Ok, so I'm down to the wire here. I live in the Chicago suburb area, but don't know if it'll be worth it for a small-hosting business like myself to shell out the $150 for the whole thing or if I should just do the $25 exhibit floor thing.

Whatchy'all think?

Jeff,

It depends on what your goal in attending the conference is. If you're interested in learning from others in the industry, the I would say that $150 is pretty inexpensive for all the content you're going to get.

If your goal is to network and talk with vendors and catch the keynotes, then you'd probably be good with the exhibit hall only.

I think each option has its place. Personally, I think that for the extra $125, you're getting an awful lot (considering that you get breakfast and lunch both days too), but it's your call. :)

True true... I do like to eat so free food is good. Although if you looked at me you probably wouldn't guess it, ha!

I say go for the entire conference since you have no hotel, car or airfare expense. And the FREE food !

Let us not forget about the $2+ per gallon of gas. :)

But yea yea... I registered yesterday evening for the whole shibang. I better get some cool goodies I can sell on ebay to pay for my server expenses this month. ;-) Haha, just kidding.