[NAGDU] it's never too early to begin preparations

[David Andrews]

We used to offer the tours when there were not 
sessions scheduled for Wednesday 
afternoons.  Since we tightened up the schedule 
several years ago, that has not been done.

Dave

At 05:29 AM 1/18/2019, you wrote:
>There are no longer tours offered during 
>convention.  I haven't seen any for several 
>years anyway.  Certainly people do go and do 
>tours, but they are not organized by NFB.   I 
>have seen some offerings through the travel and 
>tourism division, or maybe it was someone who 
>was associated with the division?, At any rate I 
>have seen announcements for things before or 
>after convention, but not as a part of 
>convention as they used to be. Julie On The Go 
>with Guide-and-Service-Dogs.com 
>http://www.guide-and-service-dogs.com also find 
>my products in the Blind Mice Mega Mall 
><https://www.blindmicemegamall.com/bmm/shop/Directory_Departments?storeid=1916046> 
>-----Original Message----- From: Lyn Gwizdak via 
>NAGDU Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2019 1:17 PM 
>To: NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association 
>of Guide Dog Users Cc: Lyn Gwizdak Subject: Re: 
>[NAGDU] it's never too early to begin 
>preparations Hi all. One thing not mentioned are 
>the outings and tours offered to convention 
>goers. I have no idea of what may be planned. 
>But I know these would occur during the day. The 
>convention planners, along with NAGDU, might 
>want to put reminder tips on this topic for the 
>guide dog users. How about getting volunteers to 
>dogsit for those who dont want to bring their 
>dogs on the tours. There may be people from dog 
>clubs, scout groups needing to earn Community 
>Service badges, church groups. Then you won't 
>have dogs being left alone in rooms. Lyn and 
>Aristotle On Thu, Jan 17, 2019, 8:07 AM Lauren 
>Bishop via NAGDU <nagdu at nfbnet.org wrote: > Good 
>Morning All, > I have traveled to Vegas; 
>however, this will be my first with a 
>dog.  The > cool thing about the strip is that 
>many of the hotels seemed to be > connected with 
>each other, so you could walk through the hotels 
>and access > the shopping that way.  Also, Vegas 
>literally never sleeps, so maybe save > the 
>walking outside for night time.  It won’t be 
>as hot because the sun is > shining.  Also, I 
>have a dog water bottle, which looks like the 
>typical > sports bottle, except their is a 
>little bowl on the lid, so when you > squeeze 
>the bottle, it fills up the bowl.  I would use 
>this along with her > dog boots.  Also, in the 
>talk of preparedness, I would start 
>considering > setting some money aside for cabs 
>or ride shares.  If your dog is > overheated, 
>and you want to get back to the hotel, you are 
>going to be > much > better off in the long run 
>if you splurge for the ride.  Finally, if it 
>is > too hot for you, it is most certainly too 
>hot for your dog. > Sincerely, > Lauren > 
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