This week I have been hunting for venue options and accommodation for the Feast 2008. I have a wish-list of locations but currently I'm struggling to make any of them work perfectly. Being a British resident and getting paid in Sterling is pretty sweet when you're heading abroad. It makes you realise how wealthy we are. Trying to make things affordable the other way round with people entering our nation and gulping at our prices is proving rather tricky...
I'm determined there must be a way welcome people to our green and lovely land, so I am persevering looking in many weird and wonderful directions. The main challenge is affordable accommodation. The average price of a bed in Chichester is £50. I balk at paying that! Think about a poor American! That's like $100 or €75 or 2500 Russian Rubles!
Fear not 24-7ers I will not be suggesting you pay that kind of money. I'm working on a three pronged approach: nice but reasonable rooms for those who can afford it, cheaper more basic University accommodation for those of us who feel the pinch and a mixture of Church Hall floors and host families for those who exhaust funds just getting there. I will prevail!
Feel free to pray, some Devine direction would be much appreciated and if any of you UKers have any affordable suggestions for a meeting venue with a 500 person capacity with SUPER cheap accommodation near by, drop me a line :)