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 Post subject: Re: ArcaniCon 2017
PostPosted: Wed Oct 12, 2016 3:55 pm 
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Haakon_val'Ishi wrote:
Trust me Cody if I could afford it I would jump at the chance to visit your fair country. But not necessarily to spend the whole time there gaming. I'd much rather check out Quebec, Acadia (sorry I can't call it Nova Scotia--my ancestors came from there), and British Columbia. Heck I could easily spend a couple of weeks seeing what I want to see in Canada! :-)

But gaming I need to do on the cheap at present. :(

Hopefully Matt and crew can find a venue we can all live with.


Hey, don't get me wrong! I'd gladly go to Vegas or Seattle or Orlando for a Con. It's about the same price for me (or, for Vegas, much less) to go there than Chicago or Detroit. I would be 100% okay with Vegas, since already Amanda and I are looking at a CA$1,500 investment to go, and Vegas we could cut that back by at least 25%!

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 Post subject: Re: ArcaniCon 2017
PostPosted: Sat Nov 05, 2016 2:54 pm 

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Haakon_val'Ishi wrote:
The only problem I have with Canada is I don't have a passport and can't really afford to divert money to pay for one. It's kind of a Catch-22, I pay for a passport using money that I would need to pay for the con...(gas, food, hotel etc.)... :(


You only need a passport if you are flying. If you are traveling by land (car, bus, train) you only need your birth certificate, green card, or naturalization certificate.


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 Post subject: Re: ArcaniCon 2017
PostPosted: Sat Nov 05, 2016 3:16 pm 
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Well here's the rub. I've been looking at flights to go home to see my mother. While the prices may be cheap to some they're not to me. So likely flying to Canada is out of the question and driving would eat up too much of my very limited vacation time. Now if I save up for an entire year I might be able to afford it, but half of my tax return goes to cover Origins. The rest usually gets eaten up by bills and unexpected expenses.

Also last time I checked passports cost over a hundred dollars.

Don't get me wrong I would love to visit Canada, but unless I win the lottery (which I don't play) or have rich relatives shower me with money (none of my relatives are rich) trip to Canada is not feasible. :(

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 Post subject: Re: ArcaniCon 2017
PostPosted: Sat Nov 05, 2016 7:25 pm 

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Haakon_val'Ishi wrote:
Well here's the rub. I've been looking at flights to go home to see my mother. While the prices may be cheap to some they're not to me. So likely flying to Canada is out of the question and driving would eat up too much of my very limited vacation time. Now if I save up for an entire year I might be able to afford it, but half of my tax return goes to cover Origins. The rest usually gets eaten up by bills and unexpected expenses.

Also last time I checked passports cost over a hundred dollars.

Don't get me wrong I would love to visit Canada, but unless I win the lottery (which I don't play) or have rich relatives shower me with money (none of my relatives are rich) trip to Canada is not feasible. :(


You say that like Canada isn't as close as much of the US. You could make Windsor as easily as Detroit (even if it just meant flying into Detroit and crossing to windsor), right?

Though of course, that involves car rental or ride arrangements, while having the con at a hotel close enough to an airport to allow for a shuttle arrangement probably always works best for air travelers.

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 Post subject: Re: ArcaniCon 2017
PostPosted: Sun Nov 06, 2016 7:53 am 
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I get two weeks of vacation a year. Half of that is going to Origins. One day I allocate to Arcanicon, maybe more if work schedules get wonky. I like to have some for Ucon as well. So any time eaten up by travelling (as in driving) is time I don't have to game. My job doesn't pay that well so money for flying means saving up a whole year and hoping no unexpected expenses crop up. And they usually do. That and I really hate paying the cost of flying anymore. What is pocket change to some is a lot of money to me.

It's not that I can't go to Canada but the time and money laid out usually have to go to other things.

Anyhow I think we've beaten this horse to death. Can we move on?

On a different note any updates on getting a new venue for the con?

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 Post subject: Re: ArcaniCon 2017
PostPosted: Mon Nov 07, 2016 7:45 am 

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Yes. But we are waiting until contracts are signed to make an announcement. We don't want to announce something and have to retract if a problem arises

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 Post subject: Re: ArcaniCon 2017
PostPosted: Mon Nov 07, 2016 8:34 am 
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No problem Matt. Thanks!

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 Post subject: Re: ArcaniCon 2017
PostPosted: Mon Nov 14, 2016 1:51 pm 

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Rumor has it there is more information about Arcanicon? Are the dates known yet, even if you are locking down the hotel still?

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