I agree with Gary about the airfare. I also booked direct for my flight, although I found the difference to be quite a bit less than $100. Might depend on what airport you use. The best deals I saw on the Travelocity, etc., websites were for airfare and hotel combined. Like I said earlier, though, some of the hotels with the best price are off the Strip, but if you saved enough on the rooms, I guess you could afford the shuttle or cab fare between hotels.

For flights, if price is the foremost consideration, I have used Priceline in the past and gotten good deals in the "make your best offer" category. However, since you don't know what time your flight leaves until after booking it, you might want to fly in Thursday. If you booked for Friday, you might arrive late and miss most, if not all, of the Friday night "meet-and-greet". You would still be there for the banquet Saturday, though.

I also found that searching for flights early in the morning usually netted better prices and more seat availability. I have read that since some sites have a 24 hr cancellation policy, some people will book a flight, then cancel if they find something better. These seats then go back up for sale the next day.

A good tool I found is at www.sidestep.com. If you download it, it will pop up and compare prices when you visit other travel websites. Or you can use it independently. I found that it did a pretty good job. You can sort the results by price, flight times or # of stops, so you can see them in the order that is most important to you. It also lists prices at nearby airports. Hoping for a great turnout!

Good luck,
Rosie

Hi all,
I cannot WAIT to meet you all! There will be crying towels available I hope!
Love you
Judy U

Hi all,

For those of you not familar with Vegas, I found a couple websites with some coupons and FAQ's. You can print the coupons right off the webpage.

Check out:
http://www.lvlg.com/faqpage.htm and
http://www.lasvegas-nv.com/las-vegas-coupons.htm

Or just type "las vegas coupons" in a search engine (I used Google) to find more sites.


Can't wait to meet everyone,
Rosie

Friends,
I hope that all of you have a wonderful get together in Las Vegas. I am sorry that I won't be there to get to meet all of you in person.
Bob, I thought that you live in China. Your address is on Memorial Drive, the same street that I live on in Houston!

Have fun everyone,
Danny G.

Hi All
I echo Danny's post, I hope you all have a fantastic time and I'm so sorry that I'm not able to make it this year. So enjoy yourselves so much that you all want to do it again next year and then I can join you!
Sunshine... love and hugs to you all
Helen

Danny,
I am really dissapointed that I won't get to meet you in Vegas - you were the second person ever to respond to any of my posts (after Joanna).

There was some post that told us what times and which rooms for Friday and Saturday, but I can't find it. Could you please repost them.

Thanks,
Eileen

To All,

Imperial Palace on the strip.

Meeting room on Friday night Sept 24th at Imperial Palace. Informal get together.
They should be able to direct you there and give you the time.

Banquet on Sat night at the Imperial Palace, again times and location should be avaiable
at the fronr desk.

Danny Boy

The post with rooms, times, etc. is here:

http://www.oralcancerfoundation.org/ubb/ultimatebb.php?/ubb/get_topic/f/1/t/000508.html

Nothing was set up for the "taking aim at cancer" gun shoot. Although some people may be planning on doing something on their own.

Rosie

Thanks Rosie, that is one I was looking for.

Eileen