Are festivals worth attending?
Posted: Sat Nov 11, 2006 10:50 pm
What is the point of spending a lot of money to attend one of the three major
festivals in the British Isles: BIAFF, The Cotswold and The Guernsey Lily?
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Jan and I have just booked for BIAFF in Tunbridge Wells - which with three
night's accomodation, all the meals, banquet etc came to £444 for the two
of us. There will be travel costs on top of that.
The Guernsey Lily tends to be cheaper once you are on the island, but getting
there and back is a major cost.
The Cotswold being limited to two evenings of films and with no extras is
cheap enough - just add in your choice of accomodation, meals and travel.
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You can do them all cheaper:
e.g. after BIAFF 2007 we don't want to race home on Sunday bight so we have
chosen to stay over but many people stay just 1 night, skip the extras, get
day tickets and stay in alternative cheaper accomodation ...
Scouring the net for travel and accomodation bargains can bring costs down
a lot.
Finding a friendly film-making type to put you up near the event makes it
cheaper still!
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festivals in the British Isles: BIAFF, The Cotswold and The Guernsey Lily?
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Jan and I have just booked for BIAFF in Tunbridge Wells - which with three
night's accomodation, all the meals, banquet etc came to £444 for the two
of us. There will be travel costs on top of that.
The Guernsey Lily tends to be cheaper once you are on the island, but getting
there and back is a major cost.
The Cotswold being limited to two evenings of films and with no extras is
cheap enough - just add in your choice of accomodation, meals and travel.
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You can do them all cheaper:
e.g. after BIAFF 2007 we don't want to race home on Sunday bight so we have
chosen to stay over but many people stay just 1 night, skip the extras, get
day tickets and stay in alternative cheaper accomodation ...
Scouring the net for travel and accomodation bargains can bring costs down
a lot.
Finding a friendly film-making type to put you up near the event makes it
cheaper still!
-----
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- Dave Watterson