Hi, For anyone who is beginning to plan for the AGA convention in November and wants to add a few days at the hotel earlier in the week for sightseeing, the Marriott very kindly allowed me to add a couple of days at the convention rate when I called using the local hotel number. I hear that the local reservation folks are sometimes able to offer such things when the 1-800 folks might not. Mid-week hotels are quite dear in DC and I don't know if the Presidential Election 10 days before the convention will make hotels any more expensive than usual, but that convention rate is a good rate compared to prices posted by Travelocity for that hotel. Ann Viverette, starting to plan my trip ------------------ To unsubscribe from this list, please send mail to majordomo@thekrib.com with "Unsubscribe aga-member" in the body of the message. Archives of this list can be found at http://lists.thekrib.com/aga-member/