Columbus Day weekend is October 6-8 (Saturday - Monday).

OK then...

October 6

• Chowder day is October 6-8 (why they don't call it Chowder Days is beyond me)
• Jackie Mayer Rehab Day
• Johnny Appleseed Day
• Mad Hatter Day
• National German American Day
• Physician Assistant (PA) Day

October 7

• Intergeneration Day
• International Frugal Fun Day
• Pulaski Day
• World Communion Day
• World Mental Health Day

October 8 (besides Columbus Day)

• Alvin C. York Day
• Cosmopolite's Day
• National Kick Butt Day
• Native Americans' Day

Ooops... Let me recalibrate my reasearch and get back to you.

OK, so I've done some searching. I reaesarched houses available in the desert and Ojai areas. If anyone likes, I can do further searches for hotels or for different areas, like the mountains. Out of the places I contacted, I had positive responses from the following three, all in Palm Springs. Each of these is available for the weekend of the 6th through 8th.

1) The first is a 4-bedroom home in a residential area of Palm Springs, but seems to offer privacy due to walls and foliage around the property. there's a pool and hot tub and each bedroom has a separate entrance. It has a three night minimum, but provided a quote, including all taxes and fees, of $1300 for the three nights.
http://www.property-rentals.info/1000010001/

2) This house has less photographic documentation than the first, and at $895 a night (not including taxes and fees) with a three night minimum is probably a little too rich for at least Heidi and me. I think I would lean toward options one or three, though if any of you fall in love with this one, I'd consider it. It's also five bedrooms, so we'd need to lasso in someone else to come along.
http://www.vacationrentals.com/vacat...als/19873.html

3) Our final contestant has the most bells and whistles. A pool with a spa, a hammock, a sauna, a swim-up bar, man-made river and waterfalls, pool table, putting greens... lots of stuff. The home itself is smaller than the others, about 2000 sq.ft. (#1 is 3000, #4 is 4000), but the back/pool area is practically an aumsement park. It runs $595 a night, and I calculated that after taxes and fees, it would probably be in the neighborhood of $1500 for two nights.
http://www.cyberrentals.com/rental/p167037

So that's what I've got. Check 'em out, and we can move on from there.

Agreed on option #1 or #3, leaning towards #3.

Tom, you rule for doing the legwork.

For those of us not involved in the first Beat Hotel event, and without reading the WHOLE thread..

what dates are you bantering about? (eta, its October, I see that now)

Or, do you have your full quota of persons?

No. 3 sounds fun ... if we reschedule for Arbor Day weekend.

Nope, we don't have a full quota. In fact, we could look at the larger abodes if there are more people interested. Right now, we know we have for-sure three couples (H+T, J+G, L+C) and one potential (H+J) and that's about it. We're looking for Columbus Day weekend.

Thanks for keeping us in the potential list. With all the insanity going on here these weeks, H can't/shouldn't focus on a "getaway" quite yet.

-J

All signs point to Arbor Day, I tells ya.