The only problem with "staying off campus" is most conventions need large meeting rooms, banquet rooms plus the trade show hall. These are leased out based on the number of folks staying at the hotel. So if everybody stayed at the local Super 8's all of a sudden you will find the cost of the convention will go up to cover those lost room rentals. Therefore we also can save so much money that there won't be any more conventions because there simply not profitable to anyone.
When our local division of the NMRA sponsored the Lone Star Convention this past summer, people who stayed at non-convention accomondations were billed an additional fee to cover the convention facilities. I'm not sure how that's enforced but nobody wants to stick the convention hosts with a loss. Two groups in Texas have talked about hosting the NASG convention but the financial part of the deal can be daunting considering the travel distance. So this door swings both ways. If you try to save money at conventions you will only have them in cities where there is a track record of success which might be a long way away! A quick check of past conventions will show that certain clubs have done successful conventions that produced profits for both the local clubs and the NASG itself (perhaps helping to keep our dues at $20). I think the few times we have had co=conventions of some sort, the profits have been marginal or even generated a loss--which is pretty scarey for the local sponsors. Bob Werre BobWphoto.com Thomas Baker wrote: > Ray, > > Thanks for the tip. I do hope to be at the St. Louis convention which > is close enough not to blow my budget. > > Tom > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] <mailto:S-Scale%40yahoogroups.com> on > behalf of Roy Hoffman > Sent: Fri 12/26/2008 8:06 AM > To: [email protected] <mailto:S-Scale%40yahoogroups.com> > Subject: {S-Scale List} Cheap Lodging > > "It is neither the dues nor the cost of the convention that frustrate > a person's best-laid plans; it is the cost of travel and lodging." > > Peg and I find places to stay near each convention for $15 per night > including breakfast. > > Assuming that most of the list is over 50, check this out: > evergreenclub.com > > Roy > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[email protected] mailto:[email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
