I received an email from Jennifer Ludwick yesterday (actually it was her second attempt) informing me that their is no availability in the main hotels in the Lansing area. I called a contact at the Lansing C.V.B and she informed me that their are 4 events in the area on our weekend and they had accounted for all of the bookings.
As a side note, one of the events is the Common Ground Festival which features concerts every night in Lansing. They have a web site if anyone is interested in the schedule of events.
Back to the Hotel issues, I offer the following thoughts:
1. The Lansing CVB informed me that they have been referring people to Jackson and Charlotte for hotel accommodations.
2. I didn't check the smaller hotels (i.e. Hebbs Inn in Mason) so their might be options there.
3. My wife, Jodie, is a meeting planner and she mentioned that these groups probably reserved large blocks of rooms and those agreements will end within a month of the event so starting next Monday 6/18/2007 they will be releasing unused rooms for availability. I did call the Holiday Inn South and they confirmed this to be the case for them and they encouraged me to call back on the 18th. I assume other locations would be in the same situation.
Good Luck,
Dean
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)

2 comments:
Thank you, Dean!!
I did check Eaton Rapids, Charlotte, Dewitt and even small places like The English Inn in ER and those were completely reserved.
I will keep trying and let you know how it goes!
Jen Ludwick
It's "there," not "their."
Post a Comment