Last year's National, I had my rental car paid for in February, through Priceline.com, for $14 a day. 364 days before the next year's National, I book rooms at discount prices, at several local hotels. I have had rooms booked at 6 different Fort Collins hotels since last November-December. I haven't decided for sure where I will stay, but, I do know that I will have a room at a good price. Only once did the GSDCA get a better price than I did at a host hotel, and then that host hotel matched the GSDCA price for me when I got there. I have rooms booked on my route to and from Fort Collins, including one in Las Vegas, as I am driving this year. I shop airlines all year long, those years that I fly rather than drive, though I generally fly for free, thank's to my favorite credit card. I plan the National down to the last possible plannable thing!! I even map out the local vet e.r.'s, the local PetsMarts, local restaurant's that give kick-backs through my credit card, etc. I can't do things at the last minute; there is not a drop of spontaneous blood in me! I panic if ABC changes their line-up at the last minute!! I am going to Westminster next February for my 60th birthday; I had my hotel room reserved two months ago. I am more prepared than you are, Sally. I think I may have OCD, but, so what??? Now, if the sky DOES fall; it will be me you see running around in circles like a chicken with it's head cut off!!!! I don't think I could cope with THAT!! Paula, 140-some days and counting ----Original Message Follows---- From: "Sally" <sally@xxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: THE HILTON & SPECIAL RATES & CHICKEN LITTLE LIVES!!! Date: Tue, 22 May 2007 09:35:15 -0500 Many people want to book airlines , make arrangements to get their dogs to the show Me - I will be sewing from the first of June till the day before I leave inorder to have enough product for the national and It will take me 2 days to get there and 2 days back- I don't do things at the last minute. It is also a matter of the host motel being 50 -70 dollars a night cheaper then others Sally www.embroiderybysally.com ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2007. 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 - www.showgsd.org ============================================================================