We are attending conference at Intercontinental 6/21,22, we have the conference rate for the first two nights of 279, after that they say they are completely booked, so we have our back up at the Club Quarters 6/23,6/24. Our first choice is the Sofitel water Tower and I am interested in the James, Burnham(if not for the noise). From my search it looks like this is a pretty busy weekend and we will probably end up at the CQ-not our top pick of location but price was ok. I was wondering when is the best time to try and get something on pl or hw? Is it easier the closer you get or harder? Just discouraged and wishing we had booked Monday night when Sofitel was less than 300. Any advice? thanks