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Originally Posted by TMIIWonkoNemises
Depends on the Guest,honestly.Some may even go up to more or less than that.Booking a guest depends on their schedules and how much the con will pay for them.
Major Cons happen throughout the summer starting in April-August.After that,you got the smaller,local cons that appear throughout until January (Toronto and other major cities are examples of this).It is true that it is convenient for US Guests to be in US cons,but also consider the distance from California to Illinois,how long they can stay under such conditions,and how much it will cost.There is more to expense of bringing guests than "Just because they live in the US."
Whatever makes the autograph line shorter for me :P
Like some members said previously,there may be more Guests in store for us.Stay tuned.
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Con season really doesn't count the smaller localized cons that happen thoughout the year. It starts in April and ends in September. There is some smaller cons that operate over the year, but those are off season events.
And again, I know about the guest availabilty and cost. As I've explained before, I've been in the position of running a convention and dealing with the guest gathering issue. It isn't cheap, regardless if it is US-US or CND-US or US-CND. But it is more able to get through the amount of cons that run which I am sure is pushing past 150 events by now throughout the year to get state by state then state into Canada and deal with customs, taxes and the like.
The cost of running a CND con is very expensive, even more so when guests are involved, even more so if they are out of the country guests. It'll be even more money if your guests come from outside the US/CND, now with the government imposing more fees on visitors.
