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 07:49 pm (UTC)i save $20 cash every week. also, i save up all of my change. the average person handles $600 a year in change (though i don't think i have nearly that much, though it's at least $350-$400 every year.)
this works for me because i'm taking tiny bites out of the whole amount every week. in addition, by the time i need to start thinking about airfare, i have a tidy sum saved up. when my friends are talking about how much everyone's share of the hotel room is, i can just hand them a wad of cash - who doesn't like being handed wads of cash? :D and i save money by buying next year's membership at the current year's convention.