for 4.2 sprint, accommodations around Moutain View

[Martin von Zweigbergk]

On Tue, Feb 7, 2017 at 1:23 AM FUJIWARA Katsunori <foozy at lares.dti.ne.jp>
wrote:

>
> At Mon, 06 Feb 2017 18:56:48 +0000,
> Martin von Zweigbergk wrote:
> >
> > [1  <text/plain; UTF-8 (quoted-printable)>]
> > On Fri, Feb 3, 2017 at 10:15 AM FUJIWARA Katsunori <
> foozy at lares.dti.ne.jp>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > 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 :-)
>

Great. I updated the wiki a few hours ago with the exact location (it's now
decided). It's near light rail, and the light rail also stops (very) near
the station.


>
>
>
> > 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
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