International YorkieTalk Meet-up 2008

[daisy mae06]

I am so Excited So Many already Registered YAY.

I hope we get many many more!!!

[Suzy]

Originally Posted by daisy mae06

I am so Excited So Many already Registered YAY.

I hope we get many many more!!!

Me too me too me toooooo!

That's 32 people already!!!! I can't wait!

[Suzy]

Originally Posted by Sukoshi's Mom

I stopped in Three Dog Bakery while I was on the Plaza on Thursday, and I spoke to them about our meet-up and why we have to go through the corporate office. Three Dog Bakery began in KC, and the corporate office is located in Kansas City. Apparently the Plaza location is the ONLY Three Dog Bakery location that is owned and operated by corporate and is NOT a license/franchise like the other locations. Therefore, they are not able to do anything (vending, promotional activities, etc.) without going through corporate for permission. She mentioned that other locations can decide what to participate in on their own (such as Suzy mentioned above), but that the Plaza location is not allowed to do the same . She recommended we call corporate again, as she said our meet-up sounded like something they'd be interested in. She did say she was not aware of them ever doing a breed specific function before, but that we could be their first !

Thanks for checking on this again-it makes so much more sense now! Let me know if there's anything I can do to help make this happen!

[daisy mae06]

Originally Posted by Suzy

Me too me too me toooooo!

That's 32 people already!!!! I can't wait!

Can we say Happy Dance!!!!

[MissPinkBarbie]

WoW! The list is longer!

We can't wait to meet y'all!!!

[~Yorkie~Mommy~]

Just wanted to put this information out there but when I called to book a room just few mins ago when I got connected to the Reservation Desk I informed the lady that I wanted to reserve a room for the International YorkieTalk Meetup and the first thing she said was "Ummm I think that is sold out already, but let me double check" Then she was like no you are in luck we have 8 more rooms left So after booking our room I inquired about what if the other 7 rooms get reserved and there are still more people she then told me not to worry because if there are rooms available in the hotel they will definetly give it to them........Does anyone know how many rooms were RESERVED for the meet-up? I'm thinking alot of YTers called and reserved a room first before they registered, I hope this is the case if not their are going to be alot more YTers calling for rooms and it may not be available

[daisy mae06]

Originally Posted by ~Yorkie~Mommy~

Just wanted to put this information out there but when I called to book a room just few mins ago when I got connected to the Reservation Desk I informed the lady that I wanted to reserve a room for the International YorkieTalk Meetup and the first thing she said was "Ummm I think that is sold out already, but let me double check" Then she was like no you are in luck we have 8 more rooms left So after booking our room I inquired about what if the other 7 rooms get reserved and there are still more people she then told me not to worry because if there are rooms available in the hotel they will definetly give it to them........Does anyone know how many rooms were RESERVED for the meet-up? I'm thinking alot of YTers called and reserved a room first before they registered, I hope this is the case if not their are going to be alot more YTers calling for rooms and it may not be available

OM This is not good
HMMMMMM
Lisa???

[Suzy]

Maybe we just need to have them reserve more rooms for our party block...I remember for my wedding, the hotel would only reserve a certain number of rooms for us. If those filled up, they would add more, but they didn't want to block off the entire hotel if people weren't calling and reserving rooms...could that be the reason?

I also thought that it's probably a big wedding weekend in KC since it's over a Saturday night, so that may be factoring in as well if they have other events going on that same weekend.

[~Yorkie~Mommy~]

Originally Posted by Suzy

Maybe we just need to have them reserve more rooms for our party block...I remember for my wedding, the hotel would only reserve a certain number of rooms for us. If those filled up, they would add more, but they didn't want to block off the entire hotel if people weren't calling and reserving rooms...could that be the reason?

I also thought that it's probably a big wedding weekend in KC since it's over a Saturday night, so that may be factoring in as well if they have other events going on that same weekend.

Yea maybe we just need to ask Lisa to book more rooms if she can....

I also agree on maybe another event may be going on that Saturday night...but she didn't mention that they were Sold Out of rooms at the hotel she was just saying that there were only 8 rooms left for the YT meet-up.

[Sukoshi's Mom]

Originally Posted by Suzy

Maybe we just need to have them reserve more rooms for our party block...I remember for my wedding, the hotel would only reserve a certain number of rooms for us. If those filled up, they would add more, but they didn't want to block off the entire hotel if people weren't calling and reserving rooms...could that be the reason?

You are exactly right Suzy! The hotel is monitoring the number of rooms our group has booked internally, and they will increase or decrease the rooms "assigned" to our group as people make (or don't make) their reservations. When I signed the contract with the hotel, the agreement was that they would hold 40 rooms for us Thursday night (20 King & 20 Queen Doubles), 100 rooms for us Friday night (50 King & 50 Queen Doubles), and 100 rooms for us Saturday night (50 King & 50 Queen Doubles). Then, they later agreed to hold 10 rooms (5 King & 5 Queen Doubles) for us for Sunday night. I'm sure we haven't gone through that many rooms so far, so they must've decreased our allotted rooms when they saw people weren't booking them as quickly as we'd anticipated. If we "run out" of rooms, the hotel should automatically increase our allotted number to accommodate those who haven't made their reservations yet, as long as the hotel still has rooms available at that point! This is why it's imperative that people make their hotel reservations, regardless of whether or not you are ready to pay your registration fee. Remember that you are able to cancel your room with no penalty up to 24-hours prior to check-in, so you do not risk losing ANY money by making your reservations this far in advance, and you guarantee yourself a room that way in case you end up joining us at the meet-up . If anyone calls to book their room and is told there are NO rooms available, please let me know ASAP so I can call the hotel and find out what's going on.

[Sukoshi's Mom]

You have approximately 1.5 hours left to receive the lowest registration price. Keep those registrations comin'!!!!

[twalla]

The party room has been officially reserved!




Oh I have been cracking myself up ALL DAY!!

[mistyinca]

Originally Posted by twalla

The party room has been officially reserved!

Here's what will be going on in our room!!

YouTube - Jellyfish Jam

OK...who wants to have the adjoining room next door?!

[twalla]

Originally Posted by mistyinca

Here's what will be going on in our room!!
YouTube - Jellyfish Jam

OK...who wants to have the adjoining room next door?!

Oh yea we are gonna be gettin down to the Jellyfish Jam! PM me for the reservation name!


I LOVE THE YOUTUBE MISTY!!!!

[yoyo27]

I'm new to YT but let me know if we can come in on Sat and see the Vendors booths and look around. Or does that need to be paid for the day? Not sure that I can come for the whole wkend hopefully my husband will be back from overseas by then.