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Old 08-12-2015, 08:35 PM  
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Who can tell me about Austin, TX?
I have heard lots of great things about Austin but I've never been. My girlfriend is nominated for a couple awards and we normally would have skipped them (low-level film awards, very skippable) but it happens to be in Austin where we've never been.

So anyway we are going and I have a couple questions.

This show is in the DoubleTree University, right next to UT. Is this a good area? Should we stay at that same hotel? Should we be further downtown?

Okay and the fun part. If you have one Friday night in Austin what bar do you go to? I hear there is a famous bar that has chainsaws for sale there, that sounds extremely Texas but could be cool, Texas culture-wise. I don't want a redneck bar but something fun. My only problem is I don't care for live music in a bar. It just isn't very fun to me. Help me out, Chiefs fans.
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Old 08-13-2015, 02:41 PM   #61
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The great thing about Austin, you can see Texas from there.
My sister lived in Borger, outside of Amarillo for two decades. I've seen enough real Texas, thanks.
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Old 08-13-2015, 02:49 PM   #62
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Any more info you'd like on Austin? Are you only in town for one night? It's worth staying a couple nights. There's a great mix of daytime/nighttime activities here.
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Old 08-13-2015, 02:51 PM   #63
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I'm there Thursday night through Sunday afternoon. Saturday is the awards show so I'm sure I'll be at the Doubltree that night. It is at the end of September so I'm not sure about the bats and I don't know what the hell is going on that weekend but I've checked four hotels you mentioned and they are sold out for that weekend. Other hotels are wildly expensive that weekend. I'm not sure what the problem is.
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Old 08-13-2015, 02:52 PM   #64
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I'm there Thursday night through Sunday afternoon. Saturday is the awards show so I'm sure I'll be at the Doubltree that night. It is at the end of September so I'm not sure about the bats and I don't know what the hell is going on that weekend but I've checked four hotels you mentioned and they are sold out for that weekend. Other hotels are wildly expensive that weekend. I'm not sure what the problem is.
UT football game?
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I'm thinking of going for the festival they are having. Great thread.
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I'm there Thursday night through Sunday afternoon. Saturday is the awards show so I'm sure I'll be at the Doubltree that night. It is at the end of September so I'm not sure about the bats and I don't know what the hell is going on that weekend but I've checked four hotels you mentioned and they are sold out for that weekend. Other hotels are wildly expensive that weekend. I'm not sure what the problem is.
OK, you are fine for bats the peak is late August but September should be fine viewing as well.

Damn! I just checked and you're right that weekend is a mess for hotels. The Extended Stay America on 6th isn't particularly nice but it's decent and is a FANTASTIC location. Obviously you won't get room service but you'll have a real kitchen at least. Anyway, I checked and they are $140/night that weekend.

And of course you can always do the whole priceline name your price tool. If you go 4 stars you likely won't get a deal better than $175 if you go 3.5 stars it's a crap shoot but you'll likely get the Radisson or Doubletree and if you go 3 stars you are looking at the Holiday Inn which isn't convenient for most of downtown but it IS right next to Rainey so that's nice.
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Old 08-13-2015, 03:37 PM   #68
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That's all I can think of that weekend. ACL Fest is the next weekend. F1 is a full month further down the road. That weekend is Pecan Street Festival but I didn't think anyone came into town for that piece of crap.
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Fantastic Fest is that week.

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Ok now Austin is just making shit up! Seems like every week is {insert random word}FEST now.
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Ok now Austin is just making shit up! Seems like every week is {insert random word}FEST now.
While I agree with you, it's been going on as long as I've been in Austin. They have been around at least since 2006. I don't think that explains all of the hotels being booked, though.

The Longhorns are hosting OK State that Saturday, which could definitely account for some of the hotel congestion especially near campus.
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I booked Extended Stay on 6th. It doesn't look special at all but choices were very limited that weekend. It was $509.04 for three nights and frankly that could have been a lot worse. Thanks for the help!
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Quoted for truth. It's completely ridiculous.
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I booked Extended Stay on 6th. It doesn't look special at all but choices were very limited that weekend. It was $509.04 for three nights and frankly that could have been a lot worse. Thanks for the help!
Awesome! Yeah, it's nothing special but you can't beat the location. You will be right smack dab in the middle of everything except for Rainey St or Eastside 6th which is a long walk or a short Uber/Lyft/cab or pedicab ride. Speaking of pedicabs, they are a nice novelty but you are usually better off using Uber. Ridiculously cheap and easy downtown.
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I've been using Uber in Los Angeles since they were five months old, that is definitely what I will be using!
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