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Originally Posted by daisy mae06  I just want to say .... Jodie You did a Great job and I would love for you to do it again.
I also need to say.. That if we want more people to come we really need to try to keep costs down. I hope that we can accomplish this. |
We did the best we could with needing to use a hotel type of venue and will do our best again. The hotel costs were actually very reasonable if you were sharing a room. Even with getting an extra "Parlor" so our room was kind-of like a suite, each of us paid under $100 for a two night stay. With Cyndi and I driving, we had an extra two nights (one in KC and one in IN) but our costs each were only $200 total. Gas was another $150 each and as we brought tons of snacks with us, we didn't eat out at all. We registered as soon as registration opened up so that was only $50 fo each of us as well. So, for a 5 day weekend trip, our total (minus shopping) was $400 each.
I doubt anyone can do much better than that without being at a camping-type of a venue. If I just wanted to hang out, a camping venue could be nice. But to organize speakers, have vending, and have activities, a camping venue just doesn't offer the facilities we need. Also, everything we did was private for our group to help protect our babies (and ourselves) from potential theft. This was a strong consideration in everything we planned.