You'd be lucky if you have a friend whose relative (be it their dad or mom or sibling, etc) that saved them a lot of money because they worked for a certain chain of hotel that gave them great rates. My dad is one great example. The only thing unknown to me is if his "family-employee" (or whatever) rates is cheaper than the con rates for fanime. But, I'm just hanging around just to see if I can find one his hotels nearby; possibly by one or two blocks from the center. The site for the list of hotels for some reason (at the time of this posting) isn't showing up.