Your mother probably warned you about early birds, hot irons, and all of that. It would appear that she was right.
A group of friends and I were thinking about going to Uncle Earl's for my birthday.
Anyway, I called a few of the closest hotels, there were of course, no vacancies.
The exchange with the closest hotel was interesting:
"So and So Hotel how may I help you?"
"Do you have any rooms availible for Uncle Earl's?"
"Those rooms sold out as everyone checked out last year."
"OK, thanks..."
I've also contemplated going to Uncle Earl's as a vendor, but haven't looked into that yet.
It's probably already too late.