Booked My Flight & Ready for Conference: How I Saved Money & Upcoming Shows!

[COOKINWITHSHERRI]

I registered for Conference. I had enough in conference cash to pay for it. Woo Hoo!
I booked my flight on Friday. (Luckly I had a seperate conference cash fund with my Director, because flights are already rising. We put in at least $5 a month and she matches it. I've been putting a little extra whenever I can. She only matches the $5 but it keeps me from spending it! )

Wow, I'm really really going! So now I just have to make sure to do enough shows to get another $250-300 for hotel, meals and spending money. So with a few shows I should be able to do that! With my current show avearge I'd need about 6 shows before the end of June. So that's 2 shows a month. EASY! Have 2 Booked in April, 3 in May and 1 booked in June so far.
Wish me luck!

HOW ARE YOU DOING?

 

[GourmetGirl]

Way to go Sherri! That is awesome about your director's matching savings fund for y'all! How long does she do it and how many people participate?

I'm excited as I saved $360 in conference cash, already paid my $100 for my airfare, so still have $185 that I'll get back after conference to pay for my hotel and my meals. All I have left is my incedentals, which knowing me and my impulse buying and shopaholic tendencies is quite a lot!

 

[COOKINWITHSHERRI]

We start gathering conference cash with her, for the next year at our July Meeting when the current conference is over.... She opens it to any one in her cluster. Usually 5-8 of us will participate. Although I think she's up to 30 or so in her first line. Anywhere from 5-15 show up for the monthly meetings. I think this year 4 of us participated, but I think it's just gonna be me and her going this year! She's so awesome! So I put in about 75 and she put in 55. It paid for my plane ticket.. So I'm way stoked!

 

[iddlebiddle]

I am booked as well! This is my first time and I have conference cash waiting for me when I get there.

I am so excited - My first business trip ever!!:} I can't wait.

 

[KellyTheChef]

I am booked as well! This is my first time and I have conference cash waiting for me when I get there.

I am so excited - My first business trip ever!!:} I can't wait.

You will all LOVE conference! I had to post...Iddlebiddle I LOVE your screen name! That is just the cutest! Does it have a story associated with it?

 

[iddlebiddle]

Yes, acutally it does. My brothers, I am the last of 5 and only girl, could not say my name well when they were little and they called me iddlebiddle! I have grown to love that little nickname. My husband hated it when I used it for our first email address!

Thanks :}

 

[AJPratt]

Do we not get the balance of our conf club until we go to conf?

 

[lsm72]

Congrats Sherri! Have a great time.....

 

[COOKINWITHSHERRI]

Congrats Sherri! Have a great time.....

Thanks so much!

A little bummer.... I got an ad on email from SW, I was curious as to what the price is now, thinking it would be MORE expensive. NOPE It's almost $35cheaper now. OH WELL! I'm sure to get that in the first show I have when I come back and use all the awesome tips I'll learn!

 

[pcchris]

Sherri - I see we're in the same wave - did you get your chef success button yet? I'll be looking for all of the CS buttons! It will be SO cool to put faces with names!

 

[DebbieJ]

Do we not get the balance of our conf club until we go to conf?

I just got mine in my last commission payment.

 

[AJPratt]

I just got mine in my last commission payment.

I read the FAQ and I should get the balance in my next commission.

 

[Kitchen2u]

You'll get the balance of your conf club on the next commission check AFTER you register for conference.

Ginny

 

[AJPratt]

Duh! I meant to add that I did register. So, I can look forward to a little something extra in my check!

 

[lacychef]

Thanks so much!

A little bummer.... I got an ad on email from SW, I was curious as to what the price is now, thinking it would be MORE expensive. NOPE It's almost $35cheaper now. OH WELL! I'm sure to get that in the first show I have when I come back and use all the awesome tips I'll learn!

Go figure right? I"m not even looking at what airfare is now! If it's cheaper than when we bought, I don't want to know!

Are you flying out of KC? My group is leaving Saturday at 5:15....I think.

 

[lacychef]

Man, I'm glad I saw this thread. It made me realize that I lost my email from SW with my ticketless info....hope they can get it to me again....our computer crashed the other day; luckily dh got everything back except we lost all our emails...

 

[chefcaroline]

Man, I'm glad I saw this thread. It made me realize that I lost my email from SW with my ticketless info....hope they can get it to me again....our computer crashed the other day; luckily dh got everything back except we lost all our emails...

Lacy, if you have Rapids Rewards and were logged in while making your reservation, then just logged into your account and you should be able to pull up your reservation.

Caroline

 

[lacychef]

Lacy, if you have Rapids Rewards and were logged in while making your reservation, then just logged into your account and you should be able to pull up your reservation.

Caroline

Thanks, I don't....but I called SW, & got a new confirmation email