Wife and I have been to IWF several times. Daughter worked for airline, so we flew in (direct flight,) had breakfast at CNN center, then did the show. Spent night and then went back to show next day. We last went in 2012, as I had knees replaced in 2013, and wasn't up to the amount of walking required. We always stayed in same hotel. This year, hotel changed hands, and room rate doubled. Registration has also gone up 50%. Daughter no longer works for airline, but son works for another airline. Quickest flight on son's airline takes four hours from RDU to ATL. Takes an hour to get to airport, need to be at airport two hours before flight, four flight (lay over in CLT,) then an hour to get out of airport in ATL. That means eight hours to do a trip we can drive in six hours. So I'm seriously considering skipping the show.