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LAST YEAR, my group and I booked the FAIRMONT 1 BEDROOM SUITE w/ king bed for $204/night. This included a living room and a bedroom per the official Fairmonth website. This room was around 900 sq ft which is double that of a normal king bedded room. Now at the size, it was understandable that the price was 204, because it was like paying for two rooms. THIS YEAR, I've noticed that there are two 1-BEDROOM SUITES available via the Fanime Housing site and the one with King bed is priced at $89 and Two-beds priced at $115. Either this is a ridiculous drop or discount in prices...or maybe there is some discrepancy Fanime needs to address. PLEASE SOMEONE RESPOND TO ME ABOUT THIS MATTER.

I called Fanime Housing directly, and the person I spoke to didn't seem to know what he was talking about. He just said that whatever price is listed, that is the priced negotiated with the Hotel, which is understandable, but it just doesn't make sense.

I've booked the same room at Fanime for 3 years in a row now...it's always been 1-bedroom suite at the Fairmont at >200 dollars. Could some please explain the prices this time around?

Below are the room descriptions per the Fairmont hotel. Note that their suites are much much more expensive than their regular rooms.

Guest Rooms :http://www.fairmont.com/san-jose/accommodations/guest-rooms/

Suites: http://www.fairmont.com/san-jose/accommodations/suites/

Those are the prices for regular guest rooms. I stayed in the Fairmont last year in the $89/night room, and it was just a normal guest room.

I realize that. My problem is that the Fanime Housing website is also listing 1-bedroom suites at those same prices.  That doesn't look right...

i think i see your problem here.  you comment that you booked through the Fairmont site.  the Fairmont site doesn't give the special deals for the convention.  only the official Fanime site has the deals for the hotel rooms/ suites.  there is also a chance that you misread the posting and were looking at the normal 400-450 sq ft rooms.

so has the webpage for booking the hotels and registering for the con gone up?  i know at time of this post they might not be useable, however i'm attempting to make sure i dont miss my chance to book my room because i couldn't find the correct web page.  If it is up, could someone please post a link to it.

i like how very few people seem to grasp that "by fan" means that its all volunteers, and thus if they only get say 15 people to volunteer, they can't really run 30 check in stations (counting each computer as a station).  i think people need to just relax.  if you find the lines to be so deal breaking then please don't attend, it just makes it more annoying of a wait.

i'm sure they understand people have jobs, and that not everyone wants to wait in line, but in the end they are doing the best they can with the resources they have.  if you really want to make a different why not volunteer to help with day zero.  maybe it will help cut down on the wait.  otherwise get over yourself, you aren't entitled to anything.  if you really want to have a short line, just pre reg and show up on day one.  when that line is maybe a 30 mins wait.

So my question is if i book a room for 4 nights through fanime, if i decided some time in the near future that i only want 3 nights, can i change that or do i have to cancel the entire booking and start from scratch?

depends when you book.  i have managed to get rooms at Fairmont for $89 per night.  i find the rooms to be amazingly large, and quite enjoyable stay in.   but again if you book late the prices can become much higher, between 120 a night to normal price which is something like 240-300 per night