Alan, thanks for the advice. I honestly did not think about the discount airlines like Spirit or Frontier.

Stay one one hotel one day then stay in another hotel another day. You don’t have to stay at the confrence’s hotel to go to the conference.

Looking at last years agenda, day 1 is really just early registration. Wait and drive/fly up the morning of the second day. Spend 1 night and return end of day 3. Day 4 is only a half day with just 2 presentations. The bulk of the information is days 2 and 3.

Another option, depending on where you live in Florida, is just fly up and back one or more days. The discount airlines are cheaper than the hotel stay.