[ARSCLIST] Airfare Alert for March Conference!

[Brenda strauss <bnelsons@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Many airlines have been posting sales over the last couple of days,  
so if you're planning to attend the ARSC conference at the end of  
March, you might wish to start shopping for airfares a.s.a.p.  Since  
the conference occurs during the peak spring break period, you might  
have to act fast. I just booked a flight on Southwest that was only  
$99 one-way from Indianapolis on March 25th.  In fact, it was  
actually cheaper for me to book a 3-way trip and spend a few days  
after the conference with family in San Diego, than it would have  
been to return home on a Sunday (total cost of IND-SJC-SD-IND just  
over $300).  But I fully expect these special SW webfares to  
disappear within the next couple of days (many of the flights I was  
tracking yesterday are no longer available today).  Other airlines,  
such as Frontier and American, have also lowered prices since the New  
Year.

One more travel tip- I would highly recommend Kayak.com as the best  
search engine for tracking airfares.  If you haven't used Kayak in  
the past, its worth a look. Unlike Travelocity (which has the most  
unreliable search engine of any travel site), Kayak seamlessly  
directs you to the airline to make your actual ticket purchase, and  
the flights are always available at the quoted price.

Good luck- I hope to see you all at the conference.

BTW- many of you have been asking when the registration form will be  
mounted on the website. We hope to have it up by the end of next  
week. Meanwhile, plan on registration fees to be in the same ballpark  
as the Seattle conference (here's a link to the archived Seattle  
conference website: http://archive.arsc-audio.org/conference2006.html).

Brenda Nelson-Strauss
ARSC Conference Manager