"Flying to a Con?" Topic

Have you ever taken a flight to attend a wargaming show or convention?

No

No, but I would consider it were I to go to Historicon again. The drive from Indiana is pretty long! I would still drive if it's 6 hours or less. Maybe farther, if I went with others.

Yes. To several UK cons and Crisis in Antwerp from the US.

Yes, Salute 2017. I'll do it again, someday. Good time to visit London.

Yes

Yes to Fall In in 2007 from the UK.

Yes, a number of times.

Yes. Strategicon, Historicon, Guns of August etc…
Expensive and tougher to get gaming stuff through customs.

martin

No

No. Very hard to bring enough stuff for a flea market table, or to put on a game.

No.

Yes. Small group of us flew into BWI from Tampa area and rented a car to head to Historicon at the Host. Been quite a few years.

Yes Historicon, probably do it again in the next few years.

No. But I've attended wargaming conventions in places I was flying to for other reasons.

Yes, back in 1985, I flew to San Francisco to attend Pacifico's. I had a great year there the prior year when I represented Zocchi / Gamescience. So I went this time for myself. I had a great time but I had trouble getting my stock there.

I shipped 11 boxes which at the time cost a little over &120. Only six made it to the show four were returned to my store over a month later and one disappeared never to be seen again.

So my sales were weaker than expected and expenses greater.
Last show that I flew to.

No. I drive from Southwestern Ohio to the three main HMGS cons in the east.

Tom

yes several times

Yes. It was in the mid 80s. It was a challenge bringing some miniatures with me. I now prefer to drive to a convention.

Mike

Yes

No, I don't want to deal with the TSA.

Not to a gaming con.

Historicon a couple times, and to Baton Rouge and Columbus for DBM tournaments. I am looking at flying to one of the Orlando conventions.

From Seattle
Chris

I have flown to all the HMGS East cons and Gen Con. I'll go to more East cons again when they move. Right now, it is: seen it, been there, done that.

Yes. Every time I go to Historicon, roughly every other year, I fly from San Jose across country to attend.

Yes, flown to NashCon and Historicon. Back in the early 90s I flew into Lancaster. Plane was basically a bus with wings.

No

Never, nor would I.

Yes, several times to Gen Con.

Every year from California to Historicon!

Yes.

No. I drove from LA to San Diego once but that's it.

Yes. Historicon and Colonial Barracks. Going way back, Origins when it was on the West Coast.

No – I often don't even drive to a con that is within a couple hours either.

Yes, GenCon.

Yes,
To Origins and The GAMA Trade Shows years ago.

Yes, a couple times I've flown into BWI and rented a car to go to Cold Wars or Historicon.

Usually drive 8 hours, but not those times.

Flew to Chicago once to go to Gencon.

Yes, to Cons in Germany and England (as Guest of Honor, so the cons paid), and every year for the last 15 to Gen Con (again, Con pays).

I have before and will again ,mainly for Historicon ! Even though I don't mind the drive with a couple friend as we like stoping at historic sites along the way from Florida .

I've been flying to far away conventions since the turn of the century, though I try to combine the visit with another trip to save money and maximize vacation time.

I went to Historicon in 2000, 2001 and 2002 while my father in law lived in the DC area. I went to Cold Wars in 2009 at the end of a business trip to MD. I attended the last two Navcons in Milwaukee, then switched to the SYW con in 2017, and I visit my mother and some of the extended family clan in WI for most of a week before/after that.

I also stopped at Historicon in 2006 while I was riding a motorcycle around the country, and I drive 1600 miles round trip to Enfilade every year, but there are no flights involved in those. :-)

- Ix

California to Cold Wars, Historicon 18yrs
California to England for Salute and several others
Clif

Yes but I normally schedule business meetings during the week before or after the con.

No.

Yep. Historicon, Nashcon, Huzzah, New Orleans, etc.

That's what frequent flyer points are for.

no
and since i live near Philadelphia, I am not sure what con I would even want to fly to.

In a way -- when I lived in Hawaii (for two decades) I timed trips to visit family in Pennsylvania so as to coincide with Historicon. I then only had to drive a couple hours or less to Camp Hill/Lancaster (and maybe three to New Carollton). My mother would always ask if I won the prize for traveling the farthest .

In 1976 I was going to school in NY. I flew back to Chicago to go to Gencon. I was running a Chainamil game and needed to take my minis. (Minifig's-LOTR) So I put a dab of white glue on the bottom of each 3 figure-metal base and put them into "Antony&Cleopatra" cigar boxes. The airport x ray check took forever because I had to keep explaining to everyone what these were for. Needless to say that was the last time I ever flew.