[Bristol-Birds] TOS / VSO Joint Meeting adds on room blocks -- 8 weeks out
- From: "Wallace Coffey" <jwcoffey@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "Bristol-birds" <bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2012 15:34:56 -0400
Due to the continuous flow of room reservations for
the TOS / VSO Joint Spring Meeting at Johnson City, TN,
May 18-19-20, the Holiday Inn and Convention Center has
re-blocked our room holdings.
Our original block of rooms for the meeting was 82 and that
has now been re-blocked to 95. The management staff will
re-block for us as long as practical. Blocking means to hold
available at the special TOS / VSO meeting rate for those of
you staying at the hotel and to hold the rooms for guests
attending the event.
Reservations will be honored at the special rate until three weeks
before the meeting (April 27). The meeting is about eight weeks
away. Those who reserve rooms after the room blocks have
expired must pay the full room rate as long as the hotel has vacancies.
We have no reliable information on the number of birders and
meeting participants who are staying at nearby hotels or
with local family and friends or camping. We have had request
for camping information.
Also of interest, are birders coming earlier than the meeting dates
and staying longer. In order to assist those who are seeking
extended stays, the management is now providing the special
group rate to those who register for dates from May 15 to May 23.
It is evident that some birders have extended their stay in order
to bird as much of the high country as they can, extending to
elevations in the Southern Blue Ridge that can reach near
6,286 feet of elevation.
Also popular are the all day Friday field trips. Some birders are
making room reservations for Thursday, May 17, in order to
arrive the night before those trips begin at 7 a.m. on Friday,
May 18.
Wallace Coffey
Bristol Bird Club
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