women's retreat - getting organized

[Guest guest]

Hi all,

Well, the Retreat venue I was excited about for our Women's Retreat in Tampa

won't work. 1: it's not available until the weekend before Christmas; 2:

it's not handicapped accessible enough.

I am now looking into Pine Lake Retreat, which is in Groveland, 30 miles

west of Orlando, FL. So for flyers, you'd fly into Orlando. You'd have to

rent

a car yourself or rent one with another woman in our group. It's possible

that drivers-in could pick you up at the airport but I can't guarantee that at

this point since I don't know who is coming.

It is a Christian Retreat center in a nature setting and is open to any

group to book their event or retreat there.

_http://pinelakeretreat.com/_ (http://pinelakeretreat.com/)

I just got off the phone with them and this location might work for us for a

3-night, long weekend Retreat. He says some of the lodging is accessible

for wheelchairs. Their lodging is a variety of chalets, lodges, dorms, RV

park, etc. The Lodges can accomodate more people than our group but that's

good

because some of the beds in that count are bunk beds and of course none of us

want to climb onto an upper bunk... There are a variety of activitites like

nature walks, mini golf, bicycles, canoes, jacuzzi, etc. that we can pay

for. They have golf cart rentals, which might work for some of us crazier

walkers.

VERY IMPORTANT:

If you are interested in going to the Women's Retreat I need to know if you

are still interested and if you would be willing to go to this location. I

can't begin to plan this unless I have a good idea of # of women. Look at

questions below and answer to me personally.

I'm still focusing on an October long weekend and the contact there said

that time period might work on their end. Once I know more specifically who is

interested, I can get serious in a discussion with them to find out if they

can really meet our needs. If not, I may have to look into a Holiday Inn or

other type hotel with function rooms and I'd go back to the Tampa area.

Thanks

Kathi

This is what I need to know if you are interested:

(For Pine Lake, we'd all be in a Lodge so you'd be sharing a room with

others. So if you bring a spouse, I'd have to plan for that)

-If you'd be coming alone or with a spouse.

-If you use a wheelchair.

-If you'd fly in or drive in. If fly: can you rent a car yourself, share

rental, or need someone to pick you up? If drive, can you pick someone up at

the airport?

NOTE: This would be 3 nights. I don't know pricing yet but 3 nights

overnight and food for 3 days does add up so you need to have the resources to

do

this.