Boss asking to walk Trade show one day in SD Cancel The title field is required!

1. Troy Sanders

   

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   12/1/2015 3:12 PM

   Just found out that my Boss will be in SD at the same time during our 2016 GIS. He has asked to walk the trade show one afternoon with me and I am not finding such an option in the registration packages. I would hope there would be an option for a non-member employer to do such a thing with a fully registered member for a semi-affordable price. Please let me know my options.

   
   
   
   
2. Troy Sanders

   

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   12/1/2015 3:12 PM

   Just found out that my Boss will be in SD at the same time during our 2016 GIS. He has asked to walk the trade show one afternoon with me and I am not finding such an option in the registration packages. I would hope there would be an option for a non-member employer to do such a thing with a fully registered member for a semi-affordable price. Please let me know my options.

   
   
   
   
3. Andrew Cross

   

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   12/2/2015 8:12 AM

   http://www.golfindustryshow.com/registration/registration-fees
   
   Scroll down to trade show only and there is that option, otherwise worth a call to HQ to find out if there is a cheaper option

   
   
   
   
4. Mark Van Lienden

   

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   12/2/2015 9:12 AM

   Took my green chairman once as he was in Atlanta at the time one of the best things I ever did.

   
   
   
   
5. Melvin Waldron

   

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   12/2/2015 11:12 AM

   Andrew Cross said: http://www.golfindustryshow.com/registration/registration-fees
   
   Scroll down to trade show only and there is that option, otherwise worth a call to HQ to find out if there is a cheaper option

   
   
   Thanks for posting,
   
   Haven't been in a couple of years, boy the price jumped from the last time I went. Not that I guess that price is bad for what we get, but sure makes it tough for small budgeted courses, especially with hotel and airfare.
   
   last time I went to San Diego a couple of years ago, I found a hotel for $80 a night and flight was about $500, and I think registration was under $400.
   
   Has San Diego gotten that more expensive? I do like it because I was next to a GCSAA hotel and use their shuttle bus, and also used the trolley a lot.
   
   Mel

   
   Melvin H. Waldron III, CGCS, Horton Smith Golf Course, City of Springfield/Greene County MO
   
   
6. Troy Sanders

   

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   12/2/2015 11:12 AM

   Thanks guys, I will call the Mothership and seek an option less than 345.00. No way my Boss makes it more than 2 hours on the trade show floor.

   
   
   
   
7. Clay Putnam

   

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   12/2/2015 1:12 PM

   Melvin Waldron, CGCS said:

   Andrew Cross said: http://www.golfindustryshow.com/registration/registration-fees
   
   Scroll down to trade show only and there is that option, otherwise worth a call to HQ to find out if there is a cheaper option

   
   
   Thanks for posting,
   
   Haven't been in a couple of years, boy the price jumped from the last time I went. Not that I guess that price is bad for what we get, but sure makes it tough for small budgeted courses, especially with hotel and airfare.
   
   last time I went to San Diego a couple of years ago, I found a hotel for $80 a night and flight was about $500, and I think registration was under $400.
   
   Has San Diego gotten that more expensive? I do like it because I was next to a GCSAA hotel and use their shuttle bus, and also used the trolley a lot.
   
   Mel

   
   
   Been a few years since I attended a conference, but I agree with Mel. I believe my last registration fee was somewhere in the $350 range. $420 - $520 for members and $270 - $320 to merely walk the floor is excessive, which is motivation enough not to attend.

   
   
   
   
8. R. Scott Woodhead

   

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   12/7/2015 3:12 PM

   Good Afternoon Troy!
   
   Sorry for the delay in passing along this information. Your GM can actually join you on the trade show on Thursday afternoon from 1-5 PM. During that time, admission to the trade show is complimentary. I hope that this time frame will fit within both of your schedules.
   
   Look forward to seeing you in sunny San Diego!
   
   R. Scott Woodhead, CAE, CGCS Retired
   Director - Member Relations

   
   
   
   
9. Troy Sanders

   

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   12/13/2015 7:12 AM

   Thursday sounds like a plan to me.
   
   Thanks