This is why people pay $200 instead of $75

Before I went to A-kon, I was wonder why people will pay $200 for a night at Sheraton Dallas Hotel (the place where the convention was being held) when they can get a room for $70 at a motel 10 minutes driving distance away.

Well, I found out why in the hard way:

• Morning traffic sucks. 10 minutes driving distance turned into 25 minutes driving.
• Parking sucks. I need to park my car 5 blocks away. That really hurt my high heel boots (more in coming up blog post).
  
• Carry stuffs around sucks. Without a car parked near by as a mobile locker room, I have to carry a lot of stuffs around. That hurts my enjoyment at the conference.
• No costume changing sucks. Without a room in the hotel, I can't change costume at ease. Sure I can walk up to my car, bring the second costume, and then go back to convention, find a restroom, and then change, bring the undressed costume back to my car, and walk back .... See, this is TOTALLY clumsy. Not to mention how filthy restrooms are. I won't allow my costumes touch restrooms floors like that.

So next time when I try to have a full experience of an anime convention, maybe I should also consider living at the hotel.