How much money should I bring?

I know it was answered in FAQ, but why $800?!
I thought everything there was cheap!

 

If by cheap you mean expensive, then yes.


I am bringing $1200-1500, which will include travel and lodging costs.

 

If you don't include travel and lodging costs, how much?

 

3,000

 

I am going to bring $600-700 for spending, etc.

 

Well if you don't include travel & lodging (the 2 biggest variables in the equation), why can't you figure it out for yourself? 4 day ticket costs $95, the rest is up to you.

There is at least one other thread here that goes over this whole topic. Only you know what you want to do/buy.

Doc

 

Well, as my room'll be $600 for the four nights and the $200 for 2 4-day passes, and my total budget is $1500, that should leave me with about $700 for food and purchases. I must admit that I wonder if my budget isn't too small...

 

http://boards.theforce.net/FanForce_Celebration_III/b10611/16272126/?17

 

Hmmmmm.......I'm hoping $400 will be sufficient. I'd like to bring more but I may not have necc more. The $400 is after ALL neccesities costs are paid for, lodging, travel, tickets.

 

Credit Card, Check, ATM cards...(and maybe $50 in cash) Accepted Everywhere, I gurantee you!!!

 

If you don't include travel and lodging costs, how much?

If you are not counting hotel costs, travel costs, and admission tickets ($35 per day or $95 for entire con) then you can spend as little or as much as you want. The only other necessity will be food. The cost of food in the convention center is quite high but there are lots of fast food places in the surrounding area. You could budget as little as $10 per day for food. Most people budgeting large sums of money are including travel, hotel, and lots of money to spend on merchandise from vendors and in the convention store. I don't remember exactly what things cost at C2 but think the program was $10, figure was $10, t-shirt $20 or $25, poster $10 or $12, and concert $12. Those were the only things I purchased while at C2. I paid all the expenses including food but gave my then 15 year old son about $40 per day to spend on stuff in the vendor area.

There is still time to save an adequate amount of spending money between now and April even if it means getting a part time job.

Credit Card, Check, ATM cards...(and maybe $50 in cash) Accepted Everywhere, I gurantee you!!!

A word of warning?.I believe the ATM machines in the convention center ran out of money at one point. I don't remember what people did, probably went out hunting down machines in the mall.

 

I've already paid for my room, now I just need beer money.

 

To paraphrase a certain movie:

"A lot"
"I don't know kid, I can imagine quite a bit"
"You'll spend it, and more!"
"I better"
"You will!"

 

If you are not counting hotel costs, travel costs, and admission tickets ($35 per day or $95 for entire con) then you can spend as little or as much as you want. The only other necessity will be food. The cost of food in the convention center is quite high but there are lots of fast food places in the surrounding area. You could budget as little as $10 per day for food. Most people budgeting large sums of money are including travel, hotel, and lots of money to spend on merchandise from vendors and in the convention store. I don't remember exactly what things cost at C2 but think the program was $10, figure was $10, t-shirt $20 or $25, poster $10 or $12, and concert $12. Those were the only things I purchased while at C2. I paid all the expenses including food but gave my then 15 year old son about $40 per day to spend on stuff in the vendor area.

There is still time to save an adequate amount of spending money between now and April even if it means getting a part time job.

wow man, thanks.
I was just gonna bring $220 for spending!
anyways, how much are autographs?

 

When traveling, always bring at least enough to get you back home again if you lose your tickets or something happens, to reasonably feed you during your time away, and any extra that might be needed for things you KNOW you're going to be wanting to get and/or transportation.

 

My room is pre paid (the only advantage to having crappy credit!! The Debit Visa!!) Of COurse it'll be ditto with Airfare. I'm buying my tranfer from home to Seattle this week (prepay and reserve- I can always change it when I actually get my flight) and putting aside the money for the Pet sitter. THEN I'll start saving blow money!

 

--Skywalker--, the autographs are, I think, $15 a piece, or ... several for some discount price, I believe...

I can't recall exactly...

 

$15 dollars for 1, $120 dollars for 10, atleast thats the way it was at C2

 

the autographs are, I think, $15 a piece, or ... several for some discount price, I believe...

Nice, Mostly, I just want Mark Hamill's Hayden Christenson's, Billy Dee Williams, Anthony Daniels, Kenny Baker, Peter Mayhew, Temuerra Morrison, and Jeremy Bulloch. Oops, that's ALOT!!

At least, Mark Hamill's and Billy Dee Williams. Luke and Lando are the best!

 

Yeah I'm still a bit uncertain about autographs. I know there's some kind of coupon you have to buy to get into the autograph area, but what if you meet a celeb outside that area? Can you just get them to sign a piece of paper or something, or do you have to give them fifteen bucks for that too?

 

some will sign for free outside the area, some wont. at CII i had paul blake (greedo) sign a bunch of stuff, then he gave me some old 8x10 greedo photos that he signed for me. he and my dad were like best friends that weekend though. then michonne signed one of the holocron cubes for me cause i gave her one with aurra on it. that was cool. other then that i didnt chase down actors that i saw in the crowd, im sure they wanted a break after hours and hours of signing.

 

Yeah I could certainly understand that. I'd get bored too signing my name over and over and over and over again like that lol.

 

Hey if I got $15 each time I signed my name I would do it all day.

I was in line for Carrie Fisher for 5 hrs at CII and by the time I got to her she was not a happy camper. I would like to say that that was a wasted day.

As for how much will I bring. My goal is $1500. The first $500 is to "live on". The other $1000 is for toys and what not. I would like to plug some holes in my collection.

 

Hey if I got $15 each time I signed my name I would do it all day.

!!! True!

 

How much money should I bring?

All of it.