Postby jclay (RIP 2018) » 04 Feb 2014 02:38
From Jack Mc, President of VTR:
<i>Jack Mc
Subject: Re: [Wedge] Dobson hotels
Hold on a minute! Read this before you call The Surry Inn.
There are 3 host hotels for the 2014 VTR National convention - all 3 offer the
same special rate of $99 (plus tax) per night, during the event and 2 days
before and after. I'll get back to those in a minute - first let me explain
this:
There is no big convention type hotel in the scenic rural area where we are
hosting this event, so most convention activities are not taking place at the
hotels.
Event Registration, a tech session, Autocross and Hillclimb Tech Inspections,
Marty's Brew Swap III, and the Photo, Craft, and Model Contests will take
place at The Hampton inn and Suites Dobson and that hotel is the nearest to
Shelton Vineyards - site of the TSD Rally start, the Funkhana, The Panoramic
photo, and the car show.
The Welcome Reception, Judges School, a tech session, the Back to Mayberry
Barbeque and Auction, and the Autocross will all take place on the campus of
Surry Community College in Dobson.
The other 2 host hotels are across the street from each other in Mt Airey, NC.
They are:
Hampton Inn Mt Airey - 336 789-5999
Holiday Inn Express Mt. Airey - 336 719-1731
Trailer parking for both of those hotels is right next to The Holiday inn
Express. You must call these hotels directly and mention The Triumph Club event to get
the special rates.
The Surry Community College convention venues are 9.5 miles from the Mt Airey
hotels and 4.8 miles from the Hampton Inn and Suites Dobson - so everything is
closer to the Dobson hotel EXCEPT the awards banquet and possibly the Hill
Climb. Cross Creek Country Club (banquet site) is closer to Mt Airey. We won't
be able to confirm our Hill Climb site until this summer, but our first choice
is MUCH closer to Mt Airey.
To meet the challenge of hosting such a spread out event, we have arranged for
three 13 passenger vans to shuttle attendees between all 3 host hotels and the
different venues all day, every day of the event and we will have at least 2
buses (full size air conditioned tour-type buses) to transport attendees to
the banquet. Nobody has to drive to or from the banquet.
BTW TCOC (host club) has encouraged its members to book rooms in Mt Airey so
as not to monopolize the registration hotel in Dobson - most have done so.
Cheers,
Jack Mc
</i>
Clay
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