Con Survival Guide 101: Bare Necessities

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We’ve all been there: limited funds at a convention. Saving up pennies in the weeks before the event just to buy yourself a pack of ramen because of poor planning. After careful initial planning paying for the hotel, badge, and costume but completely forgetting about some smaller necessities.

To help you prevent from being stuck in a rut, here are some tips to keep you alive through the con!

Plan ahead:

It might not sound like much but it’s possibly the most useful thing to do in your preparations. It also helps with organization of what you want to do at a convention; budgeting and preventing the mishap of not having enough money for something.

Some proper steps to planning is making a list of things you want to do when you receive a schedule at the con or even before hand marking up some ideas of what…

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