You said it! I used to live in D.C. One of the great things about that city is all the great stuff you can do without having to pay admission. A few days before the convention, a few days after, whichever. But it's a good time to wrap up two trips into one. SH --- Ann Viverette <annv777@houston.rr.com> wrote: > 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 ===== It's the contest that started international competition in aquascaping planted aquaria! AGA's 2004 Aquascaping Contest is open for entrees: http://showcase.aquatic-gardeners.org/2004.cgi Novices and experts alike show their skills. Past winners have been novices and experts, too. You can view all the entrees at The 5th AGA Annual Convention. Details/Registration at www.aquatic-gardeners.org & www.gwapa.org ------------------ 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/