I noticed the hotel is available for NHC on the homebrewcon website at the Doubletree. Is this the only hotel? How many rooms does the Doubletree have? $189 plus 15.3% is a little steeper than previous years but booked a room anyways.
Typically the hotel wasn't available until after registration.
I don't know for sure, but I seriously doubt it's the only hotel. There are typically 3-5 of them. Are they offering the discount already?
It's on the homebrewcon site, with a book room link and the discount code is listed as AHA. Rate is $189 per night. Since it's on the official site, I'm guessing it's legit. Either way I have a room booked and the cancellation policy is 72 hours priors.
Edit: Of course this is direct through DoubleTree and not a housing bureau like done in the past., so who knows. I figure I can wait until after registration to see what the story is and the cancel this one if necessary.