Well, we have Nicole coming, she will be flying in and getting a room (because no flights out that night). She will bring enough plants to cover the cost.
We have Ted and Susan Petit flying in this Nov. They will bring plenty of plants and as long as we can auction off roughly $750 we will cover their flight cost. No cost other than that.
Other speakers were within 2-3 hour drive.
Mary, your right, it does depend on the club about the bidding. We have pretty good bidders but of course we have Fred as our auctioneer most times and he can coerce them to spend more
