4/26    Getting married in Tilden, ~100 people all from out of town.
        I need to recommend hotels in the area (reserve a block of rooms?)
        Recommendations? Hotels that will give me discounts? (i think i
        will need at least one "good" and one *cheap*)
        \_ Campus motel on U. Ave is clean and kind of cheap.  My dad usually
           stayed there when he visited.  Claremont Hotel must be good but
           I've never tried.
           \- claremont isnt all that. i would be surprised if they were
              helpful in your case.  since you didnt specify east bay,
              i would stay in SF. cheap = tent in tilden.  --psb
              \_ the wedding is in tilden, why would you stay in the west bay?
           \_ The Claremont is expensive and really beat up, worn out, shitty,
              old and bad attitude ridden.  Do not send anyone there unless
              you want them to hate you.  Campus Motel?  Didn't that used to
              be called the Ping Flamingo or something?  Always good for a
              laugh when passing by.
              \_ No, Flamingo is a couple blocks closer to campus than Campus
                 Motel.
           \_ There are a bunch of new hotels that just went up in Emeryville,
              all within a few blocks of each other.  The older hotels in
              the area are the Four Points Sheraton and the Hilton.  -chaos
        \_ Hotel Durant.  Beau Sky.
           \_ Beau Sky refused to let me use their bathroom, and I will hate
              them forever.
        \_ Dorms?
        \_ Your best bet is Emeryville or downtown Oakland.  Sheraton Four
           Points, Woodfin Suite, and the Marriot in Emeryville are all
           reasonable, as is the Marriot downtown Oakland.  Also okay is
           the Radisson in the Berkeley Marina.  There are a variety of
           motels in Berkeley, but none that I'd put my mother and close
           friends at (unless you don't like them very much).
        \_ Where's The Bitter Divorced Guy to save you from this fate?
           \_ BDG! BDG! BDG!
           \_ What can I say that I have not said a thousand times? The
              poor fool, I pity him. I hope that he is strong enough to
              survive the experience. - BDG
              \_ clearly you weren't.
              \_ How many years was BDG married?
              \_ Do you have marriage advice for us, ladies?