Check out Groupon for some sweet hotel deals and whatnot.
Well also there's couchsurfing.com and airbnb.com if you don't mind staying with someone. Depends on how much money you want to save haha.
It must feel really crazy when people from here meet. I wonder what everyone's personalities are really like.
I was a little bit anxious before meeting my future wife JesusLives for the first time. I was waiting for her in a parking lot at the Hampton Inn when she drives up to me, rolls down her window and asked "You wouldn't happen to be waiting for a ditzy blonde would you?". I said "Maybe". We met close to where I was living at the time.
We spent a pleasant afternoon, had a nice lunch at the local Golden Corral and later went for a swim in the hotel pool. We also prayed together and read a little from the bible. Enjoyed some quiet time together also. When it got dark I left to go home. Driving back I was missing her already.
BTW, she is a blonde not she's not really ditzy. She is a wonderful loving and caring person. Good looking too.
It's been quite an adventure so far.