Reserve a Hotel Room

In order to ensure a more level playing field for attendees, hotel room booking is done through a lottery system.

Hotel Lottery Timeline

How the Hotel Lottery Works

The lottery occurs in multiple phases: Signups, drawing, and booking. We will run multiple rounds of the lottery, so even if you don’t get a chance to book a room initially, you will have a chance later on in the cycle. See the schedule below for more details.

Entering the Lottery

To enter the hotel lottery, you must have a paid attending registration. Supporting / Non-Attending registrations will not be eligible for the lottery. Once you have completed your registration, you will be able to log into the hotel booking site (linked at the top of this page once booking starts) using the same email and password you used for your convention registration.

Back This Year: Hotel Lottery

This year, the lottery system is reverted back to it’s original state. Signups will happen at 12AM PST of the date, and last entries will end at 11:59PM PST. On the draw date, winners will receive an email beginning at 12PM PST on the draw date.

If you’ve won, you have until the end of the date specified to draw

Please Note: What you see is what is currently available in the block. There will be no hotel preference system this year as we revamp and consider next steps in the future.

Registrations are refundable upon request; in case you don’t get picked in the lottery or change your mind about attending, you can ask for a refund. All registration tiers have an equal chance of being picked.

Getting Picked / Booking Your Room

After signups are closed, we will perform the drawing. Anyone chosen to book a room will receive an email; you can also check the booking site to see your lottery status.

If you have been picked, you will have a few days to book your hotel room (see the timeline above). The lottery guarantees that you will be able to book a hotel room, but not necessarily the specific hotel room that you want. The sooner you book your room, the better the chance you get your preferred room type.

The booking site will take you to Passkey, which is the same system we’ve used in past years for hotel bookings. It’s okay to leave Passkey and come back later; your booking slot will not expire until the end of the current booking round. You can book only one room when selected for the lottery (in order to give a fair chance to all attendees). Remember that the hotel will charge a one-night deposit some time after you book your room - see the main hotel page for details and reservation policies. Again, please try to book as soon as you receive a winning link to ensure you can successfully book a room. If you wait until after your assigned booking period, rooms may no longer be available to you.

If you are not picked as part of the lottery, you will have to sign up for the next lottery round (when it opens), or wait for first-come first-served rooms once all rounds of the lottery complete. Before signing up for another round, consider checking if you can room with a friend who did get picked.

After the Lottery

Once all rounds of the lottery are complete, any remaining rooms will be dispensed on a first-come first-served basis. Remember that the hotel’s inventory changes throughout the year, so if you can’t book a room on a particular day, you should check back on a future day. Major changes in hotel room availability will be announced on social media.

Hotel Pricing

Please see the following chart for the available Hotels for Further Confusion 2026.

PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING

• The prices shown is the base price for the room type.
• These prices do not include any taxes, fees, etc. charged by the Hotel
• Some hotels will charge an additional fee if you have more than two guests. Your hotel acknowledgement when you create a reservation will explain the pricing breakdown.

Suite Pricing

Some hotels have suite pricing. Please see the following chart. This is only the base price, and does not include any other fees and taxes the hotel may charge.

Please see the main hotel page for a breakdown of our hotel offerings, including regular room and suite pricing.