Hi Shawn, I am willing to commit to a road trip, just can't afford the airfair at present.
20hrs in a car with a load of linux geeks.... do we get bandwidth all the way down? Simon. On Fri, 16 May 2008 15:31:45 -0600 Shawn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > We'll need to know real soon who is going, and if we are buying airline > tickets or not. If you are interested in going to DefCon this year, > message me off list. > > The options are to drive down or fly down. The flight will cost approx > $500 - $600 per person (round trip) - without taxes/boarding fees/etc. > That is assuming that we leave on Thursday (the 7th) and come back on > Monday (the 11th). (those numbers are from WestJet's site) > > The drive down would be the cost of a rental vehicle (if needed), and > gas. And 20ish hours in a car with the others. > > Hotel rooms are $98 per night - double occupancy. 3 to 4 people bumps > the room to $120 per night. > > If 4 or more people want to go, this trip becomes very cost effective. > We currently have 2 confirmed. Those two will be booking flights in > the next few days if no one else speaks up. (that would be me and Andrew). > > Contact me off list if you are intending on going, or want more details. > > http://defcon.org/ > > Shawn > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> My van would probably be decent in terms of comfort for driving 4 to 8 > >> people down, but I don't know if it would make it to Lethbridge, never > >> mind Vegas... :) > >> > > > > My car would probably make it, but you have to stop every 200km to top the > > coolant up. Depending on how many want to go, it might be worth hiring a > > decent car/van to make the trip. > > > > If 'we' are splitting gas/hotel room, we should ensure we actually get > > there..... although that could make a good 'how I broke down on the way to > > defcon' story for future generations. > > > > Simon. > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > clug-talk mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > > **Please remove these lines when replying > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
