DragonCon budget schedule
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dragoncon_lj_archiveDoes 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!
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!
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Date: 2011-09-15 02:13 am (UTC)I'll buy my membership this week. A friend has put the hotel on her credit card, and I'll send her a check now for my part of the deposit, then another check in a few months (probably after any Birthday/Christmas cash comes in), and then pay the balance of my share at the con. Once I've got the membership, I know I'm going, so I'll keep an eye on airline ticket prices. I usually buy them in the spring or early summer. And then I stop keeping an eye on them, so I don't get mad if I could have gotten a better deal later. That part helps keep me sane and focused on the con, not what could have been.
I also have one friend who drives, and rather than check a bag (especially if your airline charges), I ship a box to her and she brings it in her car. She also usually brings a coffee pot (so we can use the hotel one for water for tea or food), a laptop (so I don't have to bring mine), and stuff like that. Then at the end of the con, I load the box back up, give her $30, and she ships it back to me when she gets home.