In years past, teams attending VEX Worlds in Dallas could stay at VRBO’s/AirBnB’s nearby instead of the hotels. Am I understanding correctly that this year (2025) teams are required to book a hotel room in order to register for Worlds? If this is true, this has created a large equity issue. The hotel rooms are more expensive than getting a VRBO/AirBnB and splitting the cost between families/team members. Any insight into this less than ideal change would be greatly appreciated. Has anyone found a different option to this new change?
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Yes, that is true. Here is the lodging information: Hotels and travel
This is because the RECF has contracts with Dallas, and they get a discount on renting the convention center depending on how many people stay in certain hotels.
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Do you have to spend the entire time in that hotel?
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No, but you have to make a reservation and I think you have to check in.
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Dallas teams are not included in this regulation, but it is necessary to use TTS, and at the time of team registration you are asked for the reserve pipe ID.
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How does the TTS regerstration ID thing work? My team probably won’t be able to attend if we have to use a hotel for the entrie team. I was thinking about reserving the cheapest hotel possible for one night, and booking a airB&B for the rest of the time.
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Once you register, it will give you a code. You just need to submit that code on robot events when you register to get a spot. They will check to make sure that your team actually paid for the room, but if you have, and the code is valid.
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Not loving this since I have family in the area with which I could otherwise stay. This begs the question: is there a minimum number of nights? Surely I shouldn’t have to stay somewhere on the TTS list once the competition is over. And why should I really need to stay on the TTS list the night before if I’m say 100 miles away and want to drive in the first day?
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Book a hotel and check in, then leave and go to an Airbnb.
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Hi,
is everyone supposed to stay in the hotels booked through TTS? We were able to book only one room in a hotel due to availability. We went ahead with it to unblock us from the registration process.
Can the rest of the team book in a separate place outside of TTS, since room availability via TTS is a huge issue?
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Yes, you can. Please read the rest of this thread. Your post got moved to this thread.