Conferences prices

acme on 2006-06-29T14:53:27

No, this is not a dig at OSCON. Gnat wrote a great entry comparing RailsConf and YAPC::NA, so I thought I'd check out RailsConf Europe. The first thing that hit me is that RailsConf Europe is £575, while YAPC::Europe is £75. That's around eight times cheaper! Of course, that's RailsConf rather than RubyConf - RubyConf being around £100 IIRC. The comments on DHH's blog follow my line of thinking. Yow.

Or maybe I should compare this to £684 for ApacheConf Europe? Either way, it's a lot of money.

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Another way to look at it...

Matts on 2006-06-29T15:20:12

The big expense for me on conferences is not the attendance fee, but the hotel stay and meals and getting there. YAPC may be $100, but it'd cost me closer to $1000 once all that is rolled in.

Re:Another way to look at it...

gabor on 2006-07-05T11:00:17

In addition to the "lost revenue" on the dates of the conference even if that's "only" vacation days used.