I was shocked when I saw how much was spent on Board member flights. Most National clubs don't pay for Board members to fly anywhere - you do it on your tab. You're lucky if the club pays for hotel rooms in many cases. I don't understand how flights are so expensive unless members are waiting until the very last minute. I fly pretty often and 9 times out of 10, I can get my tickets in under $300.00 and if over $300.00, it isn't much.. Several people have posted on Facebook about how much they paid for tickets to our National, which starts this week - most are finding that it is more expensive to fly their dogs and the tickets are not more then $400.00 from the coasts. Time to re-evaluate this expense... Jessica MacMillan No Frills Dog Bathing Service & Design Paisley Dals (www.paisleydals.com) & Simmie, CGC, TDI, TC, HIC, the Shepherd Girl Member of: DCA, GSDCA & GTCDC Manager of: The Dalmatian Stud Dog List on Facebook The German Shepherd Stud Dog List on Facebook ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2011. 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. Each Author is responsible for the content of his/her post. This group and its administrators are not responsible for the comments or opinions expressed in any post. 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@xxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org SUBSCRIPTION:http://showgsd.org/mail.html NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================