So.... For us here in the South East, that sucks. Esp since I couldn't drive the 9 hours or so the Memphis, or the even further distance to RI. Living here is Florida SUCKS, LOL. Esp since my ranch critters tie me down and most people won't be able to afford air fair, hotel room and definitely couldn't afford what vegas offers.
Looking ahead for kicks to try to beg my hubby with: Prices are still really high be it next week or next year. NON holiday. Roughly $500-700 a person. For our family of 4 (2 adults, 1-13 year old, 1-11 year old) at the CHEAPEST hotel, cheap flight, $1500-2000 on average IF booked a year in advance. Going now, add $100-200 a person depending on how close it is to when you book the flight. BEFORE food, before pony pony, before doing anything in Vegas. Sure makes me wish I had the money to have driven to the 2 in Memphis and RI. Because with my hubby finishing his PhD and my saving for my girls college expenses and trying to find money just to drive our cars and pay for food (with most of the wheat destroyed in the Floods, can you imagine what groceries will jump up too? Almost everything uses wheat, LOL and of course the people who determine each grocery cost WILL raise the price when they think they can. After all, when gas goes up, so does our food bill. When disaster hit a crop, all food goes up it seems, because it can.)
All well! Fun idea!
Looking at the difference of flying out west or to a more appealing vacation spot...... Sure makes the decision harder IF I ever could travel to a fair farther away, as to whether I go to a UK Con or a USA fair. Either way, I have to go into debt and find a TRUSTWORTHY live in ranch hand for a week or so........ Which we would have to afford, LOL. And things are only going to get tighter. On another note, I didn't have a honeymoon 14 years ago thanks to the Navy, all "vacations" have been 1-3 days visits within 2-3 hours of home, LOL. I know I could more easily talk the hubby into going on a REAL vacation in the UK or Germany Pony events than flying out to Vegas. We also do not gamble or heavily spluge and having driven through Vegas and NOT caring much for it when the Navy moved us from Idaho Falls to San Diego CA back 13 years ago, I have no desire to go back. The pony fair would be the only reason and in truth, the UK sounds more interesting.
At least people will be able to plan more in order to attend the fair but I now have to go tell my girls that it will probably NOT come to Florida or back to the East while they live at home. Part of the fun really was, the fact the fair could be anywhere and the MAYBE was always a possibility.
Thanks for letting us know
I can dream but I dunno if I will ever get the chance to go now and that's a bit sad for my girls and I.......
Dana