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Midwest Furfest - roommates?
10 years ago
The convention is still far away, but Midwest Furfest hotel reservations will be open next week!
I'm thinking of booking a room under my name. There are a few things I need to work out, though.
- First is that I'm looking for people to share the room since I don't know anybody going yet. It would cost less to share the room between four people than having one person paying for it all. Then again, I heard the rooms at the Hyatt tend to be in demand... so perhaps I wouldn't need to worry about this one too much.
- Second, to graduate from the masters program I need to be attending a panel given by other graduate students, which happens every Friday morning, a number of times. If I want to finish this requirement in one semester, I can only afford to miss one of these. Or I could go the same number of times in two semesters, but that would mean extra tuition. So I would prefer to arrive on a Friday, but that would be unfair to roommates who go on Thursdays. ... In any case, I don't know if I will need two semesters anyway for my courses, and it's still possible for me to go on Thursday and still finish my studies in one semester. This is just a margin for safety.
- Third, well... attending a convention this far can be costly. Even with other expected expenses, I'm sure I'll have more than enough to go, but I'm having doubts that perhaps it's better to keep the money for a rainy day. On the other hand, I haven't gone to any conventions for a year. Would be nice to finally bring Pom to a major convention for the first time after I got him at Anthrocon 2011, too.
P.S. Of course this would all depend on being able to book a room, which isn't guaranteed since MWFF is very popular!
I'm thinking of booking a room under my name. There are a few things I need to work out, though.
- First is that I'm looking for people to share the room since I don't know anybody going yet. It would cost less to share the room between four people than having one person paying for it all. Then again, I heard the rooms at the Hyatt tend to be in demand... so perhaps I wouldn't need to worry about this one too much.
- Second, to graduate from the masters program I need to be attending a panel given by other graduate students, which happens every Friday morning, a number of times. If I want to finish this requirement in one semester, I can only afford to miss one of these. Or I could go the same number of times in two semesters, but that would mean extra tuition. So I would prefer to arrive on a Friday, but that would be unfair to roommates who go on Thursdays. ... In any case, I don't know if I will need two semesters anyway for my courses, and it's still possible for me to go on Thursday and still finish my studies in one semester. This is just a margin for safety.
- Third, well... attending a convention this far can be costly. Even with other expected expenses, I'm sure I'll have more than enough to go, but I'm having doubts that perhaps it's better to keep the money for a rainy day. On the other hand, I haven't gone to any conventions for a year. Would be nice to finally bring Pom to a major convention for the first time after I got him at Anthrocon 2011, too.
P.S. Of course this would all depend on being able to book a room, which isn't guaranteed since MWFF is very popular!
This is why I haven't been to MFF in 8 years, though I'd probably like to go… (will also have to check finances)