All Association Members - both Active & Associate - are eligible for special registration policies not available to other attendees, including:

Payment Policy

• Association Members may reserve and hold both meeting registration and hotel reservation until January 27, 2015 (standard registrants must pay in full by December 15, 2014). All meeting fees, including hotel reservations, must be paid in full by this time. Any registration or hotel reservation remaining unpaid on January 27 will expire.
  
  

• Per the Association Event Policy, no refunds are available after January 27 for any reason (including family emergencies or delayed flights.)
  
  

• All payments by credit card are made online directly from your user account Dashboard. Credit cards entered for payment are charged immediately and are itemized on your credit card statement as "*BAL eseanetwork.org"
  
  
• If you wish to pay by check, download and follow the official Check Payment Instructions.  Only checks received by completing these instructions will be accepted.  If needed, you may Download the W-9 form.

Hotel Reservations Policy

• Hotel rooms are paid in full, in advance of the Conference and are reserved on a first-come, first-served basis.
  
  
• Blocks of rooms at two Conference hotels are held out of general inventory and may be reserved exclusively by Association Members until December 1.  All rooms available are shown in real time on the website during the booking process.
  
  

• All reservations must be made in conjunction with one’s user account to obtain the special negotiated group rate. Hotels will not accept reservations directly, and reservations made independently cannot be converted to group rate rooms at a later date.
  
  

Cancellation, Refund & Substitution Policy

• Standard cancellation policy does not apply; members may cancel for a full refund (less a $75 cancellation fee) through January 27, 2015. All cancellations must be made in writing by submitting the NASTID Member Cancellation or Hotel Reservation Adjustment forms.
  
  

• All unpaid registrations and/or hotel reservations will automatically expire on January 27, 2015.
  
  

• If you are unable to attend, you may always send a colleague in your place and all registration and hotel items will be transferred to this individual at no cost. Substitutions must be made in writing using the official NASTID Member Substitution form.

Travel Insurance

One option to protect any nonrefundable portion of your purchase, should you need to cancel, is to purchase travel insurance.  Use the link provided to get a quick quote. Simply enter your travel dates, the total amount of your non-refundable travel costs including hotel stay, registration fee, airfare, etc, your age and the state you live in.    Your quote will show options for varying levels of protection, from basic plans that include covered medical reasons to larger packages including "cancel for any reason." Be sure to read the complete details of the plan by clicking "view plan certificate" in order to fully understand what you are purchasing.

 
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