AAfPE 27th Annual Conference
October 15 – 18, 2008
Hotel and Travel Information
The 27th Annual Conference will take place at the Hyatt Regency at Reunion, in Dallas, TX. Conveniently located near the business, sports and shopping districts, Hyatt Regency Dallas is in the heart of downtown's historic district. This gem among Dallas hotels is four blocks from the downtown Dallas business center, 6 miles from Love Field Airport, and 23 miles from Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, with the longest running AAA four-diamond distinction among convention hotels in downtown Dallas.
The guaranteed AAfPE room rate for the Conference is $169 single/double occupancy plus applicable state and local taxes. To make your reservations, call 214-651-1234 or 800-233-1234. Please identify yourself as attending the American Association for Paralegal Education or AAfPE Conference. Hotel reservations must be made by Saturday, September 13, 2008 to receive the conference rate. Reservations made after September 13, will be based on availability at the Hotel’s prevailing rates. Guests checking out of the hotel earlier than the date indicated on the reservation will be charged an early departure surcharge of one night’s sleeping room revenue plus current hotel sales tax.
You must cancel your hotel reservation earlier than 72 hours before arrival to avoid forfeiting the first night’s deposit or the credit card will be charged for one night’s stay at the conference rate.
Travel to Dallas
Air Travel: Dallas has two airports to that you can fly into:
- Love Field Airport (6 miles from Hyatt)
- Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport (23 miles from Hyatt)
Ground Transportation: There are multiple options of ground transportation, with costs ranging from $2.50 to $55 each way.
- Taxi from DFW: $55 (approximately)
- Taxi from Love Field: $35 (approximately)
- Super Shuttle: $18 (approximately)
- TRE: Trinity Railway Express $2.50. TRE is the most economical method, however, it is not the most convenient as there are several transfers that must be made. However, for those comfortable with mass transit, this method is a significant savings over the alternative options. See Below
- Upon exiting baggage claim, take the free shuttle to the Remote South Parking lot /Trinity Railway shuttle bus
- At the Remote South lot, transfer to the TRE shuttle (this will take to you the train stop (note: this is an outdoor train stop – similar to a metro/subway stop – it is not a train station)
- Purchase a ticket for the train: $2.50 (Cash, Mastercard, VISA are accepted)
- Take the train towards Union Station
- Upon exiting at Union Station, you must use the underground corridor to get to the hotel. There is an elevator on one side of the tracks.
- The corridor takes you to the exhibit hall level of the hotel, take the escalators to your right up one floor, and head straight to reach the hotel front desk.
- The entire trip takes anywhere from 45 min – 1 hr 15 min, the variance depends on wait time for shuttles and train.
