Spoiled by our own success

[abendgules]

Have you booked for Coronet tourney yet?

The crown principality of Insulae Draconis is (finally) moving to full principality status next month - first coronet tourney is being hosted by Thamesreach, and we're really looking forward to it.

The event reservations are going gangbusters, with over 120 booked so far, which is some kind of record, I think!

But Now the event staff are at a crossroads: do they book another whole hall, with 50 beds, or start turning people away? Because the two halls they'd thought would be ample space for a coronet event. are now completely filled 

Unfortunately, there's nothing smaller available on site, in between nothing and 50 beds, and it's an all-or-nothing booking - we can't book just the rooms we use.

If we get say another 10 bookings and have to reserve the 50-bed hall, we lose money, which would really bite. But we don't want to turn anyone away from this historic event.

The really tricky part is the fact that, despite pleadings, threats and dire words, people are usually crap at booking in advance.

Having so many book up front leaves us wondering: will there stll be the rush of bookings in the last week before the event? or have all those usual late-minute Charlies actually made an effort, and we'll get only a trickle towards the end?

In the grand scheme, if the worst outcome is an event that doesn't make money, it's embarrassing, but it's not fatal. Our shire will bounce, and losing money at the gate does not equal a bad event experience for our guests - I think the event will be splendid, regardless of how many show up.

SO: go book, already! Let the shire know you're attending!

Comments

[ormsweird.livejournal.com]

We always book in advance, which means we won't be coming. But then with things the way they are this is a good thing. Even if Richard has threatened to make me retinue if he wins!

[sharikkamur.livejournal.com]

Is that a plan not to attend or merely an observation on recent realities?

[ormsweird.livejournal.com]

We never did plan on attending to be honest.

[pepperbeast.livejournal.com]

Geez, we usually just say that if you want a bunk or to eat, you *must* book ahead. No begging, pleading or cajoling-- just brute force.

[bend-gules.livejournal.com]

For any event other than the Very First Coronet Tourney Evah, we'd go the brute force route, absolutely - even for Crown tournament.

But this could be our biggest ID event in many years, we don't know how many folks from the Continent can be persuaded to attend, so we're gambling a bit more than usual. We want this to be a wide-open, happy happy occasion, with no grumbling from even the slack and lazy folks.