ApacheCon On The Cheap?

pixel_bc asks: "I got a bit of a kick out of the registry page for ApacheCon - where it says Open Source developers should attend, and then goes on to list a $1200 dollar price tag. Most of us aren't funded, thanks. Are there any Apache conferences that are more financially accessable? Should there be?" And for those of you who are actually forking out the $moolah$, where might one find affordable accomodations to make that cost-of-admission a little less painful?

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Re:Plenty of hostels in SF

[Cato]

SF also has decent public transport, and is mostly walkable - if you stay in Silicon Valley (not in a hotel next to the conference) you pretty much have to have a car.

Become a Presenter

[winterstorm]

If your doing Apache-related work and feel you must attend, perhaps the best way to get the costs down is to apply as a presenter. Presenters don't pay admission do they?

Look at YAPC for inspiration

[modred2]

Yet Another Society(YAS) has put together the Yet Another Perl Conference for a couple of years now, which is low cost perl conference. It might be worth looking at what they have done with Perl and see if it could be applied to Apache.

Plenty of hostels in SF

[raju1kabir]

San Francisco has plenty of hostels where you can stay for $20 or less per night. Caltrain costs a few bucks to get you to Santa Clara.

I'm sure you could stay somewhere on the peninsula for cheap as well, but let's face it, everything south of Daly City is a suburban hellhole with jack to do at night - or in the daytime for that matter. SF's not that much better for nightlife, but at least it's civilized.

It shouldn't cost you more than $250 for a flight from anywhere in the continental US if you can book a couple weeks in advance. Look at Southwest, Priceline, and the various travel specials out there.