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HOLY SMOKERS- SCI NASHVILLE HOTEL PRICES!!
28 December 2022, 11:10
470EDDYHOLY SMOKERS- SCI NASHVILLE HOTEL PRICES!!
We cancelled out of DSC Convention due to the horrendous airline jam up going on due to weather and holidays... we were booked on SOUTHWEST Airlines!!
Started checking into SCI Nashville as an alternative.... HOLY SMOKERS... South Africa hunt daily rates and more for a hotel room!! First one I checked, Embassy Suites by Hilton, Convention Center, $465/n as a Hilton Honors member!!
Hunting partner booked early at Holiday Inn Expeess, $360/n including taxes!!
SCI doesn't have a Convention Hotel Booking group for designated hotels like DSC, they have a website list, you call individually, often getting a central reservation group who hardly speak English!!
I turned a simple booking over to my travel agent to check it out further after trying twice!!
Reduced price ticket package expires tomorrow, now at $335 for 4 days, up from $275 last year!!
IDAKNOW, seems like I can pay for half of my 2023 Moose hunt with these CRAZY prices!! You can find Las Vegas hotel prices well away from the Convention Center where you have a 20 minute drive/taxi ride...
470EDDY
28 December 2022, 16:25
PanchoI'm kinda glad they moved to Nashville. I was turned completely OFF by Vegas last year. Bidenovitch prices are not good though. We've got at least 2 more years of his BS to get through. I made a rez for my RV and we're driving.
Pancho
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29 December 2022, 20:34
Scott Powellquote:
Originally posted by 470EDDY:
We cancelled out of DSC Convention due to the horrendous airline jam up going on due to weather and holidays... we were booked on SOUTHWEST Airlines!!
Started checking into SCI Nashville as an alternative.... HOLY SMOKERS... South Africa hunt daily rates and more for a hotel room!! First one I checked, Embassy Suites by Hilton, Convention Center, $465/n as a Hilton Honors member!!
Hunting partner booked early at Holiday Inn Expeess, $360/n including taxes!!
SCI doesn't have a Convention Hotel Booking group for designated hotels like DSC, they have a website list, you call individually, often getting a central reservation group who hardly speak English!!
I turned a simple booking over to my travel agent to check it out further after trying twice!!
Reduced price ticket package expires tomorrow, now at $335 for 4 days, up from $275 last year!!
IDAKNOW, seems like I can pay for half of my 2023 Moose hunt with these CRAZY prices!! You can find Las Vegas hotel prices well away from the Convention Center where you have a 20 minute drive/taxi ride...
I'm staying out by the airport at $160 a night with a $15-$20 uber ride each day..
Not only are the hotel prices downtown stupid expensive, they want to charge almost 50 bucks a day to park!!!!
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29 December 2022, 22:22
LHeym500Show tickets, I am hearing, is sold out.
29 December 2022, 23:12
470EDDYWOW!! Is that possible?? Limiting access doesn't sound like SCI!!
470EDDY
29 December 2022, 23:50
larryshoresquote:
Originally posted by 470EDDY:
WOW!! Is that possible?? Limiting access doesn't sound like SCI!!
There are local laws pretty much everywhere that set forth the maximum number of people allowed in a venue . Basically fire codes.
The booths are sold out .
The number of tickets sold is definitely up but I have not heard that all possible tickets have been sold . In fact, this week SCI e mailed about a 4 day package . Tuesday I think .
Many of the hotels nearby are booked solid .
Definitely expecting a big crowd .
30 December 2022, 03:22
SkylineMy wife and I were interested in going to Nashville, but then I started checking into prices and we soon changed our minds. I am afraid that if I am going to spend that sort of money per day it would only be to get as far away from the crowds as possible, not the other way around.
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30 December 2022, 21:53
470EDDYWell my trusty Travel Agent came back to me with a quote:
Hilton Downtown- $649/n
Car 5 days- about $450
Air To/From Seattle-
First Class to- $1434/p, not available on return, full fare coach return $999/p!!
Round trip coach- $1326/p
Simply CRAZY!!... We're not going!!
SCI sent an email last night advertising the 4 day ticket package special ends Dec 31.
Interestingly, the stated Seating Capacity in the Music City Center is just over 8900 people!! They don't state a convention capacity. If it is close to that like Larry says, it could be limited!!
Sure glad we aren't getting into the SOUTHWEST debacle going to Dallas!! The way things are going it may still be botched by the 4th??!!
470EDDY
31 December 2022, 04:31
tanksWow, glad I booked my hotel months ago.
08 January 2023, 07:41
SpooksarWe booked early Hyatt Downtown booked for 10 days, wife wants to do some tourist stuff.$251-$280 per night depending on the date, seniors rate.
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10 January 2023, 04:06
chuck375I really like Tennessee but I think I'm going to wait until the SCI Convention goes back to Reno. I had a great time last time I was there.
Regards,
Chuck
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10 January 2023, 04:33
larryshoresquote:
Originally posted by chuck375:
I really like Tennessee but I think I'm going to wait until the SCI Convention goes back to Reno. I had a great time last time I was there.
You are going to wait a long time for that. Quite a few years into the future are scheduled. None of those include Reno.
10 January 2023, 04:54
LHeym500I cannot wait until Nashville. Driving distance for me.
We are going to book a Red Stag hunt.
10 January 2023, 06:26
Use Enough Gunquote:
You are going to wait a long time for that. Quite a few years into the future are scheduled. None of those include Reno.
+1
10 January 2023, 21:56
tanksI decided to cancel my rooms at Westin hotel ($349/night) for the convention. My hunts are already booked and placed a double rifle order with Rigby at DSC, so no real reason to take a week off to go to Nashville.
If someone wants to put their name on a waiting list at Westin we can co-ordinate my cancellation. PM me.
11 January 2023, 19:43
SnowwolfeIf you have a rental car grab a meal at Hattie B's. Awesome fried chicken and all the side dishes are first rate. Try not to go to the one downtown because the lines are always long and parking is a PITA.
Drive to the Charlotte Ave location.
https://hattieb.com/
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19 January 2023, 16:20
larryshoresquote:
Originally posted by 470EDDY:
Well my trusty Travel Agent came back to me with a quote:
Hilton Downtown- $649/n
Car 5 days- about $450
Air To/From Seattle-
First Class to- $1434/p, not available on return, full fare coach return $999/p!!
Round trip coach- $1326/p
Simply CRAZY!!... We're not going!!
SCI sent an email last night advertising the 4 day ticket package special ends Dec 31.
Interestingly, the stated Seating Capacity in the Music City Center is just over 8900 people!! They don't state a convention capacity. If it is close to that like Larry says, it could be limited!!
Sure glad we aren't getting into the SOUTHWEST debacle going to Dallas!! The way things are going it may still be botched by the 4th??!!
FYI, the 8900 is the largest room in the convention center . There are multiple rooms .
I was also told last night that prices have been seriously jacked up by the nearby hotels
. The Joseph is now $1,200 a night . When we booked it was $400.
For the evening events the capacity is much less. One night is sold out. Another is very close to being sold out.
19 January 2023, 17:31
Safari2I booked the Drury quite some time ago....$ 800.00 for 3 nights.
19 January 2023, 19:35
470EDDYAbout as bad as trophy shipping costs these days!!
Talk about killing the Golden Goose!!
Remember, all of the outfitters exhibiting, have to recover these expenses of Conventions in their prices of the future!!
470EDDY
20 January 2023, 03:15
crbutlerFrom what you guys are saying, I’m now not so upset that work wouldn’t give me a few days to go!
20 January 2023, 04:09
Scott PowellThe reality is though - many are sold out…
I’m staying out by the airport at normal Hilton pricing and taking a $15 Uber ride in everyday..
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20 January 2023, 07:02
Big Wonderful WyomingI went to the West Texas SCI Extravaganza in Midland last weekend. It was fine for what it was. They claimed 60 vendors, I don't know that there were that many there.
Was $20 a head to get in for me and the frau, and the kids were free.
The Frau spent the entire time talking to South African outfitters that had women in the booth. I finally got her interested in it. Was worth going.
I need to get back it has been since 2005.