Sticker shock!
I've been invited to appear at a couple of horror conventions: one in Seattle late this month, and the other in Burbank in late October.
![Smiley :)](http://www.haineshisway.com/smf/Smileys/XarSmilies-1/smiley.gif)
So, yesterday I started checking air fares...and they have virtually doubled from what they were a few months ago. Fuel prices, I assume.
![Shocked :o](http://www.haineshisway.com/smf/Smileys/XarSmilies-1/shocked.gif)
To fly from Austin to Seattle and back, it costs close to $1000...and, there's a plane change.
![Shocked :o](http://www.haineshisway.com/smf/Smileys/XarSmilies-1/shocked.gif)
I told the Seattle people "Maybe next year".
![Cry :'(](http://www.haineshisway.com/smf/Smileys/XarSmilies-1/cry.gif)
Los Angeles and Burbank are around the same price, about $500+.
![Shocked :o](http://www.haineshisway.com/smf/Smileys/XarSmilies-1/shocked.gif)
I'll hold off on my decision on that one for 2-3 months; see what happens.
![Undecided :-\](http://www.haineshisway.com/smf/Smileys/XarSmilies-1/undecided.gif)