GrandBob
Grand events should not go unnoticed
- Joined
- Oct 30, 2007
My wife, myself, and a friend were planning to go to DLR Oct 17-22. Got reservations at Embassy Suites. Our friend and I both have birthdays in mid- to late- October, so we were planning a birthday trip.
She (the friend) belongs to a house exchange network, and a house just came up for Oct 5-11. Too early for our birthdays, but that doesn't bother me. However, isitpacked.com shows the earlier week to be significantly more crowded than 17-22. Makes no sense to me; I thought it got more crowded as you get closer to Halloween.
So the issue is - going earlier saves us the cost of rooms at Embassy Suites. Essentially, she trades her house for the house in Villa Park. The tradeoff is that it's a more crowded week, not our birthdays, and the house rental is about 6 miles from DLR, necessitating driving in and parking.
We can evaluate the other tradeoffs, but I'm really asking about crowd levels. Is the first week of Oct really that much worse than the 3rd week?
Thanks, Bob.
She (the friend) belongs to a house exchange network, and a house just came up for Oct 5-11. Too early for our birthdays, but that doesn't bother me. However, isitpacked.com shows the earlier week to be significantly more crowded than 17-22. Makes no sense to me; I thought it got more crowded as you get closer to Halloween.
So the issue is - going earlier saves us the cost of rooms at Embassy Suites. Essentially, she trades her house for the house in Villa Park. The tradeoff is that it's a more crowded week, not our birthdays, and the house rental is about 6 miles from DLR, necessitating driving in and parking.
We can evaluate the other tradeoffs, but I'm really asking about crowd levels. Is the first week of Oct really that much worse than the 3rd week?
Thanks, Bob.