Buffybot ,'Dirty Girls'
Plan what to do, what to wear (you can never go wrong with a corset), and get ready for the next BuffistaCon: New Orleans! May 20-22, 2005!
I'm all for ranking choices, but we know how well that plays here.
I do think we should ask people to indicate, for each city, if they
a) almost definitely would attend
b) might attend
c) probably would not attend
d) almost definitely would not attend
If a city has a plurality of the vote, but a high negative score, and another city is a close second but with a much lower negative, we should maybe consider the second place choice.
The next question then, has anyone done some basic checking on airfares in and out of all these cities? The cost of travel usually comes up as an issue so we should talk a bit about it before we roll into the final voting.
A question--experience has taught me that Minneapolis is extremely expensive to fly into--is anyone checking that info? (Even though I know it varies a lot, we can look at averages.) That would definitely affect my decision.
ND, get out of my brain!
Okay, I just ran some quick dates and flights through Travelocity and here's what I came up with.
I used the travel dates on 5/18 and 5/25 since those are when I'm planning to travel.
LAX
to Mpls $257
to KC $172
to NO $234
to Toronto $260
JFK
to Mpls $245
to KC $247
to NO $192
to Toronto $245
These are the the cheapest fares, but rather the most common fares that Travelocity pulled up.
experience has taught me that Minneapolis is extremely expensive to fly into
It must depend on where you're flying in from. My tickets to Minneapolis for juliana's wedding were $70 less than my tickets to Seattle for Halloween, nonstop, Northwest Airlines.
I'm not sure about driving either. I know that when we hit Mpls and KC that we might actually be driving distance for a lot of folks. I'm not sure how many folks are driving distance to NO.
It's not as bad now that I'm looking. I was basing it on experience booking for my ex-boss who wasn't good about booking in advance.
Yeah. Flying pretty much anywhere from Dallas-unless it's a state connected to TX in a city SW flies to is horribly 'spensive.
I know that when we hit Mpls and KC that we might actually be driving distance for a lot of folks. I'm not sure how many folks are driving distance to NO.
Off the top of my head Dana, me, Astarte, hayden, probably askye.