On a Budget

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This page includes tools and information to help you plan and prepare for the 35th Annual Meeting.

The Budget Calculator

Calculate the average cost to attend the meeting with our customized meeting calculator. To begin, select the appropriate registration rate. Then enter the number of hotel nights you require and plug in your estimated transportation cost.

	Item	Expense
	Registration Type:
	Member Type:
	Travel	$
	Hotel Enter the number of room nights here: , then click in the expense column to populate.
	Meals
	Total	$ 0.00
	Days	days remaining until the meeting
	This is $0 put aside each day leading up to the conference.

Education Proposal

Submit a formal budget request to your manager to attend and share knowledge from the 2012 ASHT 35th Annual Meeting.

Click here to download a proposal template.

Cost Saving Tips and Tricks for Air Travel

Fly the cheapest days of the week.

Generally, the cheapest day of the week is Wednesday. After Wednesday, the cheapest days to book departures/arrivals are Tuesday and Saturday.

Fly cheaper airlines – a.k.a “lower-cost carriers” or “no-frills”.

Check with Southwest, AirTran, JetBlue, Virgin America, and others - their prices are often (not always, but often) cheaper than the mainstream carriers. Always check airfare prices with all carriers, but don’t forget to include the “cheap” airlines in search.

Be flexible on the time-of-day you can fly.

Cheapest flights: red-eyes. Next cheapest: middle-of-the-day and evening flights. In other words, try not to fly when it’s most convenient for you…

Search for low fares on the internet.

Sometimes airlines offer “Web specials”. In addition to searching airline sites, the following is a list of popular low fare search engines: