Aside from airfares, one of the advantages of the better-populated cities is more non-hotel options for people who might not be able to swing both hotel and travel.
I'm so sorry, but if it makes you feel any better, my fun-time-Buffy party night involved watching a robot throw Spike through a window, so if you want to trade... no wait, I wouldn't give up that memory for anything.
Buffy ,'Get It Done'
F2F 4: Too Much Candy, Never Enough Mojitos.
Plan what to do, what to wear (you can never go wrong with a corset), and get ready for the next BuffistaCon: Madison, WI from June 20-22 2008! Official website.
brenda m - Jul 31, 2007 10:45:50 am PDT #6358 of 10002
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Laura - Jul 31, 2007 10:49:40 am PDT #6359 of 10002
Our wings are not tired.
muggle
Aims - Jul 31, 2007 10:53:08 am PDT #6360 of 10002
Shit's all sorts of different now.
I know. *pout*
shrift - Jul 31, 2007 11:31:28 am PDT #6361 of 10002
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
I'm in favor of Chicago, because that means I'll definitely be able to attend the F2F.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jul 31, 2007 11:54:39 am PDT #6362 of 10002
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Chicago's great, though I think people counting on cheap-yet-decent hotel rooms are doomed to disappointment. (I stayed at the 2002 F2F hotel in Evanston a couple years later on a business trip and both it and the surrounding area had gone seriously downhill.)
Minneapolis is a really good walking city if you stay downtown, as is St. Louis. Nashville doesn't strike me as such, but it does have a lot of attractions, and holds the possibility of an Opryland Hotel stay where everything we need is under one roof.
Trudy Booth - Jul 31, 2007 11:58:37 am PDT #6363 of 10002
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Kansas City:
Walkable
Inexpensive
Steaks
Jazz
ChiKat - Jul 31, 2007 12:01:46 pm PDT #6364 of 10002
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
I think people counting on cheap-yet-decent hotel rooms are doomed to disappointment.
Depends on your definition of cheap. Not as cheap as SF sure. I would guess we could get something decent for $139-169 per night with a group rate.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jul 31, 2007 12:05:51 pm PDT #6365 of 10002
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
My definition of cheap doesn't include $170/night hotel rooms.
NoiseDesign - Jul 31, 2007 12:06:34 pm PDT #6366 of 10002
Our wings are not tired
In past years it has been strongly expressed that $99 is the breaking point.
ChiKat - Jul 31, 2007 12:07:55 pm PDT #6367 of 10002
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
In past years it has been strongly expressed that $99 is the breaking point.
If that is truly the breaking point, Chicago may be out of the running. I seem to recall higher rates at other F2Fs.