Hi All
Someone wrote : "The last (London Convention) was 81 ,
but that is because London is expensive, and the dollar and Euro are weak"
It's true that London is relatively expensive but it's absolutely untrue to say that "the dollar and Euro are weak."
In fact, what has happened since Brexit is that the UK pound has
dropped in value by almost 20% vs both the Euro
and the US$ ! (Check it if you don't believe me)
I and my wife happened to stay in London at exactly the same time as the recent London ICSBS convention together with another couple who attended the convention. We booked an airbnb apartment at Charing Cross - right in the very heart of London (and just a stone's throw away from the London hotel where the convention was held)
We we paid only GBP310 per night total for a HUGE luxurious 2 x bedroom/ 2 x bathroom newly decorated apartment complete with HUGE 500 sq ft lounge and fully fitted kitchen + washing machine and dishwasher.
It was the equivalent of a 2 x bedroom "president's suite" in a 5- star hotel - pristine condition and we could even cook for ourselves (in fact we often did)
That worked out at GBP155 (= US$200) per night per couple = US$ 100 per person per head
I also heard on the grapevine that several other convention participants found their own accommodation privately
Cheers
Peter
PS: I think the real reason that membership is dropping fast is the same reason why no-one from the ICSBS ever wrote to me to ask why I quietly left the society (by virtue of simply not renewing my subscription)
My case rests m'lud.
