Thanks a lot for the offer, but the Final Four is next weekend, not this weekend. Believe it or not, just about everything in Tampa, St. Pete, and Sarasota is booked already. Between Spring Break and the Final Four the demand is completely out of control. Of course, some if the rooms are probably reserved by people whose teams aren't going to make it, so something might open up.

I'm sure we'll find something. As my father-in-law says, "we haven't had to sleep outside yet."

Thanks again for the offer. I'll check out the web sites you suggested and see what I can do.

>As a matter of fact, I have a friend who has a 2 bedroom house (w/pool) on our street here in Sarasota. I commute to clients in St. Pete several times a week and it only takes me about 45 minutes. If you're interested, I can email my friend (he lives in the U.K. and comes over 2 or 3 times a year) to see if he wouldn't mind if you guys stayed there (wouldn't be any charge). His wife is scheduled to arrive on the evening of March 22nd and will stay for about a month. I'm assuming the final four is this weekend so it wouldn't be a problem. What do you think? SHould I find out if it would be okay?
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