Use our website's Conference Roommate Information Exchange to find someone with whom to share a room. Get your institution to join the Advisory Council at the Associate Level or higher. Click here for more information. Take every opportunity to get free food and coffee at the Conference. Exhibitors often supply coffee, cookies and snacks at their booths in the Exhibit Hall.
Embassies sometimes issue invitations to receptions for teachers of the language they represent.
Some exhibitors generously sponsor events at which food is available. Use the Internet to find cheap places to eat in New York. Mid-town is expensive, so go downtown with a friend. Ask a New Yorker in the Hospitality Booth for a recommendation. There's a great deli just across the street from the hotel garage entrance.