My 4 day rate for the SB show is $109 and I keep hoping it will go down. I would not prepay because I don't know if you can get your money back if something happens and you don't arrive on time or cancel completely. It is like the prepaid, noncancellable hotel rates - I almost never prepay unless I am just positive I will be there. And I even had to cancel one of those last year when I went yard saleing in Alabama. There were supposed to be yard sales for 150 miles on the road I was on and it turns out that there were NONE. I called the hotel and a very nice lady let me cancel my reservation without penalty. Saved me going out of my way 100 miles the next day.