For a weekend Beta Sigma Phi Sorority conference. Including all meals from Fri night to Sun lunch. The hotel room rate was considerably cheaper than the norm.
At $100/night and atleast $600 in airfare, it's well out of my budget. I'd hoped to drag Ed along and if not atleast Mom could come. It's $500 for 3 hrs in total just to go to Boston and return from Buffalo. And I booked it 2mths in advance.