Amacfa 0 Posted August 11, 2008 Report Share Posted August 11, 2008 Since I fell in love with Otakon (My first con) I am definitely attending more in the near future. One thing that might make hold back on some of the longer distance conventions (California from Connecticut) is cost? Including the price of the ticket, flights, hotels, and any transportation to your hotel, how much was your trip? Link to post Share on other sites
Aresef 113 Posted August 11, 2008 Report Share Posted August 11, 2008 (edited) Crap...first time I've crunched the numbers... Transportation: Irrelevant, I'm a local with an MTA pass Hotel: $100 Food : $80ish? Otakon merch: $30 JAM merch: $30 Funi booth: $20 Aardvark shirt: $20 HLJ booth: $15 Miscellany: $15 Paying a friend for his help with photography at the JAM concert so he could go get a shirt and CD: $20 So about $330. But simply experiencing Otakon? Priceless. Edited August 11, 2008 by Aresef Link to post Share on other sites
Champagon 0 Posted August 11, 2008 Report Share Posted August 11, 2008 about 590 dollars total counting cosplay room and food Link to post Share on other sites
Light_kun 0 Posted August 11, 2008 Report Share Posted August 11, 2008 (edited) Hahahahahahahah. Mines Really funny. My mother never bothered to give me any money to get anything at otakon, so I was stuck with only 50$ for every single day. And I used that money to Only get food. But my ride and Hotel room was free so thats good for me. but only 50 dollars and on food. ( -.-);; pleh. But I still had an amazing time! Edited August 11, 2008 by Light_kun Link to post Share on other sites
Soriin 0 Posted August 11, 2008 Report Share Posted August 11, 2008 Overall? Umm....somewhere around $1900. Link to post Share on other sites
behindirisheyes 0 Posted August 11, 2008 Report Share Posted August 11, 2008 (edited) holy crap soriin what did you spend your money on i unfortunatly only got to partake in the events at otakon i didnt have to pay extra for cause after getting there and living expences i had a woping $3 but total around $150 Edited August 11, 2008 by behindirisheyes Link to post Share on other sites
DarkAlbedoX2 0 Posted August 11, 2008 Report Share Posted August 11, 2008 Around 600 or so. That is including food, hotel, gas, and spending. Link to post Share on other sites
IDTDNDND45 0 Posted August 11, 2008 Report Share Posted August 11, 2008 This is my personal payment list Pre-Reg: $55 Hotel: $325 Valet/Parking: Free/Covered Gas: Covered by other guests Food: $25 (lived off Ramen, Chinese and Slurpees) Tips: $12 Art Alley: $3 Dealers Room: ~$400 So in total, it cost me about $825, but I really don't mind. Its the most fun I had since I went to Japan and I would gladly paid more for it. Link to post Share on other sites
jimay 0 Posted August 11, 2008 Report Share Posted August 11, 2008 lets see... registration: nothing (comped for panel) hotel and transportation: $200 food: $90 dealer's room: $120 (6 dvds) otakon experience: priceless lol total: $310 approx thats not bad for me considering i usually spend up around 5-600 Link to post Share on other sites
Takashi 0 Posted August 11, 2008 Report Share Posted August 11, 2008 Hahahahahahahah. Mines Really funny. My mother never bothered to give me any money to get anything at otakon, so I was stuck with only 50$ for every single day. And I used that money to Only get food. But my ride and Hotel room was free so thats good for me. but only 50 dollars and on food. ( -.-);; pleh. But I still had an amazing time! Link to post Share on other sites
Shineigami02 0 Posted August 11, 2008 Report Share Posted August 11, 2008 Well, I spent around $300 this weekend. What did I spend my money on? Let's see... $150 - Given to my friend Pedro for my share of the hotel room & gas, parking & tolls. $40 - Spent at the Wharf Rat for fish & chips as well as a few pints of ale throughout the weekend. $17 - Spent on 2 backfin crab cakes at the Lexington Market. 1 from Faidley's & 1 from the Crab Pot. In the Dealers Room: $31 - Spent at the Otakon Merchandise Table $42 - Spent on essential oils from That Pagan Chick booth. Who would've thought I'd find essential oils at Otakon? $15 - I finally found my black Mokona plushie! Forget which booth I found it at though. $8 - Spent on an amethyst crystal from the Undiscovered Treasures booth. Link to post Share on other sites
JeuneFille 0 Posted August 11, 2008 Report Share Posted August 11, 2008 Hmmm let's see here...my total for Otakon 2008: $55- Pre-Registration $90- Hotel near the BWI $160ish- (not really sure since I'm too tired to go back to a former post to check ) on Cosplay. $55- Gas/Cab/Light rail $50- Food for the weekend $110- For my Gravitation box set, Final Fantasy mini figures, Sephiroth figure, Otakon 2008 t-shirt. $25- (estimated) in Artist's Alley for my Phoenix Wright poster, Sephiroth cell phone charm, Devil May Cry stickers, and DMC/Final Fantasy Crisis Core bookmarks. I'd say estimated costs for the trip was around $550. I checked my wallet last night and came home with $300 of the spending money that I brought with me...so I'm pretty happy Link to post Share on other sites
ithilienne 2 Posted August 11, 2008 Report Share Posted August 11, 2008 $15 to eat a hotel breakfast while pretending I was a big shot on Thursday $10 Quizno's lunch Thursday $275 for a Sailor Moon cel and a Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust cel (<-- yay!) $10 for an Otakon 2008 shirt $10 for a new staff shirt $20 for a FFVII Playarts Aeris figure $40 for one of those squishable penguins So... about $380. ....Yikes. Link to post Share on other sites
djmakinmoves 0 Posted August 11, 2008 Report Share Posted August 11, 2008 Hrmmmm. Def a pricey but fun weekend! This was my first one so I prob spent money where I didnt have to but Ill know better for next year. FOOD - prob like 100$ for the weekend. ( Treated myself at Big Kahuna with friends...worse shrimp ever. thought it would be nice since this was my summer vaca...should have had a V-8 instead ) DRINKS inside - 10 or so TICKET- 65 DEALER ROOM - 24$ on Cyber Goggles (freekin sweet) - 2 Bucks on Raffle tickets - 14$ on wallscroll - 2$ for Blinkie Thing outside of Convention ARTIST GALLERY - this is where i spent most of my $. about 60$ on Autographed Prints. Well worth it. Disaapointed that pretty much all of the Artists didnt have the originals to their work for sale. I know the Auction was where to be but I was only there for Friday and Sat. OUTFIT - like 20$ for Otakon MISC - 30$ TOTAL OF 250$/300$ FOR THE WEEKEND. COULDNT AFFORD IT BUT WOULD DO IT ALL OVER AGAIN. Link to post Share on other sites
Patches 0 Posted August 11, 2008 Report Share Posted August 11, 2008 Gas+Parking = $50 Hotel = $150 Food/Drinks = $60 Dealers Room Swag = $157 Estimated Total = $417 This doesn't include what I spent on costumes since I'm also gonna wear them to ther cons ^^ Link to post Share on other sites
_mouse_ 0 Posted August 11, 2008 Report Share Posted August 11, 2008 Pre-Reg: $55 MTA Day Passes (4)- $14 Food: $26 (Hard Rock, Chinese x2, fries from Aramark, nachos at 711) Dealers Room: $90 (Doll outfit, Pinky :st, plushie, parasol, chopsticks, figure, notebooks, etc) Artist Alley: $25 (stickers, plushie, original painting, hair bow) Total: $210. I'm local so no hotel, I ate breakfast and dinner at home, and I never eat a really big lunch. I really don't like that much in the dealers room, and I don't ever buy prints, and most original paintings are totally out of my price range. Not to mention I'm super picky about the art I buy. I got pretty much everything I wanted, and I had a GREAT time Link to post Share on other sites
Kirarakim 21 Posted August 11, 2008 Report Share Posted August 11, 2008 (edited) Hmm not counting Registration because I paid for that well in advance Hotel- $145 Amtrak- $124 Dealer Room- $106 on mainly imported figures, the Jam Project CD and 1 Japanese FMA manga volume ($25 of which I lost because I lost a Lelouch figure I bought ) Food- approximately $25 Taxi- $10 (to and from train station) So about $410 in total which is $200 less than I budgeted I think. Edited August 11, 2008 by Kirarakim Link to post Share on other sites
akicafe 0 Posted August 11, 2008 Report Share Posted August 11, 2008 Flight - $169 Food - $51 Staff snacks - $0 Staff room - $0 Staff badge - $0 Otakon Merch (after staff discount) - $40 misc - $35 ------ Total spent to go have fun at otakon - $295 Being on staff and getting at least some stuff for free - priceless Link to post Share on other sites
Eddie 2 18 Posted August 11, 2008 Report Share Posted August 11, 2008 (edited) Badges = $110 (bought my brothers') Hotel = $450 (two nights plus the taxes) Food = $106 Parking = $50 (both nights) Dealer's Room = $104 (least I ever spent at an Otakon) Alley = $15 Tolls = $13 Gas = $30 Total = $878 Edited August 11, 2008 by Eddie 2 Link to post Share on other sites
The Eva Monkey 14 Posted August 11, 2008 Report Share Posted August 11, 2008 Some figures are approximate: Light Rail Thursday: $1.60 Thursday dinner at Panera: $8 Food at Tir na nOg on Saturday: $13 Food at Tir na nOg on Sunday: $11 (YUM!) Useless Eva stuff purchased at Dealers Room: $26 Light Rail Friday: $1.60 In all, it was something between $62-$65. The benefit of having free hotel/food/admission as a staffer. And before you get jealous, just know that MOST STAFFERS DON'T GET TO ENJOY THE CONVENTION. Link to post Share on other sites
coolerninjathanu 0 Posted August 11, 2008 Report Share Posted August 11, 2008 I Didnt have that much this yr. I would say i spent bout $250. For part of the hotel and the food and to get in the place. Also For the stuff didnt get that much so... its still was an awesome experence. Link to post Share on other sites
Xoee 0 Posted August 11, 2008 Report Share Posted August 11, 2008 Attendence- $55 "Hotel" - $0 Food- $10 Transportation- $0 Merchandise- $25 - $30 That's about $90 total.. Link to post Share on other sites
Caloris 1 Posted August 11, 2008 Report Share Posted August 11, 2008 I don't know if I should count my air transport as JFK-BWI and BWI-ORD were part of a larger Round the World ticket. Though I could count the $84.40 that was stolen from me while trying to get a ticket for the light rail back to BWI. Room: $95 food: about $40 Dealers/Artists: $230 USPS: $26 Otakon: $55 think that's all. Link to post Share on other sites
oakzap425 0 Posted August 11, 2008 Report Share Posted August 11, 2008 Hotel: 698.04 Gas: 95 Parking: 72 I'm not even going to count food. Link to post Share on other sites
toujourspret 0 Posted August 11, 2008 Report Share Posted August 11, 2008 Hmm...I haven't actually figured up my totals yet! Room: $160 (rounded up a couple of dollars) Flight: $350 (whew, expensive!) Food: $43 (plus over $100 in Aramark vouchers!) Dealers' Room - Doujinshi: $30; Otamerch: $30; Wallscroll: $14; Pins: $8 TOTAL: $633 Not too bad! I overshot my $500 budget, but that was because the plane ticket jumped over $100 more than my budgeted price this summer. Link to post Share on other sites
DuelNatsuko 0 Posted August 11, 2008 Report Share Posted August 11, 2008 All together about $2000. Still paying for it. But was allllll worth it. Link to post Share on other sites
bats 0 Posted August 12, 2008 Report Share Posted August 12, 2008 How do some of you spend so much money?? It's been a tradition now to bring a cooler (full of groceries bought at home), a grill, and rice cooker. We splurged this year since we got a far hotel, but hope to prevent that from happening next year. Hotel: 150 Gas/Parking: 20 (From South Jersey) Badge: 55 Food: 10 + 25 (eating out) Dealer Room: 16 Link to post Share on other sites
Usagi.Hoshino 0 Posted August 12, 2008 Report Share Posted August 12, 2008 Putting aside the fact that I came form Peru but it was not entirely for Otakon I will just count from the amtrak ticket.. $536 Including, Train, Hotel, Taxis, Dealer's room, food and tips ^^ Link to post Share on other sites
AndrewWiggin 0 Posted August 12, 2008 Report Share Posted August 12, 2008 $55 Pre-reg (reimbursed, gofer) $3.20 Light Rail ticket X4 (Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday) $0.00 Food ($64 in meal vouchers for gofering) $15 Belled Collar $5 Hello Kitty key chain (for the girlfriend) TOTAL: $29.60 Not including the gas I spent driving to the light rail station...maybe add $5 or so. It's basically just down the road. Link to post Share on other sites
greygula 0 Posted August 12, 2008 Report Share Posted August 12, 2008 Hmmmm...lets see. I travel with 4 people so that gets divided. From VA Beach area to Baltimore for Thursday thru Sunday. Gas: $25 each (as a just incase estimate) Parking: $18 each Hotel: $170 each Food for snacks and packed lunches: $15 Dinners:$35 Con Money: :$200 (TOPS) Yeap about $463 a person is a rough estimate but its usually less for three of us since we do a lot of online shopping. Link to post Share on other sites
4chanpartyvan 0 Posted August 12, 2008 Report Share Posted August 12, 2008 All items bought: approx $150 Light railing: $30, due to some unfortunate circumstances... Food: Not much, since I went home for most of my meals. Maybe $20, tops. Link to post Share on other sites
Transepoch 9 Posted August 12, 2008 Report Share Posted August 12, 2008 (edited) $20 for a FFVII Playarts Aeris figure Ahh, so she was new ... I think between the hotel, parking, meals (aka breakfasts,) and dealers room (a first) ... the net came out to just shy of $600. Edited August 12, 2008 by Transepoch Link to post Share on other sites
ochibicake 3 Posted August 12, 2008 Report Share Posted August 12, 2008 Hotel: $160 Transport: $250? (I took a plane) Food: $80 Dealers room: $105 corset, $49 hoop petticoat; ...$154 And not including my cosplay, which likely cost me several hundred dollars (I wasn't counting).. eh, around $650. My most expensive con ever. XD; Link to post Share on other sites
DuelNatsuko 0 Posted August 12, 2008 Report Share Posted August 12, 2008 How do some of you spend so much money?? Link to post Share on other sites
Mishikotoko 0 Posted August 12, 2008 Report Share Posted August 12, 2008 Cosplay- 292.00 (I had to make a new one for Otakon.) Room- 20.00 (My share) Gas for travel- 40.00 (My share) Parking- 18.00 (My share) Food/drink- 50.00 Total- 420.00 (Thats without anything I bought in the dealers room, or while I was traveling..lol) Link to post Share on other sites
SoraVII 0 Posted August 12, 2008 Report Share Posted August 12, 2008 Registration: $55 KH Necklace: $12 Bag Check (Rave): $2 Food (Friday): $2.59 Food (Saturday & Sunday): $0 I ate breakfast and went the rest of the day. Total: $71.59 Link to post Share on other sites
Saabster 0 Posted August 12, 2008 Report Share Posted August 12, 2008 Gasoline: $40 Hotel: $250 (argh, too much for a hotel that was too far IMO) Food: $40 ish Parking: $66 Adult Beverages: $10 Espresso to get home: $4 $410 all told + $85 for Gungrave. Link to post Share on other sites
jkid 0 Posted August 12, 2008 Report Share Posted August 12, 2008 Pre-registration:$55 MARC train to Baltimore: $6 Amtrak ticket back home: $21 Food and Drink: $42 Stuff from the Dealers Room: $180 Stuff from The Arts: $30 The experience going to Otakon without commuting to and from back home: Priceless. Link to post Share on other sites
Escariot 0 Posted August 12, 2008 Report Share Posted August 12, 2008 Gas to and from B-more: $35 Parking at Down Under: $36 Food at Tir Na Nog and UNOs: $40 Given to a really needy looking homeless person who blessed me afterwards: A $1 snack bar ATM Fee: $2.50 For a friend's BBQ that I never went to: $5 Total: $119.50 Link to post Share on other sites
Seraphy 1 Posted August 12, 2008 Report Share Posted August 12, 2008 This is an estimate... Pre-Reg: $195 (Myself, my brother, my dad.) Hotel : $340 Parking: $35 Food: $17 (myself only) Dealer's Room: $90ish Artist Alley: $80ish $757? Stuff I actually spent my own money for was $170. Link to post Share on other sites
drakon 0 Posted August 12, 2008 Report Share Posted August 12, 2008 Flights ( Dublin -> London -> Baltimore and back ofc ): $1350 Pre-reg: $55 Hotel ( 4 nights) : $400 Food +Drink: $150 Dealers Room: $400 ( bag wallscroll dvds which are stupidly expensive in Ireland) So about $2355 in total for a 4 day trip lol Link to post Share on other sites
RPGoddess 0 Posted August 13, 2008 Report Share Posted August 13, 2008 Prereg: $55 AA table: $70 Parking (which was split four ways) $12 Dealer's room: $100 Foods: $15, plus $20 snacks for AA So, about $272, but I did make that back at the table - though being at an AA table 95% of the time (aside from smoke breaks and my one trip to the Dealer's Room) is a decidedly different experience than most congoers. ^^ I haven't been to a con for the con in forever! ... It sure is great to live in Baltimore, not to mention a ~10-15 minute drive from downtown. Free rooming! Link to post Share on other sites
skishy101 0 Posted August 13, 2008 Report Share Posted August 13, 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
Moon Jump 0 Posted August 13, 2008 Report Share Posted August 13, 2008 Flight from Long Island to Baltimore = Free (My dad had a ton of miles racked up so he let me have one) Hotel for two nights $55 Taxi Round Trip $60 Sailor Moon Glass $22 Food $50-70 (I'll know when I get my bill back) Sucks I only made 15 bucks in the ally, but I'm glad I sold ONE thing to nothing. Link to post Share on other sites
SilverMiko 48 Posted August 13, 2008 Report Share Posted August 13, 2008 My Share of Van Rental/Gas/Tolls - $100 (paid that back in March) Food Thurs-Mon - $20 (mostly I lived on staff vouchers and my Section Cheif was very nice and helped me out a bit foodwise) $120 in total. I hope I never come to Otakon with $20 in my pocket ever again. Link to post Share on other sites
F00LY 36 Posted August 13, 2008 Report Share Posted August 13, 2008 Transportation: $50 Hotel: $250 Food : $60 Merchandise: ~$450 Artist Alley: $130 Total: $940 A bit for my first con, but it was a load of fun, got lots of stuff I've always wanted, and had an experience unlike anything I ever imagined. Link to post Share on other sites
Vertebrae 0 Posted August 13, 2008 Report Share Posted August 13, 2008 I believe I spent about $720 Registration $55 Hotel paid 2/3 of cost of three nights @ $211 per night. Gas fillups x2 $40 Parking $25 Food $?? A lot - drinks and food at Pizzaria Uno and Edo Japan. ($8 beers @_@) Dealers Room $40 on Figures $15 on a gift and $21 at Otakon Table (The least I've ever spent at the dealer's room) Artist Alley $35 Cosplay $0 (Didn't do anything this year (,) I can only guess what I paid as I paid for the entire hotel charge through expedia and then just spent the cash my friend gave me to pay for his share of the room ($211) plus the registration and gas were extra. I miss the days when I could get by on only a few hundred at Otakon, mostly spent in the dealer's room, but we've gotten used to having nice hotels and partying well at the Baltimore restaurants. Link to post Share on other sites
Benjinx 0 Posted August 13, 2008 Report Share Posted August 13, 2008 Transportation = 30(greyhound round trip) Hotel = 145 for the weekend split 3 ways.(Thursday---Sunday) Dealers Room = 195? Artist Ally = 20 Cab = 30 Food / Drink = 50 X_x ________________________ Total = 470... more then that just can't remember on what @_@ I'm going to try and save at least double that for next year though so I can have more to spend on the Artist Ally and Dealers room... alot of things I wanted this year but ran out of money @_@. Only good thing is I got the Day's Inn room for 120 a night and got 3 or 4 people for it already, but even with two people its only $180 each...so I'm happy. My plan is 50 a month saved (including this August)... figure thats 12 months including July and I'll have $600+ next year to spend, but my real goal is 1500 xD Link to post Share on other sites
alindasue 0 Posted August 13, 2008 Report Share Posted August 13, 2008 Estimated expenses for my daughter and I to attend Otakon this year (not counting membership): airfare $750 hostel $270 food about $250-300 (we splurged a little... and then eating while stuck on the airport for an extra 8 hours) JAM Project merchandise $75 (would have been a lot more, if they'd had the new cd and dvd) omiage about $50 (spent in dealers' room) public transportation $10.20 taxi $60 All-in-all, too much money - but my birthday's this week, so what-the-heck! Link to post Share on other sites
tkntv 0 Posted August 13, 2008 Report Share Posted August 13, 2008 Here are my costs as best as i can figure....... Membership fees : $65.00 <------worth every penny Gas $125 <----- yea this hurts Parking: $46.00 <-- the cost of parking in downtown bmore was ludicrous hotel: $175.00 <-----We got of kind of cheap, by staying at a hotel by bwi. food: $40.00 <-----con food is expensive, and really low quality Beer: $20.00 <------- a necessity Total cost: 471.00 Link to post Share on other sites
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