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.