FA+
Shop
2025 Convention Interest Questionnaire
Posted 9 months agoAs registrations continue to pick up, a number of people have remarked that they are holding off booking their tickets, waiting to see how much the event can grow first. To get some idea of how much further interest there is, we have created an entirely optional survey, feel free to add your thoughts
https://forms.gle/2y2KbtHpNxM1Pmxw6
At present, we are approaching our 50th ticket registration, though not all have completed the room type choice or paid in full yet. I know there are concerns about attending an event like this and finding it rather smaller and quieter than expected, hopefully this will reassure people on that point.
https://forms.gle/2y2KbtHpNxM1Pmxw6
At present, we are approaching our 50th ticket registration, though not all have completed the room type choice or paid in full yet. I know there are concerns about attending an event like this and finding it rather smaller and quieter than expected, hopefully this will reassure people on that point.
2025 Relaunch
Posted 10 months agoHey everyone, we're back, with a new and better than ever convention, a bunch of new staff working hard behind the scenes, a fancier venue and tickets on sale now.
For 2025, we are moving from our previous autumn schedule to March. This time around, we are scaling back to a three day, two night event, though prices are cut to only £160 per person (based on two people sharing a room at the main hotel)
Find us at the Marriott Hotel, Portsmouth, a lovely city centre events venue with plenty of space to grow into and strong transport links around the country as well as to local attractions.
We hope to see you all there.
For 2025, we are moving from our previous autumn schedule to March. This time around, we are scaling back to a three day, two night event, though prices are cut to only £160 per person (based on two people sharing a room at the main hotel)
Find us at the Marriott Hotel, Portsmouth, a lovely city centre events venue with plenty of space to grow into and strong transport links around the country as well as to local attractions.
We hope to see you all there.
2018 Update
Posted 7 years agoFor those that have not been keeping up to date with the news on our Twitter profile as things unfold, a quick summary-
Earlier this month, I received an email from our venue announcing that they would be cancelling our booking and not allowing us to go ahead with any subsequent events there. Very little information was given in the email, so I inquired further, and was invited to a meeting with the hotel manager, which I assumed would be a chance to discuss what we were proposing and to reassure any concerns they had.
Instead, the manager, his mind already made up, used the opportunity to go over in detail his reasons, someone had contacted the venue with a series of false accusations about us, claims that I had previously been involved in 'fake convention' scams to take money off people, and allegations that we were planning an event with adult content in public areas, and that our fursuiters would all behave in ways that would need segregating from other guests.
I have spent the last three weeks searching for an alternative venue, most that are available are either far outside our budget or do not have suitable facilities for an event of this size, others are already booked up, this close to our required dates. After a year of work put into this convention, and mountains of help and support from volunteers across the country, three months from our scheduled running date I am forced to admit that we will not be able to find suitable accommodation in time.
With the only remaining option being to put together a completely different style of non-residential convention, reworking the whole plan within a few weeks and giving our attendees a likely less than satisfactory experience as a result, the reluctant decision has been taken not to run this year. All attendees have been refunded in full, and work has already eagerly begun on finding a more reliable venue for next year.
Earlier this month, I received an email from our venue announcing that they would be cancelling our booking and not allowing us to go ahead with any subsequent events there. Very little information was given in the email, so I inquired further, and was invited to a meeting with the hotel manager, which I assumed would be a chance to discuss what we were proposing and to reassure any concerns they had.
Instead, the manager, his mind already made up, used the opportunity to go over in detail his reasons, someone had contacted the venue with a series of false accusations about us, claims that I had previously been involved in 'fake convention' scams to take money off people, and allegations that we were planning an event with adult content in public areas, and that our fursuiters would all behave in ways that would need segregating from other guests.
I have spent the last three weeks searching for an alternative venue, most that are available are either far outside our budget or do not have suitable facilities for an event of this size, others are already booked up, this close to our required dates. After a year of work put into this convention, and mountains of help and support from volunteers across the country, three months from our scheduled running date I am forced to admit that we will not be able to find suitable accommodation in time.
With the only remaining option being to put together a completely different style of non-residential convention, reworking the whole plan within a few weeks and giving our attendees a likely less than satisfactory experience as a result, the reluctant decision has been taken not to run this year. All attendees have been refunded in full, and work has already eagerly begun on finding a more reliable venue for next year.
Special Offers
Posted 7 years agoCurrent special offers are as follows:
Retweet out twitter post https://twitter.com/HantsFurCon/sta.....26779639234561 and help us reach the dizzying heights of 1000 followers and enter the raffle to win a completely free admission, or full refund if you've already registered.
All residential bookings up to and including the 15th June come with a free con T-shirt.
Retweet out twitter post https://twitter.com/HantsFurCon/sta.....26779639234561 and help us reach the dizzying heights of 1000 followers and enter the raffle to win a completely free admission, or full refund if you've already registered.
All residential bookings up to and including the 15th June come with a free con T-shirt.
Tickets
Posted 7 years agoLatest update - ticket registrations are now open. Visit https://furthersouth.uk/registration to select your preferred choice and make payment.
We've worked to make things as quick and easy as possible to provide the basic info we need and take card payments direct through the website rather than any other roundabout way, though if you prefer some alternative, drop us a message to discuss options.
Also, if you'd rather not pay, check out our twitter raffle for your chance to get in for free: https://twitter.com/HantsFurCon/sta.....26779639234561
We've worked to make things as quick and easy as possible to provide the basic info we need and take card payments direct through the website rather than any other roundabout way, though if you prefer some alternative, drop us a message to discuss options.
Also, if you'd rather not pay, check out our twitter raffle for your chance to get in for free: https://twitter.com/HantsFurCon/sta.....26779639234561
Update
Posted 7 years agoThe final pieces of planning and setting up the convention are coming together. We hit a bit of a delay with the venue and were messed around a little on dates, but now have everything set and ready to go.
Placeholder site at http://furthersouth.uk has all the basic info
Will be running September 28th through to October 1st 2018 at the Holiday Inn, Fareham, Hampshire. Looking at £40 admission fee per person for the full four days of the convention, plus a £150 for shared accommodation or £225 for single accommodation at the hotel. This price includes both breakfast and an evening meal.
Stay tuned for more updates to come.