In addition to the free round trip flights to Boston, qualifiers also have the option of making hotel reservations through the travel agency contracted by C2. They usually have one or two specified hotels, which are generally expensive places, but C2 will have a block reserved at a pretty good discount. This provides the advantage of being at a hotel which has one or more of the following:Cyclingman1 wrote: I have every intention of coming to Boston next Feb. I also plan on being a qualifier again from Atl. Of course, that is all assuming that I remain healthy, not hurt. I will undoubtedly be posting somewhere in the forum asking for reco's on hotels and the like. I'll probably make my reservations in the fall.
1) Lots of other WIRC competitors.
2) The room scheduled for the meeting of qualifiers.
3) A room with ergs available for workouts up to the last day before the competition day.
4) The pre-competition day luncheon for qualifiers and the visiting international teams.
5) The table where you pick up your erg assignment card - usually just after the luncheon.
6) A fitness center with a scale.
If your local satellite regatta is one of the earlier ones, you would be likely to get in at the primary hotel, which should have all of the above. Last time I went, in 2010, I was a little late in contacting the C2 travel agent and ended up at another hotel, which still had numbers 1), 3), and 6) above. If your wife will be joining you, I believe that the hotel room is still the same price and that the travel agent will book flights for both. You pay for your wife's travel of course, but it might be at a reduced rate, since C2 is getting some sort of group discount. My wife hates flying, so I have always made the trip alone and am not sure exactly how the arrangements are done when you bring someone else.
Bob S.
