I just thought about what one enterprising quilter did last year...I think she was from near Rockford, IL
She chartered a plane for day trips to the show. Seemed like there were about 60 seats per flight. They left early in the morning, flew to Paducah and had all day for the show (no hotel bills or travel days) Hubbys came along if they wanted to and were shuttled to the casino right across the river. Everyone had one full day at the show and then flew home that evening. It started out to be just one flight, but folks were clamoring for seats, so they chartered one flight each day to come to the show.
Everyone had a ball and it was quite reasonable since there was no lodging or travel expense other than the flight.