How are we gonna swing this?

[ALady]

My Fellow Jacketeers,

The time is upon us.  The greatest Jacket event of all time is on the horizon.  We have been called to make the pilgrimage to the Great and Shining City in the East for five nights of pure and unadulterated bliss.

Shoot.  How are we gonna swing this?

Please post here if you have any suggestions or ideas regarding finding hotels, splitting rooms, group rates, getting there, getting around, and otherwise doin' it on the cheap.

Yours in Jackethood,
ALady

[mjkoehler]

Be broke and henpecked like me then it's all good in da hood as you won't have to worry about logistics.

[Crispy]

Count me among those willing to sleep on the floor and share a hotel room with any number of people. I'm going to pretend to be a backpacker and survive on oatmeal and homemade granola.

[walterfredo]

I just sold my soul to the devil.  I'm in !!

[ALady]

I'm thinking it would be cheaper to stay in Jersey and take the train in, yeah?

How feasible is that?  Locals?

[twofingers]

Count me in on splitting a room. ALady, Southwest has one way flights for $99 going each way right now.

[Penny Lane]

Newark is a good option, also Jersey City is another more affordable close option.

Jersey City has some hotels (Hyatt) and there's a huge mall and pier area over there, you jump on the Path Train and you're in the city in 10 min.

Hoboken has 1 hotel and it's the closest of anywhere outside the city. But it's the W hotel (which is only affordable w/4 people rooming) but from there you can jump on the bus to 42nd street (15 min) or take the train into 33rd st. So depends on how much you can spend.

Lady, I can email some stuff later.

[kydiddle]

Where there is a will there is a way.

The Jacket force is with us. We shall triumph.

Meaning: I will sleep on the floor and live off granola bars for a week.

[jones]

There are lots of rooms on Hotwire in or around Newark for under a hundred dollars a night in the 3.5 star range.  With Hotwire, you don't know exactly where you are staying until you pay, but who really cares.  I use Hotwire quite a bit for flights and rooms.

http://www.hotwire.com/hotel/results.jsp?searchTokenId=1

[kydiddle]

Last summer I stayed at the Double Tree in Jersey City (met Fleet Foxes in the lobby...woooo). Anyway. It was a nice room, about $220 a night I think. Point is, it was double beds and a mini-suite area with a couch. Could fit a bunch of people and the train station was behind the hotel.

[kydiddle]

To be honest, I think getting a hotel/affording the week stay will be less of a problem than making sure everyone who plans to go can get tickets. I have a feeling they will sell out quickly...

[Penny Lane]

To be honest, I think getting a hotel/affording the week stay will be less of a problem than making sure everyone who plans to go can get tickets. I have a feeling they will sell out quickly...

and being that most are weeknights will help if you book rooms early...

i am kinda worried about the tix, too

[twofingers]

I am praying to god that the 5 day pass will be still be available on the 15th. It would have been nice to have more than 4.5 days notice to shell out $205+ tax.

[Murph]

To be honest, I think getting a hotel/affording the week stay will be less of a problem than making sure everyone who plans to go can get tickets. I have a feeling they will sell out quickly...

and being that most are weeknights will help if you book rooms early...

i am kinda worried about the tix, too

Yea the paranoia about not getting one of these 5 night packages has already set in.....what's the deal with the presale, are we gonna get a code for it or something??

[kydiddle]

To be honest, I think getting a hotel/affording the week stay will be less of a problem than making sure everyone who plans to go can get tickets. I have a feeling they will sell out quickly...

and being that most are weeknights will help if you book rooms early...

i am kinda worried about the tix, too

You're right.

If i can't get the 5 day pass I will have to pick a night or two only. Definitely At Dawn, that is a must.

[Crispy]

I am going to be stressing about getting a ticket in the presale all goddamn weekend.

[Taterbug]

Be broke and henpecked like me then it's all good in da hood as you won't have to worry about logistics.

I'm with you bud,  The only way I could swing it is to hop a frieght  train like a hobo and stay in a cardboard box for a week.   I'm stoked about the shows but dejected cuz I can't make it.  FUCK FUCK FUCK

I'm praying for some decent  show recordings.

[mahg33ta]

holy crap my head just exploded.  Really.   Like I'm sitting here at work and can't think straight.    

[mjkoehler]

Be broke and henpecked like me then it's all good in da hood as you won't have to worry about logistics.

I'm with you bud,  The only way I could swing it is to hop a frieght  train like a hobo and stay in a cardboard box for a week.   I'm stoked about the shows but dejected cuz I can't make it.  FUCK FUCK FUCK

I'm praying for some decent  show recordings.

That and/or maybe a DVD comes from this.

[ALady]

holy crap my head just exploded.  Really.   Like I'm sitting here at work and can't think straight.    

Pretty much.

I literally just had to go for a walk because I was freaking out.  The good kind of freaking out, but still.