[ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: flights
- From: NHANSBURG@xxxxxxxxxx
- To: mgolant@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2005 13:26:33 -0500
i just drove by charlotte two weeks ago on my way back from Tampa and on my way
down. its a gorgeous drive, smooth good highway not too much traffic. Its a
wonderful route away from the hurricane weather of the eastern seaboard and
past some of the most beautiful scenery in america. basically its route 81
south to 77 to 85 to 75 from new york to florida with charlotte the halfway
point.
----- Original Message -----
From: Margery Golant <mgolant@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Friday, February 11, 2005 11:15 am
Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: flights
>
> Exactly, Julie. Thanks for pointing that out !
>
> And, that major USAir hub status is why I (and I presume a number
> of other Board members) voted for Charlotte. I have also, a couple
> of times in the past few months, posted a lot of specific direct
> flight availability on large aircraft (capable of 500 crates and
> larger) from major airports around the US to Charlotte, to assist
> those who want to plan to fly. Raleigh was a
lso a wonderful site,
> but not as accessible by air, which tipped the scales.
>
> As an Eastern site, Charlotte looked ideal - it is relative central
> in the Nort-South line, not right on the eastern edge, very
> drivable from many places and a USAir hub. The facilities are
> really great, there are a lot of hotel accomodation options, a
> moderate climate, so not likely to be too hot or too cold. The
> Herding problem did not materialze until later, after it was a done
> deal. Hopefully this issue can be sorted out for the future, if
> Charlotte works out well otherwise.
>
> One suggestion I am considering making is for the Board to formally
> adopt a "punch list" of key considerations, and that we then have
> all the data on that punch list for all sites under consideration.
> This would not be easy to do, because some of the answers are not
> readily knowable at that preliminary stage (such as the Herding
> difficulties regarding Charlotte, or the loca
l ordinance in CA that
> required the National to move to Daytona in 2003), and because SH*T
> happens. But, if we have a standardized set of criteria and facts
> that are collected and reviewed for every single potential site, it
> might help to clarify the selection process.
>
> Margery Golant
>
> ============================================================
> From: EJDegen@xxxxxxx
> Date: 2005/02/11 Fri AM 09:41:51 EST
> To: showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] flights
>
> Charlotte is a *MAJOR* hub for U.S. Air. There are 120 cities
> served
> NONSTOP from the Charlotte airport by a variety of airlines. So
> what's the problem
> that people are having THIS year?
>
> U.S. Air is still a reasonably priced airline for traveling with
> pets. It
> still costs $100 each way for a German Shepherd in a 500
> varikennel. We are
> currently living in the southeast U.S. (Savannah area). I didn't
> have time to
> drive to OR and with the cost
of gas, it was cheaper to fly
> anyway. Cassie
> & I flew U.S. Air to the national, connecting through Charlotte.
> No
> problems.
>
> When we lived in Germany, U.S. Air was my airline of choice because
> their
> price for pets and people was often the lowest I could find and
> U.S. Air always
> took good care of the dogs. I also think Northwest does a great
> job with
> dogs, but they've priced themselves out in my opinion. I won't use
> them again
> with dogs. BTW, the first year they raised their prices for pets,
> I
> complained and took it up the chain. They gave me the old price
> for the dogs, but it
> was a one time deal. That was the last time that I used them. It
> was too
> expensive flying 3 dogs back & forth to Germany with their new
> pricing scheme.
>
>
> NO ONE *likes* to have to take 2 flights (through a connecting
> airport), but
> that's life and traveling. We've lived overseas several times and
> I've
> flo
wn my dogs all over the world with me. My choice is always to
> drive if I have
> the time, but I won't hesitate to fly again if I want to get
> somewhere fast.
> If you don't want to fly, then drive. If you don't have the time
> to drive
> and you don't want to fly, then good luck.
>
> I wouldn't mind seeing a centralized national, indoors OR outdoors.
> I also
> don't mind it moving around the country. I do think it's rather
> silly to
> hold the national in a "corner" of the country, it DOES make sense
> to make it
> more centralized (Utah for a west coast national, MO/KS for
> central; OH, KY,
> NC, GA for access from the east coast). I believe that we'll have
> larger
> entries. But then, I'll still fly or drive to get there
> regardless of where it's
> held.
>
> Julie Degen
>
>
>
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