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I swear, trying to consider doing Comic-Con this year is making me put my head in my hands so my brains don't dribble out my ears.

Seriously.

Hotel rates for San Diego, year-round, are STOOPID. Okay. That's a known given at this point.

So I tried for the timeshare exchange. No spendable points until October. Okay. I did two trips on exchanges last year, this is fair. So, I go for the "getaway" option - where you pay a bit more, but you can actually buy the points you need.

Getaways can cost anywhere between $250 a week and $1,500 for the same week.

And no, there are no properties selling getaways of any kind in all of San Diego's district, which includes everything up to San Juan Capistrano.

I've already encountered mrotakki's experience with the housing office myself. Don't need to go into it. Wouldn't be pretty.

It's freaking not even March yet - and this convention is already looking hosed. I'm considering KOA or renting a RV at this rate. Or finding a month-to-month furnished apartment rental for July. That's how expensive this is looking.

*sighs*

All I want to do is go look for some independent comics I can stand - and have the same chance to meet some the artists I saw last year. And do a better job of it.

Step up and pay a lot for it, or forget it - gee, what a choice. This year, of all of them.

I swear, trying to consider doing Comic-Con this year is making me put my head in my hands so my brains don't dribble out my ears.

Seriously.

Hotel rates for San Diego, year-round, are STOOPID. Okay. That's a known given at this point.

So I tried for the timeshare exchange. No spendable points until October. Okay. I did two trips on exchanges last year, this is fair. So, I go for the "getaway" option - where you pay a bit more, but you can actually buy the points you need.

Getaways can cost anywhere between $250 a week and $1,500 for the same week.

And no, there are no properties selling getaways of any kind in all of San Diego's district, which includes everything up to San Juan Capistrano.

I've already encountered mrotakki's experience with the housing office myself. Don't need to go into it. Wouldn't be pretty.

It's freaking not even March yet - and this convention is already looking hosed. I'm considering KOA or renting a RV at this rate. Or finding a month-to-month furnished apartment rental for July. That's how expensive this is looking.

*sighs*

All I want to do is go look for some independent comics I can stand - and have the same chance to meet some the artists I saw last year. And do a better job of it.

Step up and pay a lot for it, or forget it - gee, what a choice. This year, of all of them.