Hotels and Service

From the pen of John Conover:

Best Hotel option so far:
Courtyard by Marriott, 6400 W. Broad Street, Richmond
$89/night Single King; $94/night Double Queen (plus 13% tax)
Five 2-room suites available @$149/night. These are not part of the reserved block, so we can use Marriott points to cut the cost of these. (I have a bunch of points)
Small meeting room $150/day for Friday night welcoming/check-in and Saturday afternoon mingling (Seats 50 Theater style). No food or beverage permitted (we’ll take care of snacks and sodas in the private suites). This is the only meeting space they have.

Other hotel rooms at the Hilton Garden, Sheraton Four Points, Holiday Inn, etc. are all running $89-$99/night with the block of 30 rooms. Some have adequate meeting space for a reception (75-100 attendees), but it will cost approx. $750 for the room alone, or free with $2000 minimum reception catering ($20-22/person for hors devours). The new Holiday Inn Airport wants $5250 minimum food/rental for a reception room, or $99/room for empty adjoining bedrooms. A cash bar is available at these hotels, if that’s what the group decides, but that doesn’t change the price.

Service: Central Virginia Food Bank is not open on Saturdays, but they invited us to come volunteer during a weekday. I’ve called Maymont Park’s volunteer coordinator to see what opportunities they have for Sat. 6/6.

More to come next week, -JC

Thanks for the update John!