International YorkieTalk Meet-up 2008

[daisy mae06]

Originally Posted by LuvMySissy

The pet fees won't be quite that much as it is a one time fee for the booked stay - not a fee per night. This will help lots of us out!!!!!!

If you have just two dogs in a room this is Great at $50.00 but at $50.00 per each dog after if you have 8 in a room that is $350.00 To me that is not a bargin sorry. even at a one time fee. and the website says 25.00 is refundable......but for this it's not

[MyFairLacy]

I'm pretty sure I'm going to be staying until Monday Yay! I am already SO excited about this meetup! It's going to be a blast! I think I'm going to have a hard time picking out what Lacy is going to wear LOL

[Sukoshi's Mom]

Originally Posted by Sukoshis Gma

If the 2008 Meet Up goes well perhaps 2009 could be on the east or west coast and 2010 on the opposite coast and then 2011 back in the midwest somewhere! That way every 3 years most everyone would have a chance to participate. Just something to think about.

I think that was the plan from when the talk of a meet-up first began. Of course, we'll have to see how the 2008 meet goes before we see if anyone is interested in putting together/attending a 2009 meet!

[Sukoshi's Mom]

Originally Posted by Jenn218

I think at one time, it was said (in hopes) that we could get the Three Dog Bakery to be a vendor...so maybe, that will be a great option too!!!

And as a side note:
I think before (in the planning stages) it was recommended to have a carrier or stroller for the doggies too for the shopping. But I am not certain.

I know those flying in will not have room for a stroller and will already have a carrier, so that will work out.

Yes - I talked to Three Dog Bakery's Plaza location early on about being a vendor, and they directed me to their corporate office. When the people at their corporate office never called me back, I decided to put it on hold until we had everything else set-up so I had more to tell them when calling again, and that's when I took over hotel duties and haven't had any time since. I will try to give them a call after the holidays and see if we can get anything worked out.

Also, I know we were discussing a stroller at one point when I was trying to get some of the local museums and such to allow us in with our babies, and I was hoping I'd have better luck by telling them we'd ensure everyone had a bag or stroller. Well...since we're not going that route anymore, the strollers and bags will just be a personal choice...if you want them for shopping for instance.

[Sukoshi's Mom]

Originally Posted by Tiger's Mom

I believe that airlines do allow you to carry a stroller in addition to the standard handcarry luggage requirements . . unless of course that is only applicable to skinbabies I will check the airline to make sure I can bring one . . .

Des - I would love to know what you find out about this. I would love to push Sukoshi right up to the gate in her stroller before putting her in her carrier, but like you, I wondered if they only allow that for skinbabies. It may vary by airline too .

[Sukoshi's Mom]

Originally Posted by flgurl69

Lisa - I was just checking flights on Travelocity and can get a direct flight from Ft Myers to Kansas City on Midwest Airlines. Would there be a problem if I also booked my hotel room through this site?

BTW - just wondering if anyone was staying an extra day and leaving Monday. I'm kinda thinking about it so I can go shopping in the city.


Thanks!
Patricia

Hmmm...I'm not sure about booking your room through another site. Personally, I don't see a problem with it, but since the hotel is going to already have SO MANY dogs coming for our event, they may not allow anyone else to bring a dog that weekend. So...before I booked my room through a random site, I'd want to make sure they'd allow my dog(s) in my room too since you wouldn't really be associated with our group at that point (of course, WE'LL claim you, but I mean for the purposes of the hotel).

[MyFairLacy]

Lisa - I PMed you but I probably should have just posted it here so everyone could get the info:

Gayla (Layla's mom) called to reserve our hotel room tonight. She also asked about staying Sunday night too but they told her that they had no available rooms on Sunday night. I've seen a lot of people say they are planning to stay sunday night as well but right now it looks like they are booked up. We're hoping someone will cancel so we can stay sunday night too. I didn't know if you knew anything about them being booked up sunday or not. I can't imagine them being booked up on a Sunday night..that's really wierd

[Sukoshi's Mom]

Originally Posted by daisy mae06

If you have just two dogs in a room this is Great at $50.00 but at $50.00 per each dog after if you have 8 in a room that is $350.00 To me that is not a bargin sorry. even at a one time fee. and the website says 25.00 is refundable......but for this it's not

Lori - I asked the hotel the EXACT same thing (about their website saying the $25 is refundable), as I too think the pet fee is steep given the amount of business we're bringing them, and the response was, "The pet fee policy is for one family traveling with their pet. This is a large group with multiple pets and adjustments/costs are in place for such events." Sorry...but I tried my best through a few different arguments to get this fee reduced, and they simply would not do it because they are going to be having so many rooms with pets in them, and it keeps coming back to the sanitation issue. I agree with you 100%, but given that no other hotel (and believe me, I called them ALL) would even allow us at all, we didn't have much choice. And my contact at this hotel is very nice and a dog-lover himself, so I am happy with them so far (other than the pet fee). He did deeply discount the price of the meeting room for us for Saturday (which is ultimately built into the registration fees), so he did save us some money along the way - believe it or not. I do hope you will still join us!

[Sukoshi's Mom]

Originally Posted by MyFairLacy

Lisa - I PMed you but I probably should have just posted it here so everyone could get the info:

Gayla (Layla's mom) called to reserve our hotel room tonight. She also asked about staying Sunday night too but they told her that they had no available rooms on Sunday night. I've seen a lot of people say they are planning to stay sunday night as well but right now it looks like they are booked up. We're hoping someone will cancel so we can stay sunday night too. I didn't know if you knew anything about them being booked up sunday or not. I can't imagine them being booked up on a Sunday night..that's really wierd

Did Gayla make sure they knew she was with the YorkieTalk meet-up when trying to make her reservation? According to my contract with the hotel, they have 40 rooms set aside for us for Thursday night (in case anyone comes into town early), and 100 rooms on both Friday and Saturday night. The hotel is supposed to be monitoring these numbers internally and increasing/decreasing them according to how many people are making reservations under our group. I see that he has NOT set aside any rooms for Sunday, which is my oversight. Since he said we would get the $139 rate for the longer dates, I didn't figure it would be a problem to get a ROOM! And like you said...weird on a Sunday night especially. I will contact the hotel tomorrow to see what they can do for us. Hopefully it's not too late to pull some rooms aside for us for Sunday night. I think they normally have some rooms "set aside" - even when they tell people they are all booked. I'll let you know what I can work out.

[Dan & Corinne]

Lisa... You're scaring me.... Your attention to detail and how you write and explain everything in such simple terms... Glad you don't work for the IRS!



Seriously, I have no clue how you and the committee is pulling it all together! But you guys are doing a marvelous job!

Thank you sooooooo MUCH!

[Dan & Corinne]

Originally Posted by Sukoshi's Mom

Des - I would love to know what you find out about this. I would love to push Sukoshi right up to the gate in her stroller before putting her in her carrier, but like you, I wondered if they only allow that for skinbabies. It may vary by airline too .

I don't usually fly domestic but on international flights, the strollers are checked in with the luggage and is not allowed in the cabin. I've seen people handing the strollers to the ground crew just prior to boarding the plane. I would think the same will apply for our pup strollers.

I was thinking tonight, if I went... I'd have one Yorkie, my camera, my laptop.. but only allowed two carry-on and the Yorkie carrier counts as one... What to do??? My camera won't fit in my laptop bag... don't want to check either the puter or the camera... Hmmm......

[mistyinca]

Originally Posted by Dan & Corinne

I don't usually fly domestic but on international flights, the strollers are checked in with the luggage and is not allowed in the cabin. I've seen people handing the strollers to the ground crew just prior to boarding the plane. I would think the same will apply for our pup strollers.

I was thinking tonight, if I went... I'd have one Yorkie, my camera, my laptop.. but only allowed two carry-on and the Yorkie carrier counts as one... What to do??? My camera won't fit in my laptop bag... don't want to check either the puter or the camera... Hmmm......

Wanna drive?

[mizzwanned]

I reeeeeeeaaally wanna go and i was hoping to take all 3 of my babies with me but i don't think that's possible. I think i am only going to take the 2 girls with me for several reasons. 1. Teddy HATES being enclosed in carriers so i know he will do horrible on the plane and 2. on the plane me and my bf can only take one dog each with us as our carryon so he will have one girl and ill have the other and both girls do great in carriers. oh and 3. if it's $50 for 2 dogs at the hotel i am not going to pay another $50 just for one more dog. I feel bad I guess Teddy will just stay with my mom if we do go. Also i plan on buying a stroller asap cause i just know it will come in handy and will take the carriers as well. I hope we can go! BTW is anyone from ny/nj area going???

[Sukoshi's Mom]

Originally Posted by Dan & Corinne

Lisa... You're scaring me.... Your attention to detail and how you write and explain everything in such simple terms... Glad you don't work for the IRS!



Seriously, I have no clue how you and the committee is pulling it all together! But you guys are doing a marvelous job!

Thank you sooooooo MUCH!

LOL! I'd say my attention to detail and explaining everything in simple terms is thanks to the audit reports I have to write for my job. Everything in our audit reports has to be complete, concise, and easily understood by the all our readers of varying levels of educations. SO...dare I say my work is not just a paycheck but something that has carried over to the rest of my life . Naaaahhhh...it's just a coincidence !!!

[Sukoshi's Mom]

Originally Posted by Dan & Corinne

I don't usually fly domestic but on international flights, the strollers are checked in with the luggage and is not allowed in the cabin. I've seen people handing the strollers to the ground crew just prior to boarding the plane. I would think the same will apply for our pup strollers.

I was thinking tonight, if I went... I'd have one Yorkie, my camera, my laptop.. but only allowed two carry-on and the Yorkie carrier counts as one... What to do??? My camera won't fit in my laptop bag... don't want to check either the puter or the camera... Hmmm......

Guess you'd better bring Dan to carry the extras !!!!