February 19-23, 2025
Hosted by Chesapeake Van Council
Homewood
Suites by Hilton
Baltimore-BWI Airport
1181
Winterson Road Linthicum, Maryland 21090 USA
+1
410-684-6100
RATES:
King suite with sofa bed - $99
Double beds $129- limited
availability
Group Code: Council of
Councils
Hospitality/vendor
room Wednesday through Saturday night.
Free hot breakfast FREE Airport shuttle
Free
Wi-Fi Non-smoking rooms Fitness center Pet-friendly rooms
Business center
Plenty of food choices- walking distance/within 1
mile.
Downtown Baltimore is only 8 miles away...so much to do…so much history to explore!
BYOB!!!!! CVC will have beverages available for donations.
Live
Music Casino
at Arundel Mills Mall - 6 miles away…shuttle available.
Beer
tasting, vendors, Vanner collectibles swap.
Have you started packing yet?
Planning side tours while in Vegas, hope so!
So far we only have 13 Council who have registered to attend this year, this can't be right!! This info is to help the hosts know how many are attending from where.
So far we have:
Has someone from your local council registered yet?
This can be done by going here, just click on the link below to reach the online form:
It is only 5 more slips till the fun officially begins, let's get ready to Roll!
https://www.hilton.com/en/attend-my-event/lasinhx-nva-2aa0cde3-5649-4b68-8623-918cc8033e85/
A very pleasant surprise came to us a couple of weeks ago, although it is definitely long after the 2023 meeting in Ohio. It came at the point in time where we were seriously looking at having to cancel CofC for 2024 due to a lack of bids from councils willing to host a CofC.
Fortunately a group have submitted the necessary form and are diligently / feverishly working on the final bits to, again host (Spoiler), a Council of Councils. A little later this week we will update our pages with links to the hotel for booking and all the current info on what will be happening in addition to the main meeting. It is a favourite getaway destination .... so please stay tuned!
ON a related note, we are past the submission date to contact us, again, if you are interested in submitting a bid for 2025 !
This
is a recurring situation year after year lately, the feedback is that
no one wants to move to a virtual meeting for the main meeting, the core
of CofC. Quite frankly everyone enjoys a fun filled winter break with
our second family to get you thru to the Spring....but it is getting
harder each year to pull together the finances to host this event. I can
only speak for up here in Ontario, our best option would be for
something in Toronto for easy airport or train access. the few hotels
that I approaches sent us quotes that at first glance did not seem
workable.
Overall Guest rooms ranged from $190 CAN to $300, with the exchange around $200 CAN getting $150US, that could get pricey fast. The hit came when they quoted prices for the required meeting spaces on a rolling scale where IF we had $15,000 or less in food and beverage sales they would discount the charge down to $9,000. (IF everyone was REALLY hungry and thirsty (hmm) and we hit $25,000 then the rooms would be complimentary! Another property stated if we spent $22,000 then the meeting rooms would be $12,000. If you notice the hotels now disregard, up here at least, the number of room nights booked for guest rooms.
I personally could not commit to all of those expenses. I know we all want to chat in person but I would like to see a representative for each member council complete a short online survey of what would be acceptable going forward for a host council to try and arrange for the main meeting. Nothing extensive, more along the lines of what Vanners feel is affordable and doable for a winter get away. I was personally shocked at how much has changed in recent years and wonder if these numbers are the new norm!?! (REALLY hope not!)
That is it for tonight, did you guess yet where we are going...send an email to [email protected].
Just a reminder, if we want to have CofC in 2024, we need someone to host it.
if you are thinking of hosting, please let us know here... https://forms.gle/UjDL3gJ9XFgerVjy8
even though I updated the form a while ago, I just realized the link on this page was still to the 2019 form.
Sooooo....
If you are a council, attending or not (hopefully you are!)
We need you to fill out this form... let us know who you are, you your reps are, how to contact you... your council's official mailing address, etc.
link here -->> https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc4ZncSZS2woOpSfexCoATLnQGWW6hmcYOQstlOejnmFlYxEQ/viewform
