WYSTC Manchester, September 2009

[Hostels]

Anyone going to the WYSTC Conference in Manchester in September, 2009?

(Votes in this poll are public.)

3.5 days for 1,445 euros:
http://www.wystc.org/Docs/2009/01_At...fo/Prices.php4

Dates: September 22-25, 2009
Schedule: http://www.wystc.org/Docs/2009/03_Pr...amme_Stat.php4

[santa klaus]

I´ll go to the Oktoberfest. Much cheaper.

[gordo]

I´ll go to the Oktoberfest. Much cheaper.

i dunno man... i spent a LOT at oktoberfest last time...
but 1500 euros? it is a conference with a "happy ending" or what?

[aboriginalhostel]

it is a conference with a "happy ending" or what?

"Happy ending" in Manchester? For such money it should be for hours instead of just the ending...

Meanwhile if the pricing allows only hoteliers to attend... I think we should arrange a demonstration with transparents like: "THE YOUTH MARKET IS FOR HOSTELS!" and "HOSTELLING IS A LIFESTYLE!!!" or "STAY AWAY FROM THE YOUTH!" once a while we can take a 15 minute break in a nearby pub and enjoy the REAL HAPPY HOURS... two pints for a price of one, anyone?

[Hostels]

I wonder how many hostels go. (Not just booking engines.) $2400 is lot of money for 3.5 days.

Who attends:

83% of WYSTC attendees hold top-level positions. Decision-makers from the world's leading and most respected organisations in youth, student and educational travel and the industries that support them, in addition to state, national, regional and non-governmental tourism organisations.

[Irishdon]

Those prices are aimed more at hostel chains than individual hostels.

[santa klaus]

Those prices are aimed more at hostel chains than individual hostels.

Here´s a hostel chain thinking this is an outrageous price. We certainly won´t pay this.

[Irishdon]

Here´s a hostel chain thinking this is an outrageous price. We certainly won´t pay this.

Ok, maybe I should have written "a VERY RICH hostel chain"

[Hostels]

Is it a nonprofit organization?
http://www.wysetc.org/

[Dorstener]

to end the conference they are thinking about something like this...

www.littlesins.nl/generic_content/index.php?siteid=en

(have u guys heard about this organizatio renting a castle for 350 people and doing aparty there )