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We wrote last week that there will again be two separate events billing themselves as the “Chicago Seminars.”
One event takes place September 20-22 at the Hyatt Regency O’Hare Chicago. That went on sale last week.
The other — the Chicago Seminars Heritage Edition — takes place October 25-27 at the Holiday Inn Chicago-Elk Grove, the Chicago Seminars’ longtime home. It also includes an online component.
Tickets for the three-day in-person event are $165. Per the Eventbrite page, That includes:
- Admittance to all events, which begin Friday evening and run most of the day Saturday and Sunday.
- Lunch on Saturday and Sunday.
- Coffee/snack breaks.
- A complimentary drink at Happy Hour on Saturday night
- Replay access to the 2024 Variety Show.
- Help offset travel costs for our presenters, whose airfare, hotel, registration, and incidental expenses will be covered. Speakers, Presenters, and Event Staff are all volunteers.
- Fees for online registration.
- Other costs, such as name badges, supplies, etc.
The online-only “Variety Show” on Friday morning and afternoon, October 25, is $14. (Last year, I did an online session called “Credit Card Commissions, Clickbait, and Other Burning Topics: a Mean Tweets and Vile Comments Special!” I make no promises, but I may do something similar again and update it with more interesting information I learned this year and another collection of delicious personal attacks!)
Who’s Speaking?
Thus far, the in-person speakers announced are:
- Andrew D’Amours of Flytrippers
- Andy Hicks, everycountryby50
- Anshul Singh of Points Miles and Bling
- Brian Cohen of The Gate with Brian Cohen
- Chris Carley of Eye of the Flyer (That’s me!)
- Greg Davis-Kean of Frequent Miler
- Justin Vacula of Hurdy Gurdy Travel Podcast and Stoic Solutions Podcast
- Lela Shifton
- Mindy Bumgarner, MS FIRE
- Moli of Maple Miles
- Michael Cao
- Sarah Ramkissoon
- Stefan Krasowski of Rapid Travel Chai
- Tonei Glavinic of Taxes from Abroad
Friday Variety Show Bonus Speakers (online only):
- (Many) of the above in-person speakers, plus:
- Tommy Danielsen of Loyalty Summit and MegaDo
- Tiffany Funk of One Mile at a Time
- Ric Gazarian of Extraordinary Travel Festival
- Lisa Kulpa and Dave Muz of Basic Travel Couple
- Stephen Pepper of Frequent Miler, GC Galore, and No Home Just Roam
- Nick Reyes of Frequent Miler
- Tim Steinke of Frequent Miler
- Grant Thomas of Travel With Grant
- Michael Trager of TravelZork and ZorkFest
- Robert ‘Tprophet’ Walker of Seat 31B and AwardCat
- Carrie Yoder of Frequent Miler
- Orest Zub of NomadMania, calling in from Ukraine
- …plus some extra pop-ins as they arrive for the weekend
Hotel Rooms
Event organizer Stefan Krasowski told us rooms at the Holiday Inn are $129 (plus taxes, etc). Booking links are provided in ticket purchase confirmation emails.
Final Approach
The Chicago Seminars event on October 25-27 at the Holiday Inn Chicago-Elk Grove is now on sale, as is the other Chicago Seminars taking place September 20-22 at the Hyatt Regency O’Hare Chicago.
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