Cynthia,thanks for your e-mail. I,too,got carried away,in my frustration. My experience this year ,for instance,was that I first tried the host hotel....I was told "oh no,we have been booked for MONTHS" (I did tell her I was a member) I then went down the "line" of the ones the club had listed,only to hear "we're all full" each time. There were finally two left,each without grass...naturally they had rooms! So I booked one (Country Inn & Suites) and it actually turned out to be GREAT! They did turn out to have enough grass,the biggest "Continental" breakfast I have ever seen served in ANY hotel AND we had a room right at the back door....easy in and out with the dogs. So we got lucky. But it is frustrating to go through this each year. And it did make me believe that somehow "those in the know" get the information before the rest of us,which didn't strike me as fair,especially in a club that claims it doesn't want to be that way. But, maybe everyone just calls on the day it comes out in the Review,and by my waiting a week or two,that's just too long. I wrote my e-mail in total frustration,when that one woman wrote that she had called the 2007 Hlton and they told her it was full already. In retrospect,probably they are holding the rooms until a certain time. I think I am just not "fast enough" each year! Anyway,I apologize,for my angry post,written,as these things usually are,before thinking it through. Jean ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2006. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - URL temporarily deleted due to AOL issues ============================================================================