Kevin wrote: > Whooops, that was $65 for the Holiday Inn not $56. I was the one who posted $56 for Super-8.
I love Russ and he's a great gentleman but I don't think "Super-8" or "Motel-6" are even in his vocabulary. He tends toward the nicer motels. And, he was thinking of banquet facilities which just don't exist at Super-8 or Motel-6. One of our big problems is in pre-guessing the number of attendees. We can have somewhere between 15 planes (very bad weather) and 115 planes (very good weather and a good destination). The number of people for a "banquet" can vary between 75-100 up to nearly 300. I think "banquet" numbers of 200-250 are fairly common. That can make it hard to just take over the back room of the local pizza place or whatever. As an example, here in Peoria, I think the Home Town Buffet might have space for such an unknown group, especially if we scheduled around their rush hour. (By the way, there is a Home Town Buffet nearby - 8.2 miles and 11 minutes - Washington Park Plaza, 745 Lyons Rd., Dayton, OH 45459, 937-438-3075. "For larger groups, a banquet room is available at this restaurant's location, at no additional charge, to use for your group meal. Please call this restaurant to reserve it for your next occasion. For more information regarding dining for any size group, please click on 'Group Dining'." [Don't you just LOVE the web?]) If the airport provides "turn-key" hosting of fly-ins, do they have a fee? I wonder if it would be good to try to have transportation to the museum on two days, perhaps Wednesday and Friday or Thursday and Saturday. Or, would just Friday or Saturday only be better? (Me, I might want to go there earlier in the week so I can hang around the airport on Friday and Saturday.) If I can come, I'll bring all the seats for my minivan so I can take myself and five others to the museum. I'd like to consider bringing my pop-up camper. When you ask about having your camper at the airport, Kevin, please ask if we can have a few other campers, too. Perhaps we could have a circle of campers to make a social place. (On the other hand, electricity has its advantages.) Ed
