Last year the Swan Dolphin ran a really good special the latter part of December. I think it started Dec. 26th, and it seems like they run their specials when there's no conventions. I'm sure there will be no conventions Christmas Week, and I doubt there will be any after Dec. 17th. You could have a convention the week of Dec. 13, but I never found the conventions to hamper my trip at all. The Dolphin is great and nobody at the convention expects those of us on vacation to act like businessmen.