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KatsObsession:

laohu1:

 

Taxi To/From Airport -$50

I'd try Carey limo service, may be much cheaper.

Take the Green Line bus for $7 each way.  That is much cheaper. 

Gas:  $100

Hotel: $210      $72/night at the sheraton.  HOTWIRE BABY!

Food: $whatever    ($150 in gift cards for hardrock cafe)

Drinks: Unlimited   

Events: $100 

Dealer hall: $250   (I have a few things in mind, but may spend more)

Total:  Budget! Budget! we don't need no stinking Budget!

     "I am here to stimulate the economy!"

These remind me of mastercard "priceless" commercials. 

Gas:$30

Food: $150 

Gaming with the best people: priceless.

Theres some things money can't buy. For everything else, there's mastercard. 

Aklevah:

KatsObsession:

laohu1:

Taxi To/From Airport -$50

I'd try Carey limo service, may be much cheaper.

Take the Green Line bus for $7 each way.  That is much cheaper. 

I know I'll be splitting the ride to the hotel with one of my peeps who will be on the same plane with me.  On the way out of town, though, I'm fine with NOT taking a bus and paying more for another form of transportation.  I'm not lugging all my crap onto a bus.  I don't even like riding the bus in DC. yuck

My husband and I  try to stick to the budget sometimes we come back with some extra some times we go a little over but mostly this is it.

Hotel: $800.00

Food/Drinks: $400.00

Gas/Travel: $250.00

Parking: $100.00

Misc Fund: $100.00

Events: $300.00 (Already Purchased)

Badges: $140.00 ( Myself and my husband)

Dealer Hall/Spending Money: $700.00 each $1400.00 total 

Grand Total : $3490.00 for two people

Hello all,

Here's my run down (to the nearest $5):

Flight:  $365

Room: $370 (Tues-Mon) (Paid)

Badge & Event tix: $105 (Paid)

Car Rental: $200 (1 wk + gas)

Fixed costs: $1040

Variables, including food & purchases...well variable.  I'm hoping for around $550 so the total cost of the trip comes to under $1600...if not, there's MasterCard.

For 4:

 Badges:   $272

 Events:    $566

 Hotel:      $775 (Embassy, W-Sun)

 Dealer/Auction:  $150

 Food:  $420

 Gas:  $18  (love the Prius!)

Total: $2201   =  $550.25 each.

My spend should be less that $1200.  I will buy very few thing from the dealer haul.  I need a map and some mini's which should be less than $20.

I just have one question,  can anyone really put a price on happiness?

Stran Ger:

I just have one question,  can anyone really put a price on happiness?

As a matter of fact I can.  It's called GENCON!

As for my personal costs, I'm getting lucky this year with 3 others joining me on this trip, so some of the costs are but down:

Hotel: $140

Gas: $40

Badge/Events: $200

Food: $320

Parking: $20

Dealer's Room: Til my credit card cries of I come to my senses.

Total $850 +

For one...

• Grand Total = $1394

Dealer hall could be more if there's a lot of things I can't live without. Don't expect there will be though. Food and entertainment will certainly be more then I've listed but I suspect not substantially more then I wastefully spend keeping myself fed & entertained in and around NYC. So I consider that a wash.

My share only:

Gas: $20

Hotel and Parking: $275

Food (I get breakfast and a couple dinners included): $50

Badge and events (paid): $125

Dealer Hall and auction: $200

Total: $670 ( of which $125 is paid and $200 could be eliminated)

 For wife and I

Gas: $25

Hotel: $400

Meals: $200-315

Events:$10

Dealer hall: $150-250

$1000 total 

My cost average cost for the 25 odd years has been 1500, sometime more sometimes less but always plan $2000

That is about my Budget $1200 to $1500

laohu1:

I know I'll be splitting the ride to the hotel with one of my peeps who will be on the same plane with me.  On the way out of town, though, I'm fine with NOT taking a bus and paying more for another form of transportation.  I'm not lugging all my crap onto a bus.  I don't even like riding the bus in DC. yuck.

More of an aside, but the first year Cobos and I went to GenCon, we bussed in from Chicago on a Greyhound. It was great, because it happened to be chock-full of gamers! We made some friends and had a great time on our way down. :)

Galen_Rasputin:

No ballpark about it $1500. Anything left after paying for gas, hotel, food, tips, etc... gets spent on games. Although this year I seem to have all ready spent my money on True Dungeon tokens. Curse you E-Bay, curse you straight to Hades, you obsession fueling demon.

The E is for Enabler

Marsya, your total seems to be closest to what I was expecting, for two.

$1,250 for hotels (Tues - Monday)

$75 for parking

$600 for meals (breakfast is included in the price of the room at our hotel)

$ 400 Events / Badges

$150 Gas

$500 Dealer Hall

$150 outside sightseeing (King Tut Exhibit)

Of course, we then have to pay exchange - it's been anywhere from 8% to 20% over the last few months...

xeviq:

Hotel: 250

Gas/Parking/Whatnot: 50

Food for 6 days: 250

Dealer hall & Events: 275

$825 Total

Hotel: ~175*

Gas/Parking/Whatnot: 20

Food: ~200

Spending money: 200

$595 Total.

*Paid 250 towards the room. Money back, yo!