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Get Ready for a Great Conference in New Orleans!

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☐1. Raise Money

Six ways to raise money to pay for this conference.
How to save money at the conference.

☐2. Register

Complete the registration form and confirm with ASGA. Register early to save. ASGA members save $100 per person. Not sure who’s attending? Enter “TBD” — you can update names later.

Registration tips
Sample excuse letter for professors (optional)
Sample delegate contract (optional)
Sample press release (optional)

☐3. Reserve Hotel Rooms

Start at the Hotel page. ASGA recommends the Hilton New Orleans Airport, the official conference venue. If you stay at the official hotel, parking and breakfast are both free.

☐4. Get Airline Tickets

If you fly into Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport, you will be about three miles from the conference location.

☐5. Arrange Ground Transportation

The official ASGA hotel has a free shuttle to and from the airport. But you will need transportation to go site-seeing in New Orleans, which is about 13 miles from the hotel.

If you stay at another hotel, you will need a rental car, taxi, or Uber to get you to and from the conference location, airport, and sightseeing.

Uber or Lyft are inexpensive options.

You also can take a taxi for $36.00 one way from the airport to the French Quarter for one or two persons and $15.00 (per passenger) for three or more passengers. Pick-up is on the lower level, outside the baggage claim area. There may be an additional charge for extra baggage. There is a $1 fuel surcharge added to total fare.

An airport shuttle is available to the French Quarter for about $24 per person ($44 per person roundtrip).

☐6. Review Directions

Here are Directions to the conference.

☐7. Conference Attire

Your attire should be “business” or “business casual” at all conference functions.

☐8. Bring Business Cards, Brochures & Swag

Bring SG business cards, brochures, constitutions, sweatshirts, and swag to exchange with delegates from across the country.

☐9. Check the Local Weather

Even in March, it’s still in the 60s and 70s in New Orleans, so you should plan to bring some warm-weather clothes for your free-time. Check the local weather here.