DragonCon budget schedule

[numbereleven.livejournal.com]

Does anyone have a year-long-ish budget schedule or anything that they do for DragonCon?

Seems like I end up paying for the entire damn thing in the summer, which gave me problems this year with being unemployed all year, of course. Not to mention that when the hotels went up for booking, they ALL started requiring a deposit, so we had to scramble to ask someone -anyone- with available space on a credit card.

Tickets right now are only $60. I'm trying to talk a friend who hasn't gone for like three years into going again, and he really wants to, but he may be switching to part time- so budgeting and paying for things in small chunks over the months would be AMAZING.

Just wondering if someone has worked this out already, and can toss me some pointers? Thanks!

Comments

[paradisacorbasi.livejournal.com]

I always buy my tickets at the end of con or right after. And then I put a little bit away off every payday into an account I never see until con time.

And I supplement by paying cash for my meds, and then having my Flex Spending account reimburse me for it right before con, which allows me to end up with some spending money.

[awillis2.livejournal.com]

I try to wait and get my flex spending a couple of weeks before as well.