Yeah. Pretty much every conference-type venue will work on a "Per delegate, per day" basis.
Not taking into account VAT (or whatever local charges you may get in the US), the cost may be something like £50 per delegate, per day. So, say you're running a 3 day conference. That equates to £150 per delegate. Say you're after 400 delegates. That's £60,000. Depending on how far in advance you book the venue, you define how much of a deposit you have to pay. If you're lucky, 10% but that's still £6,000 If you charged £200 per ticket and you get all 400 people showing up that's £80,000, which obviously covers the venue cost (even before sponsorship kicks in) at the most basic level. Of course, I'm really simplifying things here but this is my experience of organising Scotch on the Rocks last year, and again for next year. And just FYI, last year Scotch on the Rocks ran over two days, and cost £25. Conferences don't have to be expensive.... it's all the "fluff" that makes them that way. Andy On 17/11/06, Snake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Not neccisarily, the bigger and better the venue, the more it costs. > I know as I am looking into venues for cfdevcon 2007, I got some pricing on > olympia and it costs a bomb. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Robertson-Ravo, Neil (RX) > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 16 November 2006 21:43 > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: CFUnited 2007 Pricing > > Not sure I get this argument.. Isn't this like saying Coca Cola should be > $100 a can as lots of people drink it...or that ColdFusion should be $50K as > it seems more people are using it..; > > Surely simple economics dictate the price should come down if more people > are likely to come etc.. > > > > > > > > > > "This e-mail is from Reed Exhibitions (Gateway House, 28 The Quadrant, > Richmond, Surrey, TW9 1DN, United Kingdom), a division of Reed Business, > Registered in England, Number 678540. It contains information which is > confidential and may also be privileged. It is for the exclusive use of the > intended recipient(s). If you are not the intended recipient(s) please note > that any form of distribution, copying or use of this communication or the > information in it is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have > received this communication in error please return it to the sender or call > our switchboard on +44 (0) 20 89107910. The opinions expressed within this > communication are not necessarily those expressed by Reed Exhibitions." > Visit our website at http://www.reedexpo.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: Rick Root > To: CF-Talk > Sent: Thu Nov 16 19:54:52 2006 > Subject: Re: CFUnited 2007 Pricing > > I think CFUNITED is a great conference, and if they're raising the price due > to increased popularity.. more power to them. > > however, it annoys me that the early bird deadline is in 2006 for a > conference that isn't until the middle of 2007 and I won't get reimbursed > until late july. > > I don't want to pay for next year's conference during this year's calendar > year. > > rick > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:260828 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
