Strahan 0 Posted August 13, 2008 Report Share Posted August 13, 2008 Let's see.. I live not too far away so it's fairly cheap for me aside from at-convention costs: Gas: $5.50 Parking: $3.17 Admission: $50 (me and g/f on Sunday only) Dealers' Room: ~$350 (9 figurines) Total: $408.67 Link to post Share on other sites
Gordon 0 Posted August 14, 2008 Report Share Posted August 14, 2008 Total: $690 Just the basics: $485 Link to post Share on other sites
elmntfire 0 Posted August 14, 2008 Report Share Posted August 14, 2008 Coming from Philadelphia to Baltimore was quite an experience, and from what I can tell it can get a little on the expensive side: A few notes: - Our trip was very last minute - Our trip extended from Thursday around noon to Sunday around 4 PM Preregistration: $55 - Andrew $65 - Shaun and I each (We did it 11:30 on the last night) $70? - Rob (He paid on Friday, never asked how much) Hotel - $1256 (Marriot after all the hotel space for the con was gone) Car Expenses: $45 - Tank of gas for me (Round trip) $50 - Tank of gas for Andrew (Round trip) Parking - $144 (Both cars) Food - $60 per person for all 4 days Grand Total for last minute Otaku Roundup? $1990 Not too shabby for four guys. The only reason for a second car was because Andrew had to take a buddy home and my car is a two door with a back seat. Lest we forget that Andrew is also responsible for purchases totaling $1000+ any given year and has enough figures and DVD box sets to fill my trunk on his own without fitting any of our luggage. Overall, though, it was an amazing con this year and I look forward to every year following! Link to post Share on other sites
RTeker 0 Posted August 14, 2008 Report Share Posted August 14, 2008 (edited) Well, I think I did pretty good honestly Hotel $179 for Friday (prepaid for it last year in '07) $189 for Saturday night Parking $19 for the weekend (priority member with Holiday Inn ) Pre-reg $55 Gas $0 (took my parents car ) Food about $20 (Johnny Rocket and McDonald's) Cosplay goodies $300 grand total----------------------$762. give or take with that sales tax that was i forgot how much Edited August 14, 2008 by RTeker Link to post Share on other sites
Mabdese 0 Posted August 14, 2008 Report Share Posted August 14, 2008 Between $450 and $500 but I paid the entire expenses for hotel/gas for myself and my boyfriend. Probably closer to $350 if it'd just been myself Link to post Share on other sites
jrosario7 0 Posted August 14, 2008 Report Share Posted August 14, 2008 Gas: 96 Tolls: 20 Hotel 2nights: 115 Parking: 28 Food: 70 Registration: 133 Merchandise: 500 Total: 962 Wow thats the first time i ever looked at it like this, didnt realize i spent so much!!! Link to post Share on other sites
sasms2 0 Posted August 14, 2008 Report Share Posted August 14, 2008 (edited) 100 dollars in gas to drive down from NY and back Maybe 20-30 dollars in gas to drive back and forth to the lightrail (and into Baltimore on Sunday). 10 dollars parking on Sunday Maybe 20-30 dollars for food and 50 dollars for merch/art So.. 210ish? Economic Otakon for me It's nice having friends in the area. Edited August 14, 2008 by sasms2 Link to post Share on other sites
lykopis783 0 Posted August 14, 2008 Report Share Posted August 14, 2008 I did have a budget of 1500 but that got totally blown out of the water by day one. Hotel: 330 for my share (i had to eat it for two people who pulled out) Dealers room: (this makes me wanna cry but the loot was so worth it) around 740... I'm not even entirely sure... Artist alley: 185 Food: 15 (WHOO free gofer food! The little oreo brownies were delicious) Gas: 30 Parking: 84... -.- Don't listen to the brookshire when they say the parking garage across the street is cheaper than valet... Cosplay (which I forgot my wig for)/Accessories/etc: 750 So... I got up to somewhere around 2100, really... who needs books for college anyway ... And now I'm back to saving and planning and budgeting for next year. Already have 500 put into the hotel and 80 into next years cosplay. Link to post Share on other sites
SteelToad 0 Posted August 14, 2008 Report Share Posted August 14, 2008 $1700 Hotel $300 Meals & Snacks $300 Shopping $100 Dealers ------ $2400 The hotel was a Two bedroom suite w/ kitchen (fit 6 people very comfortably) and worth it, if not as close as I would like Link to post Share on other sites
Ninly 0 Posted August 14, 2008 Report Share Posted August 14, 2008 MVP Bus from NYC was cheap ($35 r/t) and, unlike the other Chinatown buses to B'more, drops off only a mile or so from the Con Ctr. Came in Thurs. evening and made the hike with our bags to pick up our badges. Except for the obligatory discomfort and annoyances of Chinatown busing, this went smoothly and happily. Stayed with a college friend in Hampden, which is near the light rail, so room & board costs were minimal. The light rail did betray us on Sunday morning (didn't come for over an hour, without any delay announcement, before we managed to get a ride from a generous new friend), but otherwise we had no problems with transport. Add online registration and just a couple of meals in and outside the convention (a bit steep, but food prices in NYC are pretty consistently worse, so I was used to it), and we didn't do too bad at all, with regard to the essential costs. I even managed to stay within my spending budget (~$200), got all the stuff I needed and wanted, and avoided impulse purchases. I really did need new shoes, too, so... bonus! That expense shouldn't even count. Link to post Share on other sites
Devkyu 0 Posted August 17, 2008 Report Share Posted August 17, 2008 Registration: $55 Hotel: $100 Transportation: $80 [$50 (gas), $20 (tolls), $10 (parking, bus)] Food: $50 (I lived on bagels at the con and $20 of the Hotel fee went to a group stockpile of food) Dealers Room: $167 Cosplay: ...At this point I don't even want to know. Total: $452, not counting cosplay. That's more than I ever wanted to spend, and hopefully next year I won't go a little crazy and buy a Zero cosplay for $107. Time to work some more hours at the frame shop @_@. Link to post Share on other sites
The INfamous MC 24 Posted August 17, 2008 Report Share Posted August 17, 2008 $204: Round Trip Ticket to Baltimore from Providence $380: Food and Money spent in dealer's room, taxi fare, The Alley, Forever 21, and other places.. Total: $584 Link to post Share on other sites
tygerchickchibi 0 Posted August 20, 2008 Report Share Posted August 20, 2008 (edited) $204: Round Trip Ticket to Baltimore from Providence $380: Food and Money spent in dealer's room, taxi fare, The Alley, Forever 21, and other places.. Total: $584 Edited August 20, 2008 by The INfamous MC Corrected a typo. :) Link to post Share on other sites
dark_light_alls 0 Posted August 23, 2008 Report Share Posted August 23, 2008 Well i was local so 65$ at con 12$ on photo suite 3$ on food and saturday 8$ 6$ on mcdonalds Link to post Share on other sites
KyoKyo 41 Posted August 26, 2008 Report Share Posted August 26, 2008 letsee: pre-reg: $55 Food: $35.00 Rouroni Kenshin box set: $60 tenjho tenge vol. 6- $25 pocky: $15 parking: $20 ergo proxy costume materials: $80 weight lost: 3 lbs. Link to post Share on other sites
NOTanOTAKU 0 Posted August 26, 2008 Report Share Posted August 26, 2008 (edited) Flight (from Boston) .............. 170 Shelter ................................. 0 Registration .......................... 55 Parking ................................ 33 Food .................................... 20 Merch .................................. 105 total .................................... 383 Edited August 26, 2008 by NOTanOTAKU Link to post Share on other sites
SnappleLlama 0 Posted August 26, 2008 Report Share Posted August 26, 2008 Hmm...I'll have to approximate! $55 for pre-reg $250 my share of the hotel expenses, Thursday night through check-out Sunday $20 Dealer's Room $125 food/red bull/coffee (most of the food was bought at California Tortilla, which was DELICIOUS!) $3.50 for one Day Pass (one of my friends paid for the other two days!) $40.00 gasoline (from Central PA) Total: $493.50 (appx) It was such an awesome time, though...can't wait for next year!! Link to post Share on other sites
syntaxerror37 0 Posted August 28, 2008 Report Share Posted August 28, 2008 Let's see...A lot of these numbers are estimates and it's for two people. Gas - $50 Tolls - $10 Food, brought - $40 Food, eating out - $75 Con membership - $110 Hotel - $160 Artist Alley - $250 Dealer's Room - $100 -------------------- Total - $795 Link to post Share on other sites
HightopNinja 0 Posted August 31, 2008 Report Share Posted August 31, 2008 Hotel Room was divided by 4 people, each one of us paid: $175.00 Otakon Memberships: $65.00x 2= $130.00(I paid for my girl's membership) Food and whatnot bought before Otakon: 0.00 We each brought something from a list, and the stuff I brought was laying around the house. Food bought during Otakon: About 60.00. We had a free breakfast buffet at our hotel, so only really bought dinner. Gas: $20.00 per person got us to and back from Otakon. Grand Total before buying stuff at Otakon: 385.00. Not bad..considering I paid nearly that for a just hotel room in previous years. I spent roughly 300.00 on stuff during Otakon..well, between 300-400..so yeah. Either way, spent around 700.00 bucks. Link to post Share on other sites
Duelistbluerose 0 Posted September 3, 2008 Report Share Posted September 3, 2008 My husband and I definitely spent well over $1000 totaling up our cosplays, registration, gas, food, hotel, etc. It would have been a lot less, but we treated ourselves to some nice restaurants and his Silent Bob cosplay was about $600 by itself. But now that we have everything for that cosplay, next year should only cost about $500......hopefully Link to post Share on other sites
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