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Con Planning [Not Complaining] 2018
Nov. 30th, 2017 11:44 amI'm trying to figure out my con plans for 2018 now. Philcon in November is the one gimme. I go every year, it's so close by and so full of people I enjoy spending time with.
I don't have the dates yet, but I'm assuming Vividcon is also a definite yes, in its last year, particular since I'm already quasi-committed to running the Vid Roulette vidshow party. I want to shoot for flying in Thursday morning instead of Thursday evening this year, so I can take a little time to see Chicago, settle in, and do Thursday night social stuff. And also to lower the chance of my flight getting cancelled and me having no way to get to Chicago.
Worldcon's in San Jose, which would make it a good excuse to visit Bay Area friends before the con, but the next two Worldcons are Dublin and (probably) New Zealand, and I really want to go to both so I think skipping this year may make sense (The year after that is DC currently unopposed, which I am definitely going to, but all sorts of costs will be much lower for me for a DC Worldcon. No need to take extra vacation days to visit the city, I visit DC plenty. No need to fly in, I can drive down quite easily. Costs of food much lower, since I can bring food from home with me. Much easier time finding people to share a hotel room with. Man, I really want a DC Worldcon.). If I do skip San Jose, that'd open vacation time to a couple smaller local cons- Balticon? Con.txt? Capclave? Heliosphere? I think that's in rough order of my interest, but timing will also play a role.
I don't have the dates yet, but I'm assuming Vividcon is also a definite yes, in its last year, particular since I'm already quasi-committed to running the Vid Roulette vidshow party. I want to shoot for flying in Thursday morning instead of Thursday evening this year, so I can take a little time to see Chicago, settle in, and do Thursday night social stuff. And also to lower the chance of my flight getting cancelled and me having no way to get to Chicago.
Worldcon's in San Jose, which would make it a good excuse to visit Bay Area friends before the con, but the next two Worldcons are Dublin and (probably) New Zealand, and I really want to go to both so I think skipping this year may make sense (The year after that is DC currently unopposed, which I am definitely going to, but all sorts of costs will be much lower for me for a DC Worldcon. No need to take extra vacation days to visit the city, I visit DC plenty. No need to fly in, I can drive down quite easily. Costs of food much lower, since I can bring food from home with me. Much easier time finding people to share a hotel room with. Man, I really want a DC Worldcon.). If I do skip San Jose, that'd open vacation time to a couple smaller local cons- Balticon? Con.txt? Capclave? Heliosphere? I think that's in rough order of my interest, but timing will also play a role.