Just a few thoughts on not budgeting for steemfest in response to 
My expenditure so far is as follows:
That's a total of £1640 spent up front in advance - which I guess for a 5 week holiday including flights, 3/5ths of the accommodation, some food, and SF4 isn't actually too bad.
I'm using SF4 as an excuse to kick start a five week holiday in Thailand, as November - early December is just the perfect time to be away from the UK - it's dark and pretty miserable, so I say fair enough.
At a total cost of 9000 Steem at current prices, or more than half my current total Steem Power, that kind of expenditure would just be totally irrational if this was just about Steem, so I'm not expecting too many people with <20K SP to turn up to SF4, it'd make more sense to just stay at home and power up!
As to how I budgeted for SF4, I had it on my radar since the last one and kind of guessed this one would be in Asia, so I factored in about a grand when I sold my last house, and have had that sitting by. That and a bit of financial good fortune this year means I've had no problem at all funding the venture, so no need to budget.
I will just mention that those prices I got are pretty good prices because I got in early! They're just going up from here, because November is peak tourist season in Thailand.
I've a got a few expenses yet to cover - namely that middle fortnight, and I'm also going to trial a co-working space in Ko-Lanta, my beach hut is right near a nice looking one, see if I like the digital nomad lifestyle or not - so I'll have to pay for that too, but I can't imagine that all costing me more than a few hundred quid all in, no more than I'd be spending if I just stayed in the UK.
Here's my ticket btw... paid for in Steem!
