SCSN Caravan 09 eNews

No. 16 - 7/26/08

>>>TOP STORY<<<

>>HOTEL BOOKING OPENS ON 1 AUG 2008<<

(Ventura CA 7/26/08) "Commander" Ron Cohen, of the SoCal/SoNev Caravan Organizing Team, announced that on 1 August, Gorilla Travel Network will begin booking rooms for the Southern California/Southern Nevada, North Texas/Oklahoma and Arkansas/West Tennessee Sections of the 2009 National Corvette Caravan.

Cohen said that hotel rooms for the following dates and locations will be available: 28 Aug 2009--Ontario CA, 29 Aug.--Flagstaff AZ, 30 Aug.--Tucumcari NM, 31 Aug.--Oklahoma City OK, 1 Sept.--Little Rock Arkansas and 2-5 Sept.--either Nashville TN or Bowling Green KY.

There are two ways to contact the Gorilla Travel Network to make bookings. The best way is by emailing Ron at gorillatravel@aol.com

In your email you must give the following information:

Name and contact info, including phone and email address
Caravan section (SC/SN, N. TX/OK or AR/W. TN) and Caravan registration or "ID" number
Number of rooms
Cities in which you want to book rooms
Dates on which you want to book rooms
Number of people in each room
Special requests (handicap, Internet connection, etc.)
Credit card number and expiration date

The alternative method of contact is to call Gorilla Travel Network at 888-811-APES (2737), however, expect telephone bookings to take longer.

All beds will be single Kings or Queens. Alternatives (two twins, two Queens, rollaway, etc.) may be available, but you MUST request them through Ron. All rooms are non-smoking. The Nashville property will be the Opryland Hotel.

What do you get if you book through Gorilla Travel Network?

First, a discounted rate below the rate for which the general public can book the same room. Secondly, the people at GTN are experienced in booking hotel/motel space for road tour events. They negotiate with hotel management about not only price but issues such as: adequate parking for Corvettes, parking security, control of the property's sprinkler systems, source of water for car washing and efficient pre-registration. That's just the start of how Gorilla Travel will make hotel booking easy for Caravanners. Everyone reserving rooms through Gorilla Travel will receive a confirmation of every hotel with rates and complete hotel information.

>>>OTHER NEWS<<<

>>FUND RAISING: TIRE RAFFLES<<

As part of Goodyear's sponsorship of the SoCal/SoNev Caravan, starting in about two weeks, we are going to begin a series of "raffles" of sets of Goodyear tires. Each will be for a set of any four passenger car or light truck tires that Goodyear makes, including Corvette tires. Uh, sorry, no tires for 18-wheelers, race cars, airplanes or road graders.

All proceeds from these raffles will go into the fund the SoCal/SoNev Caravan Organizing Team uses to put on social events and pay its expenses over the next year or so. After the Caravan is over, any money left in that fund will be donated to the National Corvette Museum.

Those wanting to ether the raffle will need to email the Organizing Team their name and Caravan registration number. Each raffle will last a limited amount of time. At the end of that period, the Team will pick a name/registration number as the winner along with two alternates. The winner will be offered a set of tires for $800.00. Once the winner's check is received, he/she will get, by return mail, a certificate which is redeemable at any Goodyear dealer for the tires. We are still working on the final details of this raffle and, by the time we do the first one, we may have arranged for the mounting and balancing of the tires to be done free-of-charge by another of the SoCal/SoNev Caravan's sponsors.

We will announce the first tire raffle in the next issue of the SoCal/SoNev Caravan eNews.

>>ENTRIES CLIMB ABOVE 100 CARS<<

(Irvine CA, 7/17/08) "Commander" Sherry Maples, who keeps track of registration-related issues for the SoCal/SoNev Organizing Team, announced that registrations for the Southern California/Southern Nevada Section of the 2009 National Corvette Caravan have passed the 100 cars mark. As of the 17th, we have 196 Caravanners and 108 cars signed-up for the SoCal/SoNev Section.

>>CARAVAN SPEAKER'S BUREAU<<

The SCSN Caravan Organizing Team is setting-up a "speaker's bureau" which will work out of the L.A./O.C. area. If your Corvette Club wants to have a member of the "Commander's Council" attend a meeting and talk about the Caravan, please have your Club's President or events director contact, Hib Halverson, at captain.socalcar@charter.net

>>HELP WANTED<<

The SCSN Organizing Team is looking for a local leader in the Las Vegas/Henderson, Nevada area to organize and lead a "feeder caravan" which will leave Las Vegas mid-morning on 29 August and meet the main Caravan in Kingman, AZ that afternoon. This person must reside in the Vegas valley, be active with Corvette clubs in the area and needs to be experienced with planning and organizing Corvette events and leading caravans of 25 or more cars. Anyone interested in this job should contact SoCal/SoNev Captain, Hib Halverson at captain.socalcar@charter.net

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