*shakes* Advice I won't be taking onboard tyvm...Renko wrote:If you are too scared to visit any hotel for a night, you can probably forget any con to be honest
MCM Comic Con London, October 2018
I really really really can't press enough that this is a really bad idea.BritKig wrote:Also, forget about hotels: I only have enough psychological capacity of doing the one day and plan to leave and return home on the same day.
Cause you will not handle going at the convention and back and go again and go back home the entire week end, and it also means you are limiting your time at the convention greatly, cause you need the time to get the the station ect ect.
An hotel is the best thing to have cause you can leave your stuff there safe from any problems, cause i as a handler before i NEVER want to carry around someone's luggage cause they don't want to leave it at the con or don't want to leave it at the luggage storage of the convention.
So get an hotel cause you'll really not support doing this physically, end up cancelling a day, canceling trains and you'll loose more money than anything.
The zone around Excell is full of hotels and even inside london, you take the tube and go up to it.
Another thing about the hotel is that, if there is any problems, from the train company, Network Rail or anything and you can't go home, you'll be happy to sleep in a comfy bed away from home at night.
I know it's not conventional, even by my own standards; I am serious though that it is not the first time I've done it.TenshiMio wrote:I really really really can't press enough that this is a really bad idea.
This may come as a surprise but the nearest train station to my home is only a 10-minute walk away (even I feel that was a mere stroke of luck at the time of moving in). The estimated travel time, including foot journeys is approximately 1h50m, with just one train change-over; so if I were to depart for a ~7:39am* boarding for the first train, I should arrive at the venue at around 9:30*, leaving a good margin of error for any occuring minor delays for standard-level ticket-holders.
It's not so much the same issue on the return; hell, I could make a eat-in stop at my local fish bar after the last train if my stomach felt up for it after a long physical day.
* Based on National Rail Enquiries estimates