Our leadership conference was held in our home town. I spent $75 for the conference which included free full size products from the company. It was a Friday evening and 1/2 day on Sat. I split a hotel room with a friend which cost me about $50. TTL $125.00
I think you are talking about Career Conference. Much cheaper than anything else!
I went to 2 Leadership Conferences. 2004 in Nashville and 2005 in New Orleans. Thankfully, Nashville was close enough to drive, so that wasn't a cost. I spent 3 nights and shared a room with 3 other women. So, I spent $250 on hotel. I spent $8 a day to park. For New Orleans, I spent about $200 airfare, and probably $20 in cabs. I shared a room with 2 other women and probably apent $300 on hotel. The rest of the costs were nearly the same on both trips. About $100 on fast food and chain restaurant food (like Olive Garden). Probably $50 in gas. I spent $30 on the Area Dinner. If you get to go to the parties, you have to pay for them. (Isn't that ridiculous!?) You might also need clothes, depending on the theme. I spent about $200 in party fees and clothes. Plus, I think registration is $175
Get out a calculator and you'll get about $850 for one conference and $1000 for the other.
What did I get out of it? Lots of advice about putting my daughter in full time day care so I could live the dream. Shock and awe at the amount of makeup and false hair pieces those NSDS (especially Pam Shaw) can wear. Hardly worth the $. Even in my mind then, while still in that pink dream, I said I wasn't getting my money's worth. At which, my senior told me to stop being so negative.
