Thread: Anyone planning to attend Eastern Haunters Convention?

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Bring a rolling bag, for catalogs, samples and items bought that will fit.
Bring a spare carry bag for overflow.
Cooler, full of cold ones, munchies too.

Bring a sheet of address labels (peel n stick) pre-printed with your name address, phone/fax email and URL, vendors will appreciate that!

Comfortable walking shoes! and weather appropriate clothing, it wil likely be warm on the showroom floor.

Originally Posted by Gorey

Bring a rolling bag, for catalogs, samples and items bought that will fit.
Bring a spare carry bag for overflow.
Cooler, full of cold ones, munchies too.

Bring a sheet of address labels (peel n stick) pre-printed with your name address, phone/fax email and URL, vendors will appreciate that!

Comfortable walking shoes! and weather appropriate clothing, it wil likely be warm on the showroom floor.

sounds pretty standard. thanks Gorey!

OH YEAH, bring cash (easier to haggle) and a CC of course.
Also be prepared with your email login info and paypal login info.

Smaller vendors may only use paypal, and you will be much happier completing a transaction if you remember your urls for email and login/pw info ahead of time.

Also doesn't hurt to where a name tag that identifies you to others from lists, forums, & groups you normally associate with only in writing.

I'll be there with my son! Looking forward to it!

My wife and I will be there on Saturday.

As far as any conventions go I found these items to be especially helpful:

* daypack, bookbag or something you can sling over your shoulder to carry literature, small goodies and the rest of the list

* Notebook and 2-3 pens to take notes at seminars

* Camera and extra set of batteries ( the batteries in your camera will of course be fully charged but murphys law says you will leave it on and drain them four minutes after using it for your first shot

* Bottle of water or something to put water in

* The all important absolutely essential can't leave home without it thermos of coffee and travel mug

* At the conventions of my hobby I have business cards made on computer of the club I am with and my contact information. Think I'll make some up with my name and contact info to hand out if anyone asks

* Roll of Tums, some advil. It really sucks to try and muddle through the day with a headache that inveriably will come if you don't bring anything.

* More Cash

* Dress comfortably. Especially shoes. Realizing about an hour after opening at the NMRA show that my cowboy boots had a nail from the heel working it's way through into my heel was not fun.

* If you remotely think you might be buying a lot or anything large, bring a hand truck or folding cart. I have one of those large luggage carts that's saved a lot of hassle at different shows from time to time for me.

* Make sure your cell phone is charged

I'm sure there's something I missed

I may attend - I live very close and work about 5 minutes from there.

and the count so far is-

3 considering

6 attending

Does anyone know if anything will be happening on friday other than the haunt tour? will the venders even be set up? I see that there are no panels scheduled before saturday i guess what confuses me is it says "Saturday 10:00 AM 1st Day of Convention" "Sunday 10:00 AM 2nd Day of Convention" but on the tickets descriptions it always says "This ticket gets you into the convention for all three days." wheres the third day? or maybe they are counting the meet and greet? but that is "FREE to anyone and everyone interested in finding out more about the convention". I assume the three is just a typo but if anyone knows what the basic ticket gets you on the first day let me know.

So, who else went? My wife and I went Saturday. This was our first haunt convention - how did it compare to others you've been to?