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CurlsGalore · May 21st, 2008, 08:25 PM

I also wanted to mention a few things for picking the city. If this is a meet for everyone from across the country, then a few things should be considered:

1 - Public transportation. Not everyone wants to or is old enough to rent a car when they travel, I have been pretty much everywhere and the places with the best public transportation for me have been NYC (complicated, but extensive), Washington DC (EASY, cheap, CLEAN, and extensive via bus and rail), Chicago, and Atlanta.

2 - Weather. NYC is fairly miserable in the summer, but is beautiful in the fall. Especially if you are walking a lot. Seattle, despite it being cliche, IS rainy pretty much all the time, then again its also a fabulous city full of fun activities. Atlanta is called Hotlanta for a reason, and Texas can be pretty sweltering as well, but also has several great major cities. Many cities are completely untravelable in the winter for flight reasons.

3 - Shopping. Boutiques, showrooms, and stores should cover a wide number of price points as well as be relatively close to one another so as a team we arent schlepping all across the city to shop - I assume we will be group shopping? Having to take trains, cabs, carpools, etc. everytime you want to hit a different store would be SUCH a pain in the butt.

4 - Expense. As I said before you can get better deals traveling frequently flown markets, and thats typically coast to coast and DFW, Miami, Atlanta, and Chicago.

5 - Time. Many of us are students and that knocks out a HUGE amount of the year, although deals are prevalant during univeristy break periods.

And my last thought on the matter. While on TPF I witnessed the planning of many meets, including Hawaii, Paris, and a cruise. What if the plan was made to get a group deal on an actual vacation and we took a cruise or vacation to the Bahamas or Hawaii, even Alaska - my old office took an Alaskan cruise, said it was amazing. There might not be many LV boutiques in San Juan, but it would be fun! My friend and I looked into a cruise and also an all inclusive vacation, and they told us if we got as few as 10 people we could get a week at a luxury resort for under $400 a person INCLUDING AIR FARE. I see so many women on here who work so hard in jobs, as moms, BOTH, students, etc...maybe what everyone needs is a vacation to drink and get pampered, blow off some steam? It could be a summer 2009 thing that everyone works towards, like a vacation support group!

Then again, just my thoughts.

May 21st, 2008, 08:25 PM	#13 (permalink)
CurlsGalore That's What She Said Join Date: May 2008 Location: NJ, but pining for DC Posts: 356	Re: TBF MEET - pick the city I also wanted to mention a few things for picking the city. If this is a meet for everyone from across the country, then a few things should be considered: 1 - Public transportation. Not everyone wants to or is old enough to rent a car when they travel, I have been pretty much everywhere and the places with the best public transportation for me have been NYC (complicated, but extensive), Washington DC (EASY, cheap, CLEAN, and extensive via bus and rail), Chicago, and Atlanta. 2 - Weather. NYC is fairly miserable in the summer, but is beautiful in the fall. Especially if you are walking a lot. Seattle, despite it being cliche, IS rainy pretty much all the time, then again its also a fabulous city full of fun activities. Atlanta is called Hotlanta for a reason, and Texas can be pretty sweltering as well, but also has several great major cities. Many cities are completely untravelable in the winter for flight reasons. 3 - Shopping. Boutiques, showrooms, and stores should cover a wide number of price points as well as be relatively close to one another so as a team we arent schlepping all across the city to shop - I assume we will be group shopping? Having to take trains, cabs, carpools, etc. everytime you want to hit a different store would be SUCH a pain in the butt. 4 - Expense. As I said before you can get better deals traveling frequently flown markets, and thats typically coast to coast and DFW, Miami, Atlanta, and Chicago. 5 - Time. Many of us are students and that knocks out a HUGE amount of the year, although deals are prevalant during univeristy break periods. And my last thought on the matter. While on TPF I witnessed the planning of many meets, including Hawaii, Paris, and a cruise. What if the plan was made to get a group deal on an actual vacation and we took a cruise or vacation to the Bahamas or Hawaii, even Alaska - my old office took an Alaskan cruise, said it was amazing. There might not be many LV boutiques in San Juan, but it would be fun! My friend and I looked into a cruise and also an all inclusive vacation, and they told us if we got as few as 10 people we could get a week at a luxury resort for under $400 a person INCLUDING AIR FARE. I see so many women on here who work so hard in jobs, as moms, BOTH, students, etc...maybe what everyone needs is a vacation to drink and get pampered, blow off some steam? It could be a summer 2009 thing that everyone works towards, like a vacation support group! Then again, just my thoughts.