All good advice. Especially the part about sucking on body parts!

(Sorry, Jay.)

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Mark
"Memento mori"
"Guess she don't like the cornbread either."

I was asking for it, wearing that t-shirt.

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~Jay

So...... you took my Con Rules and just scammed the ones that could be skewed as British and ran with them?

Bad pool, my friend. Bad pool.


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-Spat

I heard from someone that Munkey is the new Spat. Is this true?

Awesome guide!

Is there a rough guide on expenses?
Forget hotel room, flight, immigration. That's all accounted for.

Food, drink and tips... whats the average total expenditure.
I'd like to know how much to load onto my pre-pay-card and then some.

Also, I take it all outlets accept cards?

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Sgt A. Richardson CMD A04/TQ1.0.02151E1

Maybe some US peeps can comment here, but I only ever used cash $.

Waving a card around a bar at two in the morning whilst drunk is probably not the best idea.
If you forget/lose it/have it stolen, that's all your money gone at once.
Each room has a safe. Keep your money in there and just carry around enough for that time/day/event.

I think I went through about $300 last time and I didn't drink that much or buy anything particularly expensive.

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Steve
Corporal in 69th Regt. 1st Batt. Homer’s Heroes.

"I'd like to die at the age of 80 in my own bed, with a belly full of wine and a girl's mouth around my c**k."

I don't drink, so I'll not be waving anything about

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Sgt A. Richardson CMD A04/TQ1.0.02151E1

i managed spend $600 on nothing but Strongbow and chick-fil-a....
And still managed to run out of money by the Sunday

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M/SGT Rich Hyatt-Dowling (Retd)

UKCM Black ops

Regarding soft drinks, I found that at busy times and/or late at night, I sometimes wasn't charged for Coke (still left a $1 tip) but the bar staff didn't exactly rush to serve me, so bear that in mind if you're not gonna drink alcohol at all.

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Steve
Corporal in 69th Regt. 1st Batt. Homer’s Heroes.

"I'd like to die at the age of 80 in my own bed, with a belly full of wine and a girl's mouth around my c**k."

Like Spat's guide, it has useful advice though.

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Steve
Corporal in 69th Regt. 1st Batt. Homer’s Heroes.

"I'd like to die at the age of 80 in my own bed, with a belly full of wine and a girl's mouth around my c**k."

Yup, so anything between mine and yours would be an average spend.

I still took my credit card (only carry it when going to use it though), so travel advice regarding money still applies here;

http://www.fco.gov.uk/en/travel-and-liv ... avel-money

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Steve
Corporal in 69th Regt. 1st Batt. Homer’s Heroes.

"I'd like to die at the age of 80 in my own bed, with a belly full of wine and a girl's mouth around my c**k."

You should be shot! LOL



Sandy, depending on where you eat & drink will depend on how much money you'll need. If you don't indulge in alcoholic drinks, then that saves you a TON of money. However, everywhere in a 3 mile radius increases their prices during Dragon*Con.

The food court is going to be the most reasonable place to eat, so if you figure $20 per meal, $60 per day and toss in an extra $100, you'll be just fine. That will also account for times where you eat somewhere a little more upscale, because your general food court meal is going to be around $10.

Nine times out of ten, everyone takes cards in the US...however, some places have a $5 minimum charge.



On the subject of CASH. Cash is always best and I find, is a better way to keep track of what I'm spending. Like Steve said, there is a safe in every room and storing the bulk of your spending $$ is always a great idea!



He's TRYING to have a rep like SPat.



Heed your own advice, Babe.

It's not about penny pinching, but bringing enough cash without bringing too much! I don't want to flash too much cash about!

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Sgt A. Richardson CMD A04/TQ1.0.02151E1

Precisely my point.
I want to make sure I put enough on. I have no idea of the prices of things over there.

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Sgt A. Richardson CMD A04/TQ1.0.02151E1

Things cost approximately the same as in a decent downtown hotel in a city in the UK.*


* - actually, it's somewhat cheaper. But if you work to that idea then you'll have money left over to spend using your prepay card when you get home.

Oops, will go sifting then. MY bad.
And what's with the attitude? You're sounding pretty condescending and it's uncalled for.

Edit: Found threads. 2010. My apologies for not remembering threads from a year ago. I've had a lot on my mind and plenty to deal with this year.



Awesome tip. No I know preceisely where I stand. All good

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Sgt A. Richardson CMD A04/TQ1.0.02151E1

Call me PVB, everybody does, even my work colleagues.


[Nelson] Ha-ha!

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Steve
Corporal in 69th Regt. 1st Batt. Homer’s Heroes.

"I'd like to die at the age of 80 in my own bed, with a belly full of wine and a girl's mouth around my c**k."

Will really miss you not being there this time.

My D*Cons all go on the credit card; I get my cash $ on credit card (you pay extra for this), but that's just how I roll.

If you didn't want the hassle/extra expense, a lot of banks will give small loans (with more reasonable APR) for "your holiday of a lifetime!"

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Steve
Corporal in 69th Regt. 1st Batt. Homer’s Heroes.

"I'd like to die at the age of 80 in my own bed, with a belly full of wine and a girl's mouth around my c**k."

Call me PVB, everybody does, even my work colleagues.




*urgh* took the damn quote thing out...

You got it, PVB...

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Steve
Corporal in 69th Regt. 1st Batt. Homer’s Heroes.

"I'd like to die at the age of 80 in my own bed, with a belly full of wine and a girl's mouth around my c**k."

The most economical eating you'll find is in the food court. There are a number of fast food type places there so you won't have to eat the same thing all the time. Compared to the hotel restaurants, they are dirt cheap. Figure you will pay ~$6 for a breakfast, ~$9 for a lunch meal. Dinner is an iffy thing because the food court doesn't stay open for very long after 8PM. Late night meals are hard to come by other than bar food and nights at D*C are long.

The heat, I suppose, will be a shock unless you've been exposed to something similar but it's the humidity that just saps the life out of you. Thank goodness the three main hotels are connected by sky bridges now and, along with the habitrail to the food court, theoretically you could enjoy the convention without ever leaving the comfort of air conditioning... after you stand in line out for registration, that is. I carry a canteen full of water whenever I am in my CM gear.

Despite all of the warnings and tips, D*C is what you make of it. It could be the most fun you will ever have with clothes on or you could have a terrible time. Be prepared to stand in lines, navigate through dense crowds and to be groped by furries. Maybe that last one was just me. *shrug*

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~Jay

A question I've not seen anywhere else.. how long are we on the plane? I've never flown before and I'm a little Nervy is all.

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Sgt. Jake Tucker - 13th Regt. 1st Batt. Freebooters.

Just over 8 hours.

With meals, various films to watch and trying to drink the plane dry of JD, it'll fly by.

You could always have your own media player and headphones to zone out/snooze for a bit too.

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Steve
Corporal in 69th Regt. 1st Batt. Homer’s Heroes.

"I'd like to die at the age of 80 in my own bed, with a belly full of wine and a girl's mouth around my c**k."

the flight is awesome Jake. As much free booze as you want, 2 nice meals, and hundreds of films to watch!
as for snoozing though, i tried that last year, but some drunk bastard wouldnt let me! :p

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M/SGT Rich Hyatt-Dowling (Retd)

UKCM Black ops

Could you be more specific, as that could have been almost any of us?

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Steve
Corporal in 69th Regt. 1st Batt. Homer’s Heroes.

"I'd like to die at the age of 80 in my own bed, with a belly full of wine and a girl's mouth around my c**k."