<div dir="ltr"><div>Often the booking site used by ALA will show all of the hotels are full but that usually changes. I always advise people to get on the wait list if there is a hotel they really want. What some people do, including me, is get on the wait list and then find some place else, using <a href="http://kayak.com">kayak.com</a>, <a href="http://getaroom.com">getaroom.com</a>, or Travelocity, and book a room. Then if the hotel I really want becomes available I cancel the other hotel. </div>
<div><br></div><div>People cancel their reservations for the PLA/ALA hotels all of the time as well when their roommate got a different hotel or for many other reasons. I have had time on the wait list last for only a few hours up to a few weeks.</div>
<div><br></div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jan 7, 2014 at 10:59 AM, Maureen Cole <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mcole@ci.oregon-city.or.us" target="_blank">mcole@ci.oregon-city.or.us</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div><p class="MsoNormal">Hi all:<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Imagine my surprise when I registered for PLA (or started to register anyway) and discovered that all of the hotels within walking distance are already booked. Silly me-I should have done this long ago apparently. Has anyone had any luck recently or have any suggestions for places that might not be too far? I’m trying to avoid renting a car if possible. <u></u><u></u></p>
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