WYYC 2017 - ICELAND!!

[GoCrazyForYoyo (Amplified)]

Read this thread to the instrumental of Party Up.

Very fun.

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[French]

Thanks to the poster who broke down cost in an amount to save/day. It shows how achievable it is to fund a trip to Iceland if you have the discipline (and means to save $3.25/day).

After my son and I get to meet all of you (who will be in Cleveland) we hope to be excited to see some of you again in Iceland).

Let’s take our traveling freakshow yoyo community on the road and see a beautiful country that has 19 hours of daylight in August!

[GregP]

I just did a quick poke around at fares, and you can get there for as low as $300. That’s less than $0.50 a day.

Just sayin’. That $2000 is really the upper amount it would cost with no advance booking and without any of the economy options. The truth will lie somewhere between $300 and $2000.

Book in advance. Even if it means borrowing (assuming you can borrow from friend or family) $300 and giving interest, vs. just saving up the $1500 or $2000 cash.

[Morgoroth]

@GregP

I just did a quick poke around at fares, and you can get there for as low as $300. That’s less than $0.50 a day.

Just sayin’. That $2000 is really the upper amount it would cost with no advance booking and without any of the economy options. The truth will lie somewhere between $300 and $2000.

Book in advance. Even if it means borrowing (assuming you can borrow from friend or family) $300 and giving interest, vs. just saving up the $1500 or $2000 cash.

Either I’m a little further away, or I didn’t get as good a deal as you did, or both.

Cheapest I could find was 1400 and the farthest out I could book was a year from now.
I was trying to estimate a rough total cost, since I don’t want to pack a tent

[GregP]

@Morgoroth

Either I’m a little further away, or I didn’t get as good a deal as you did, or both.

Cheapest I could find was 1400 and the farthest out I could book was a year from now.
I was trying to estimate a rough total cost, since I don’t want to pack a tent

I can get an even better deal at $99.

But no, I just picked a random major city in the U.S. (Chicago) and made sure to select a date that was well in advance (a year from now, not even the almost-2-years). There were a few fares even cheaper ($159 or something?) but I could tell from the description that those were loss leader bait fares and not as legit as a person would hope (like my $99 one).

A lot of people going online for a quick estimate just pick today’s date, forgetting that airlines almost always have lower costs for booking well in advance.

[Palli]

Also, the ammount of flights to and from Iceland are increasing rapidly icluding more direct flights and our airports are expanding.
Expect lower prices in 2 years :).

[Morgoroth]

@GregP

I can get an even better deal at $99.

But no, I just picked a random major city in the U.S. (Chicago) and made sure to select a date that was well in advance (a year from now, not even the almost-2-years). There were a few fares even cheaper ($159 or something?) but I could tell from the description that those were loss leader bait fares and not as legit as a person would hope (like my $99 one).

A lot of people going online for a quick estimate just pick today’s date, forgetting that airlines almost always have lower costs for booking well in advance.

Then you might have to be my travel agent

Chicago is probably closer than Raleigh NC, but it’s also a major hub so maybe that’s it?
I don’t know. $100 is pretty cheap though so I might could swing that…

[GregP]

@Morgoroth

Then you might have to be my travel agent

Chicago is probably closer than Raleigh NC, but it’s also a major hub so maybe that’s it?
I don’t know. $100 is pretty cheap though so I might could swing that…

Picked another random date and it was $1268 from Charlotte… Not “cheap”, but still not 2K.

[edhaponik]

i’m in charlotte, and the best i’m getting is $892 from atlanta (4 hour drive) with a stop in nyc. as it does every year, my attendance will depend on all the stuff my kids have going on, but that’s definitely manageable, and super stoked on the destination.

[Morgoroth]

@GregP

Picked another random date and it was $1268 from Charlotte… Not “cheap”, but still not 2K.

I rounded up to factor in hotels for an overall rough (very rough) estimate.

[GregP]

@Morgoroth

I rounded up to factor in hotels for an overall rough (very rough) estimate.

Ahhhh, yes. I’m with you now! Ed, not bad… it’s not “pocket change” but it’s a more digestible sum.

[codinghorror]

Great background @unklesteve

@unklesteve

From 1992 - 2013, the entire world got the short end of the deal. The contest stayed in the US and the organizers weren’t going to move it. So the fact that we’ve now had one in Europe, one in Asia, and already have the next European one scheduled is nothing short of a miracle to those of us who have been around for a while.

2000 - 2013 Orlando, FL

2014 - Prague
2015 - Tokyo
2016 - Cleveland
2017 - Iceland
2018 - Shanghai
2019 - back to the US, Cleveland like 2016

I wonder where things will go in 2020?

[TheYoyoer27]

I think Bangkok.

[unklesteve (Steve Brown)]

2020 will be Budapest, Hungary, and 2021 will be Japan. This was announced by the IYYF in August.