Planning for this event has not gone quite as smoothly as I had hoped, mainly due to one primary factor: cost. I didn't realize how damned expensive everything was up in that region during "fall foliage season." The best rate I could get at a decent, nicer hotel... nothing fancy mind you... was $184/night at a hampton inn with a 50 room guarantee. Coming from organizing an event where the average room cost has varied from $60 a night to a SUPER expensive $125 a night for the Hyatt Regency with a lobby we could park our cars in, I find that to be absolutely absurd. Gouging, even.
So this is where we sit right now. It is still possible for us to have a full-fledged Coupefest event. However, I think we may need to rethink things a bit. I like the location, I like the general area, but due to cost and complexity factors, I'm thinking that we make the event way shorter and more casual than its' Southeast Sharkfet brethren. Perhaps only a Saturday morning show/get together at the airport with an afternoon drive, returning to a cookout to run into the night? Or maybe a Friday evening through Saturday evening event?
What say you folk? Essentially what that means is less nights stayed at what I feel is a very expensive hotel and you don't have to take the day off Friday if you're local or Thursday and Friday if you're not.
I need some feedback here. It's very difficult to make good, solid planning decisions without some general input. Thanks guys!
So this is where we sit right now. It is still possible for us to have a full-fledged Coupefest event. However, I think we may need to rethink things a bit. I like the location, I like the general area, but due to cost and complexity factors, I'm thinking that we make the event way shorter and more casual than its' Southeast Sharkfet brethren. Perhaps only a Saturday morning show/get together at the airport with an afternoon drive, returning to a cookout to run into the night? Or maybe a Friday evening through Saturday evening event?
What say you folk? Essentially what that means is less nights stayed at what I feel is a very expensive hotel and you don't have to take the day off Friday if you're local or Thursday and Friday if you're not.
I need some feedback here. It's very difficult to make good, solid planning decisions without some general input. Thanks guys!
