for googleplex by transit.

Finally, I reserved reasonable regular hotel near Downtown Mountain
View Station (about 20min or so for googleplex), though sharing with
Pulkit made price reasonable :-)



> I should also say that it has turned out to be much harder than I had
> expected to find a large conference room anywhere in Mountain View or
> Sunnyvale. It's still unclear exactly where it will be, but in will be
> somewhere around the Googleplex
> <https://www.google.com/maps/place/Googleplex/@37.4219999,-122.0862462,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x808fba02425dad8f:0x6c296c66619367e0!8m2!3d37.4219999!4d-122.0840575>
> or
> the Tech Corners
> <https://www.google.com/maps/place/Google+Tech+Corners+4/@37.4035095,-122.0617234,13z/data=!4m12!1m6!3m5!1s0x808fb7a66e290ba1:0x772b0845c961c17c!2sGoogle+Tech+Corners+4!8m2!3d37.4034662!4d-122.0333205!3m4!1s0x808fb7a66e290ba1:0x772b0845c961c17c!8m2!3d37.4034662!4d-122.0333205>
>  area.
>
> >
> >   - which (public) traffics are convenience around Mountain View
> >
> 
> It's pretty bad here. I checked how to get from my home (just as an
> example) to Googleplex. It's 11 minutes by car and 1 hour by transit.
> However, if the event ends up being in the Tech Corners area, then the
> light rail should be a decent option (the Moffet Park stop) if you can stay
> somewhere close to one of its other stops, such as downtown Mountain View.

Yeah, according to some researching with google map, many
accommodations require about 30min or more for googleplex with public
traffics :-<


> >   - how long we should assume to spend in public traffic between such
> >     accommodation and googleplex
> 
> 
> > BTW, Airbnb may be used in these cases, but factors below raises
> > psychological threshold of this choice :-P (at least, for me)
> >
> >   - possibility of problem for communication in English at emergency
> >
> >   - culture of lodging in (private) residential isn't so familiar in Japan
> >
> > But should I consider Airbnb for reasonable accommodation around
> > Mountain View ?
> >
> 
> I'd say you should only consider it if you're comfortable with it. I'm sure
> the sponsorship will work out as usual, so you can stay at an hotel if you
> prefer. I suspect almost everyone else who's visiting from out of town will
> stay at a regular hotel.

Knowledge of average price in Tokyo/Japan prevents me from booking in
Mountain View calmly :-)


 
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> > [FUJIWARA Katsunori]                             foozy at lares.dti.ne.jp
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[FUJIWARA Katsunori]                             foozy at lares.dti.ne.jp