Just a heads up to let you know that early check-in for Escapade will be a little later than it’s been in years past. Due to real-life commitments on the part of Misti, our Con Suite hostess, early reg will open at 9 pm in the Con Suite (room TBD). Reg will open again Friday morning at 8 am.
Late & At-Door Registration + Check your badge name
I just got a request, and I wanted to confirm to everyone that we WILL be offering registration at the door at Escapade. However, if you know you’re planning to come it’s worth it to register at the website (even if you pay at the door) so you’ll have a nice, printed badge (our handwriting is just not that great anymore).
And speaking of badges… Today is the day to log into the Escapade database, and confirm that you like the way your name is going to print on the badge. You can get to the database by clicking the “Sign up/Sign in for Escapade 2009!” link on the right side of the page. Or, if that’s just too much work, you can go here. We’ll print the badges tomorrow mid-morning, so get your corrections in now!
See you real soon!
ETA: There is actually a reset password function now. Select “Guest Account” at the database login screen, and then you should be able to reset your password. If you still run into problems, drop an email to info AT escapadecon.net and we’ll manually reset it.
Registration lower rate held over! (until 1/15/09)
Happy Holiday season, everyone! Darn, it’s great to be past this elongated presidential election season and into something potentially less stressful. It’s especially great for us to be thinking about Escapade with growing excitement: friends, food, men f— okay, alliteration is over-rated. But still, friends and television, slash fic and the library, parties, consuite… but mostly, friends. For us Escapade has become a place where we touch base with people we’ve known for years who are spread far too widely across this planet, so it has become a really special weekend. We hope it’s the same for you.
The presidential election season was long, and it sucked our attention up like a new fandom might. So we figured it might have done the same for others, and that now was a good time to focus on people getting their registrations in. We decided to extend the Registration Fee discount (reg fees were due to go up to the high rate of $125 after October 10, but we are holding them at $110 until January 15.)
Consider the following:
- A good slash con where we see our friends, walk along the beach, enjoy good food, and share good slash, is possibly the best holiday gift you can give to yourself and your friends.
- Now is a good time to schedule your vacation and make your plans for March 2009.
- Airfares are incredibly good right now (I’ll post separately with some sample rates and transportation ideas for in-state attendees).
- If you’re coming in from wintery climes, you have the Southern California sun, ocean, the picturesque city of Ventura within easy walking distance, and views of surfers to look forward to. (If you’re coming in from anything else, well… you have the same stuff to look forward to. *g*
If you have questions, email charlottechill@escapadecon.net, jennifer@escapadecon.net, or if you actually want an answer really quickly (::sigh::), charlottechill@yahoo.com
ETA: We have finally solved the lost password/username issue in the database. It will work if you can remember any two of the following items you gave us when you signed up: username, private email, phone number. Click the Sign Up/Sign in for Escapade 2009 link at the right side of the page, and select the Guest account. If you still can’t get logged in, send an email to jennifer@escapadecon.net, and she’ll help you out.
Last-minute chance for $100 rate
The convention rate goes up to $110 on May 1, so please register now
The good news is that the $110 rate remains in effect until October 1, so there should be no mad rush for a while. However, we’d *really* appreciate it if people would register early, as it helps us plan the event better from the get-go
Tell your friends, and get your registrations in as soon as is convenient. THANK YOU. We’re really looking forward to Escapade 2009
Charlotte
At-convention Prices Extended through 3/31/08
Our Filemaker host is experiencing technical problems that have prevented us from generating the new reg database for Escapade 2009. We hope to have it sorted out this weekend. As a result of this SNAFU, we are extend the at-convention rate (only for people who were members of Escapade 2008) until 3/31/08. We’ll send a message as soon as the new database is working.
At-convention pricing is $85 for membership, $35 for dealers tables. You can always send a check to: Escapade, P.O. Box 1753, Goleta, CA 93116. Or you can paypal the money to info@escapadecon.net.