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

[aerorea.livejournal.com]

First, figure out how much in total you spent on D*C this year. Include next year's pre-reg badge (get it now!) and room deposit, plus spending money, meals, hotel balance, travel, etc. Add 10-20% as a cushion. Trust me, just do it. Divide it up by 12 and put that much away every month into an ING Direct savings account (it's free and you can set up auto-deposits, though I do it manually). Then, as you pay for each item, move that amount from the savings account to your checking to cover the costs. By the time the con rolls around, you'll have the money to pay for it. Re-evaluate your spending next year and modify the goals/monthly amount for 2012/13.