Archive for the ‘Travel’ Category

CFUnited meetup for the IRC crowd

Posted on May 6th, 2008 by Shan

I’ve finally created the event for those of us that hang out in #coldfusion and #flex, that are going to CFUnited. Many expressed interest in such an event, so let’s do it.
http://crush3r.com/page/jzyugdodsf
When you sign up, be sure to include your /nick and real name, so I can make some nifty name badges.
On a side note, [...]

RedRoof Inn follows up

Posted on April 8th, 2008 by Shan

It took just over a week, but I just got a nice form-letter apology from the franchisee. While relatively impersonal, they did say they’re sending us a free night voucher in the mail. I guess they got my address from the check-in system.
So color me shocked, I never really expected a reply. Now the final [...]

RedRoof Inn’s all inclusive room isn’t, exactly

Posted on March 28th, 2008 by Shan

I wouldn’t be as irritated if I had been told up front, but here’s the story:
My wife and I checked in to the RedRoof Inn in Peoria, IL. After patiently waiting for a basketball team to get checked in (it takes awhile for one person behind the desk to get 10 rooms sorted out and [...]

CFUnited Hotel available

Posted on February 1st, 2008 by Shan

So they just announced the hotel for CFUnited this year. Remembering being stuck in hotels miles away the past couple years, I immediately went and registered. Already, they’re out of rooms available for a Sunday checkout. So for those of us flying in, we’re kind of stuck with whatever our last flight out is on [...]

Hello CFBloggers, 360Flex

Posted on January 17th, 2008 by Shan

Greetings to the peeps coming cfbloggers.com! I’m happy to announce that someone finally answered my requests to aggro my blog, so hopefully I’ll start getting more than a dozen readers
If this is your first visit, be sure to visit the categories that interest you. I don’t have all too many posts, so it [...]

The Best Alternate Chicago Airport

Posted on December 9th, 2007 by Shan

I just read a little article suggesting that Milwaukee is a great O’Hare alternative. While yes, Milwaukee is more mainstream, the far better alternative is Rockford. Sure, the list of destinations is limited, but if you’re flying to Denver or anywhere United flies to in that direction (or any of the numerous vacation spots other [...]