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who is going? I just booked my tix. hotels are filling up fast. most are > 1200 dollars for 4 nights(!).

with a little searching on booking.com I found a nice hotel within 1 mile(walking distance) for less than 600 bucks for 4 nights with continental breakfast.

I hate paying conference rates for hotels. it's not worth 300/night for a room you will only sleep in. I'm happy to stay in a motel 6 or equivalent and walk a few blocks to save a thousand dollars. if a bunch of us go let's try to set up a pa forum get together like we do at sempa every year.

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I live in Boston and very close to where the conference will be, but I just can't afford it. $170 or the daily rate of $85 is just beyond my budget. :/ I am an AAPA member but even the discount didn't make it affordable.

 

Please let me know if you all are getting together one evening for drinks or a meet-up. I'd love to meet some of you in person.

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I'll be there and would love to join a meet up. Harpoon sounds like a good idea.

 

For those on a budget, I'm staying here: http://www.yelp.com/biz/hostelling-international-boston#query:boston%20hostel

 

Yeah, I know. But when you are a student, Boston hotels are very unfriendly.

 

 

unfriendly is not the word.......   stupid expensive is

 

I was pretty disappointed with AAPA picking Boston - it simply is not a friendly city to try and visit - driving is horrible, parking is worse, and everything is crazy expensive.

 

Of all the places they could have picked this is just about the worst in New England....  And I had been excited to go to a 'close' AAPA conference.

 

 

AAPA needs to realize a lot of us PA's are not city folks and would be more drawn to a slightly smaller setting - or even better yet how about somewhere like Stow VT

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Stow isn't big enough Ventana. You have to remember, between PAs, students, vendors, family members, etc. Most AAPA conferences have between 10 and 15 thousand people coming to a town (IIRC). We need a large location with multiple hotels, and a large conference center. 

 

I don't see this changing. Vegas, Boston, DC, New Orleans, Atlanta, San Diego, etc. are going to be the locations of choice for the Academy going forward.

 

Mike

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In Boston 10/2013 love the city. Find transportation easy. A ton of hotels (granted they aren't free).... Coming from Tampa where there really is no easy way to get anywhere Boston seems like a nice pick... Vegas would be better

 

 

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Stow isn't big enough Ventana. You have to remember, between PAs, students, vendors, family members, etc. Most AAPA conferences have between 10 and 15 thousand people coming to a town (IIRC). We need a large location with multiple hotels, and a large conference center. 

 

I don't see this changing. Vegas, Boston, DC, New Orleans, Atlanta, San Diego, etc. are going to be the locations of choice for the Academy going forward.

 

Mike

 

 

thats to bad

 

I can't see $200+ per night for motel, then all the expenses on top of it - but that just must be me 

 

 

I also don't see the 10-15k per the data that AAPA publishes in 2013       http://www.aapa.org/uploadedFiles/content/Events/Annual_Conference/Resource_Items/AdvRegBro_IMPACT2013.pdf

which say expecting 6000 attendees - yes some come with family - but my hunch is that mostly it is just the PA

 

 

disclaimer - I have exactly ZERO experience with any type of conference planning and I have no idea about planning, numbers, needs - just my opinion that these huge cities are not great for me - expensive and prohibitive 

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The official hotels are always expensive, but using third party booking sites is a cheaper option. Priceline bidding, hotwire, hotels.com, etc. I saved about $100 per night at last year's conference that way. It just meant a longer walk to the conference center.

 

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