Second Amendment Blog Bash

The official room block for the Second Amendment Blog Bash is now open!

The Holiday Inn Express Phoenix Downtown is offering bloggers discount rates for their stay in Phoenix next May. Unlike the NRA room block of the same rate, the Blog Bash rooms will guarantee you space near all of those other bloggers you’ve been dying to meet or can’t wait to see again.

King and Double rooms are available Thursday, May 14 through Monday, May 18 for only $139/night.  Double Queen + Sofa Bed suites are also available for $149, allowing three roommates to stay for as low at $50/night each, plus tax.  (Please note that if you choose to reserve a suite, do so early as only Single & Double rooms are guaranteed in the room block.)

In order to make your reservation with the Second Amendment Blog Bash room block, please call 1-800-972-3574.

The room block will close on April 20, 2009 at 5pm MST. However, I expect the rooms to sell out long before the deadline. If it does sell out, the hotel will continue to accept reservations and add you to our group as long as there is space available. However, with the hotel being just blocks from the Convention Center and 50,000+ expected to descend on Phoenix, rooms will go quickly.

If you want to stay with other bloggers only blocks from the convention center, take advantage of this opportunity before the hotel sells out of rooms and the room block fills.

You can cancel up to 24-hours in advance, so there is little risk in making your reservation early.

If you have any questions, please feel free to email me at organizer -at- 2ABlogBash -dot- com.

This week, winners of the Gun Bloggers Weekend at Blackwater USA contest were announced. The lucky Blog Bash attendees who won spots are:

A Keyboard and a .45
Of Arms & the Law
GunTruth
View From The Porch
The View from North Central Idaho
Call me Ahab
The Smallest Minority
SayUncle
The Maddened Fowl
Sharp as a Marble

The 11th spot awarded to one lucky voter will join the bloggers for the August weekend. Look for photos and posts from participants in late August.

I’ve added a poll to find out how many people who are likely coming to the Phoenix event are interested in a room block at a local hotel.

I’ve been doing research on hotels in the area.  Considering typical budgets, distance from the main event location, and amenities, I think I found a winner.  There are reasonable options for those looking for roommates and competitive rates for single rooms, too.

With that in mind, would those of you who think you’ll try and go be interested in taking part in a room block opening later this year for early reservations?