How much did it cost you to go to....

[Jace]

Originally Posted by rhetorical

Let me get this straight. Five nights...hotel gotta be 150 which is 750. I have no idea what the ticket price is, but lets say 300 and that is 950. Hmmmm that leaves 250 for five days. Damn was everyone buying drinks for you?

the last few conventions I have been to had open bars all weekend and LOTS of food for free

I am booking internext florida right now and am already up to $1600, and that is just on flight, hotel and badges....I still have to get tshirts made, which will be another $300-400

[softball]

Originally Posted by Jace

the last few conventions I have been to had open bars all weekend and LOTS of food for free

I am booking internext florida right now and am already up to $1600, and that is just on flight, hotel and badges....I still have to get tshirts made, which will be another $300-400

Now that seems more in the ball park. There are two of us and for the price of an internext, I can be in Asia for six weeks and party my face off. For me that is hands down no lo contendre.

[Jace]

Originally Posted by rhetorical

Now that seems more in the ball park. There are two of us and for the price of an internext, I can be in Asia for six weeks and party my face off. For me that is hands down no lo contendre.

there are two of us too, forgot to mention that

the difference is that every new client I land for one new company puts $4000-6000 DIRECTLY in my pocket, and clients WILL be easy to land with this

I spend at least 3-4 months out of every year traveling and vacationing, it is always nice when I can mix vacations WITH business...we plan on doing it much more often in 2007

[gonzo]

Jace I know you are bucking to get added to Bromasters.

[Jace]

Originally Posted by gonzo

Jace I know you are bucking to get added to Bromasters.

been on there twice already

[Hell Puppy]

Yeah, I should clarify a few things on my numbers... I was only there 3 nights, and it's a cheap flight from Atlanta. Most of what I spent was on food and drink. And as GonZo said, I *choose* to spend more than I have to on those.

There was very affordable food offered at the convention, looked decent, but with great restaurants nearby, you know a true FFN aint eating hotel food. And yes, there were drink tickets to be had, but I like top shelf....again, my choice.

Now Miami Internext, I'd likely spend $3K. The hotel is a Westin and pricey. Registration fee's are higher. And there's no cheap food to be had anywhere nearby.

[LAJ]

Your math is good rhetorical! And Gonzo mostly filled in the blanks.

For starters I'm not a good example as I'm the show organizer... but here's the breakdown...

5 hotel nights = $750
registration = free
Flight = $300
out of pocket for food / beverage / incidentals = def. less than $150

Fortunately my booze was sponsored by someone at every turn... food too. It's good to be the king (of cybernet). Strippers was my only real out of pocket expense and we won't go there.

[softball]

Very useful thread. It is always interesting when folks post numbers. I think that is good business intel for everyone.