Pocono Manor reservations

Karen Brock (previously frazzled but doing better now that registration has slowed!) has been hearing from Pocono Manor that excited SOAR-ites have already started calling to book their rooms. While I completely understand the excitement factor, I'd like to caution against reserving a room so early in the game.

We've asked that SOAR attendees not book rooms until after confirmations start going out in early June for a couple of reasons:

- Since SOAR is so popular this year and we have a waiting list just to attend, waiting until you get your confirmation could save you the hassle of canceling your room reservation later.

- It will be really stressful for the resort to process lots of cancellations while assigning all the new reservations at the same time (and we don't want to frazzle anyone we don't have to!).

- Right now the only way to book a room is by phone or fax. If you wait to register, you'll get to use the new online form, which is much faster and easier.

Don't worry, rooms and rates are locked in - I promise that it won't be like Christmas in the movies where the dad forgets his son's special present and he gets in a fight at the toy store over the last robot action figure. There's no benefit to getting space now instead of later (except feeding into the planning fervor.... but patience is a virtue, right?)

So if you would wait until confirmations go out in early June to book your room, we (and the staff at Pocono Manor) would very much appreciate it.