ConFuzzled organizers were celebrating last night, as the newly-minted UK convention sold its last ten spaces.^[1] The event is scheduled for June 20-23 at the Manchester International Youth Hostel, which holds 144 attendees, including 16 staff and 47 sponsors.^[2] Most were charged £170 [US$340] (£210 for sponsors),^[3] £135 of which covered YHA costs,^[4] though the price was £10 lower for the first eight weeks.

Demand was even higher for rooms at late August's Eurofurence 14, which opened registration this Sunday.^[5] Badge numbers over 600 were issued in the first 3 hours of registration, and a total of 760 had registered to pay by Wednesday morning.^[6]

Space for those over the Ringberg Hotel's nominal capacity of 580^[7] is not guaranteed, but Eurofurence chairman Cheetah hopes actual attendance to reach 700-750 this year with the aid of overflow hotels and conversion of some double rooms to triples.^[8] All attendees will pay a 60€ [US$90] registration fee; an optional bed in a double room is 100€, while singles cost 220€ to encourage sharing.^[9]

The rush for Eurofurence was foreshadowed by an accidental live opening on New Year's Day which resulted in over a hundred invalid registrations.^[10] The situation mirrors that of Mephit Mini Con 11, which reportedly sold out in 2 hours.^[10]

Sources

1. ↑ Guess what people! - CaliHusky,   confuzzledlj (January 8, 2008)
2. ↑ ConFuzzled 2008 - Attendee List (accessed January 9, 2008)
3. ↑ ConFuzzled 2008 - Convention Pricing (accessed January 9, 2008)
4. ↑ Less than 24 Hours!... -   confuzzledlj (April 20, 2007)
5. ↑ Eurofurence Registration - Loewi,   eurofurence (January 6, 2008)
6. ↑ Registration Stats - Eurofurence forums (January 9, 2007)
7. ↑ Eurofurence 14 - Hotel
8. ↑ What is maximum attendance this year? - Eurofurence forums (January 8, 2008)
9. ↑ Eurofurence 14 - Registration
10. ↑ ^{10.0 10.1} To all those who have registered to Eurofurence 14 today... - BigBlueFox,   eurofurence (January 1, 2008)