<HTML>In a message dated 7/5/02 4:42:10 PM Central Daylight Time, sckline@attbi.com writes: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Wim, I haven't crunched any real numbers, but your figuring below seems to be leaving out a lot.  You seem to be assuming that the space used and sleeping accommodations will be the same cost per room as a hotel charges. I doubt that a college will charge the same fee per night for a dorm room as a hotel charges. We'd need some real numbers to see how it would all add up. My bet is that the universities will be trying hard to make their packages attractive, since if their space isn't used in times when school isn't in session, they get nothing for it. Susan </BLOCKQUOTE> Susan The only number I used were the attendance and the fee the university charged to rent space. With 2000 attendees for church group, I presumed they would use about as much space as a PTG convention. I will admit that it was a guess. So the number might not be real. But I wanted to point out that the registration fee was $200 for 2000 people. Why would it be that high, if not to pay for space the university is renting? That is the point I was trying to make. That is something most people do not think about when they say a university would be a good place. Someone mentioned that space in a hotel isn't "free." They are right. That is why we paid $123 per night in Chicago, (including tax). But the university space isn't free either. Dorm rooms are inexpensive compared to what a hotel charges. Quite frankly, I graduated 30 years ago, and I don't want to live in a dorm again. I am willing to spend a little extra for the privacy, and service. I would agree that there are people who are willing to sacrifice this, in exchange for a cheap dorm room. But I am with Jim Baker. If there would be a vote, I would vote for a hotel. I've worked hard, and I've earned it. Wim </HTML>