Travel Plans, Nebula Weekend and Worldcon
Travel Plans
With the cancellation of this year's Duckon, I stated that I was in the market for a summer convention.
Then I looked at this year's travel plans. I'm booked for Worldcon in Spokane (more on that anon) which isn't London but isn't free, especially since I plan to add a couple of days in Seattle onto it. I'm also attending the Writing Excuses Workshop / Cruise. Again, not as expensive as London, and the cruise portion was paid for in 2014, but still not free. So I decided to skip the con, take the money allocated for Duck plus a few bucks and add it to my Roth IRA.
Nebula Weekend
The Nebula awards are being held during the weekend Duckon would have been here in Chicago. I considered going, but there's not really much for me to do there. There's an overpriced awards banquet, and "discounted" rooms at the Palmer House for $219 per night. Again, skipping the event.
Worldcon
I have been underwhelmed with the hotel arrangements at Worldcon. The "cheap" hotels are always booked, and I am reluctant to spend $160/night in Spokane. Fortunately, Travelocity was able to find me a more reasonable hotel ($144/night with breakfast and free wifi) in a handy spot. (The downtown Oxford Suites.) Room booked - start working on flight and Seattle.
With the cancellation of this year's Duckon, I stated that I was in the market for a summer convention.
Then I looked at this year's travel plans. I'm booked for Worldcon in Spokane (more on that anon) which isn't London but isn't free, especially since I plan to add a couple of days in Seattle onto it. I'm also attending the Writing Excuses Workshop / Cruise. Again, not as expensive as London, and the cruise portion was paid for in 2014, but still not free. So I decided to skip the con, take the money allocated for Duck plus a few bucks and add it to my Roth IRA.
Nebula Weekend
The Nebula awards are being held during the weekend Duckon would have been here in Chicago. I considered going, but there's not really much for me to do there. There's an overpriced awards banquet, and "discounted" rooms at the Palmer House for $219 per night. Again, skipping the event.
Worldcon
I have been underwhelmed with the hotel arrangements at Worldcon. The "cheap" hotels are always booked, and I am reluctant to spend $160/night in Spokane. Fortunately, Travelocity was able to find me a more reasonable hotel ($144/night with breakfast and free wifi) in a handy spot. (The downtown Oxford Suites.) Room booked - start working on flight and Seattle.