Housing Details at Kilkea Castle - Ireland
2024 AESC Annual Meeting

 Updated 3.21.2024

The American Eye Study Club welcomes you to County Kildare in Ireland and the Kilkea Castle and Golf Resort!

This year, housing will be handled differently from past meetings.  Since we are "buying out" the entire castle and all of the sleeping rooms, accommodations will be assigned internally.  The preferences and needs of each member will be provided on a housing request form, and then the Club administrative office (primarily Kathy Paul) will match those needs with the most appropriate accommodation.  Please review the details for accommodation choices and other important information below.

• Meeting Dates:   Arrivals on Sunday, July 28; departures Friday, August 2, 2024
• Club Housing Policies -- Please make note of these important procedures and policies.
• Overview Schedule for the week (PDF file)
• Note -- the last event of the conference is on Thursday evening with Friday departures.
• Housing Request Form (fillable PDF document)
• Complete the information requested on this form.  The Club will then match available accommodations to your preferences and needs as best we can.  In late March or early April, room assignments will be announced.  The form has a place where you can provide any additional information or special requests.  
• At the top of the form, you will see three "buttons" . . .
• "Submit" will send the completed form to Rich Paul using your default email application
• "Print" allows you to print out the form at your location
• "Save as" allows you to save the completed form to a different file name (we suggest using your own name in the file name) which can be attached to an email message.
• Housing Deposit - online payment 
• NOTE:  We cannot process your housing request without the form and the deposit

Be sure to submit both the deposit (either $250  or $450) AND the Housing Request Form.  This will be two separate steps.

Room Types, Descriptions and Rates 

 
PLEASE NOTE . . .  We have completed the Castle Bedroom lottery, and those rooms are now assigned.  We are working on room assignments now for the Carriage and Lodge rooms.  We expect to have that process completed in the next couple of weeks.  Members will receive a message from the AESC office with details.

PLEASE NOTE . . . As is true for all groups who negotiate special discounted pricing for conference attendees, the American Eye Study Club has signed a contract with the Kilkea Castle.  Because of the special opportunities offered at the castle, we are buying out all of the accommodations, meaning AESC members and their families will be the only guests at the castle this week.  We anticipate being able to meet the expectations and needs of all members.  In the unlikely event that we "sell out," a waiting list will be established and "overflow" accommodations will be identified  By staying at Kilkea Castle, though, you help the Club to meet its obligations, plus you experience the camaraderie that is a significant part of being a member of the American Eye Study Club!

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