Hotel Info and Updates

Blocking * Marriott Copley Place * Sheraton Boston Hotel * Suites * Package Handling

Hotel Updates

As of April 6, Noreascon 4's room block at the Sheraton Boston is essentially full. A small number of rooms will become available as people cancel reservations, but getting one of those rooms will be depend as much as anything on luck.

As of the end of June, the Marriott has a very limited rooms available for the night of August 30.

The Marriott, as of June 11, is essentially unable to guarantee any smoking preferences for rooms being booked.

Since only 3 of the 30+ floors in the Marriott have smoking rooms on them, non-smoking rooms are quite likely to be available at check-in time.

As of June 28, the hotel will not guarantee that any preferences you may state about your room type can be met.

Out of the 1800 peak-night hotel rooms we've blocked, we still have about 200 available. Make your resevations soon so you won't be disappointed!

We are monitoring this situation closely, and will post updates to this website as soon as we know anything more.

Reservation Info

We are NOT using a Housing Bureau.

Make regular room reservations directly with the hotels; make suite reservations through the convention.

Noreascon 4 blocked 900 rooms (including suites) in each of our hotels — 1800 rooms exceeds the total number of hotel rooms used at all but one Worldcon in history. As of late June, we've still got several dozens of rooms available at the Marriott (and you can be sure that we're keeping a close eye on how quickly rooms get reserved!)

There are other hotels close to the Sheraton and the Marriott, and we'll let you know what additional hotel options are available for Noreascon 4 members relatively soon.

Blocking

If you wish to have more than one room blocked together, the convention will be able to assist you. First, make the reservations, using the procedures above. Then email the convention at blocking@noreascon.org, tell us which hotel the reservations are in and list the reservations you want blocked. For each reservation, please list the name(s) of the occupant(s), the confirmation number, and the check in/out dates.

Suites

Suites are available only through the convention; do not try to book them through the hotel. Suite prices start at $231 in the Sheraton and $337 in the Marriott (per night, before taxes, parking, or other fees).

We have tables showing the types of suites in the Sheraton and the Marriott. The tables include links to diagrams of each suite type. As of the beginning of June, there are no One and Two Bedroom Hospitality Suites available in the Sheraton.

For further information or to request a suite, send e-mail to suites@noreascon.org. Please indicate the requested suite type (check the suite types for the Sheraton and the Marriott), names of the occupants, and check in/checkout dates. DO NOT include credit card information. For the Sheraton, please indicate if this is for the party or non-party area.

Noreascon has allocated the Sheraton suites to satisfy as many requests as feasible, but since we received more requests than we had suites available, some people may not not have received their first choice of suite, or may not have gotten a suite for all of the nights that they requested.

Package Handling

Like more and more hotels, the Sheraton Boston charges guests a fee for each package they receive through the hotel (this includes things like Federal Express envelopes). We've made its February 2004 list of package types and charges available, and will be checking with them before August to see if any of those charges have changed.

The Marriott Copley Place does not (as of April 2004) charge guests when they receive a package.

Room Rates

The convention rates will be:

• Sheraton Boston: $139 single/double, $149 triple, $159 quad
• Boston Marriott Copley Place: $144 single/double/triple/quad

We don't have convention rates for special sections, such as the Towers in the Sheraton; we believe that the hotels will be placing their non-convention guests there.

Room Block Dates

The room block rates are applicable to all of the regular rooms in both hotels and are good from Sunday, August 29 through Wednesday, September 8 (checkout Thursday Sept. 9).

If you want to book a hotel room outside the above dates, we may be able to help, but we are not holding any rooms outside the block. Make your reservation for the dates that are covered in the room block, and then send details of your requirements to housing-problems@noreascon.org

Questions?

If you want to be able to book a room outside of the room block dates, make your reservation for the dates that are covered in the room block, and then send details of your requirements to housing-problems@noreascon.org.

If you have changes to or questions about existing reservations, please direct them to the hotel reservations numbers, not to Noreascon.

If you have problems booking your room, please let us know about them at housing-problems@noreascon.org.