On Tue, 7 Aug 2012, Dave Crocker wrote: > > Most require transiting some kind of major hub (London, Paris, > > Frankfurt, Amsterdam to name a few). > > So, those hubs are reachable directly from the US and Asia, aren't they? Yes, they are, and we have met in Paris twice and London once, will meet there again in 2014. Amsterdam, well, we've met there once too, but that was a long time ago and the group was MUCH smaller. London and Paris also happen to be among the most expensive places in the world, and also very "popular" in terms of locating a suitable and available venue. > > I do understand that the extra hop does add some cost, > > Something like an extra US$200 or so, if I remember my research of a couple of > years ago. And a round-trip extra cost in time of 1/2-1 day... See my previous message. Short answer: it depends. Frankfurt to Prague is a really short flight. Tradeoffs include significantly lower venue and hotel costs, more availability of said venue etc. I think you'd generally get your $200 back, but this is certainly not something one can ever be particularly scientific about given all the variables. And with specific reference to Prague, well, it certainly fits the "we know this venue, we like this venue" mantra, hence it gets the "should repeat" checkmark. > > > d/ > -- > Dave Crocker > Brandenburg InternetWorking > bbiw.net > > Ole Ole J. Jacobsen Editor and Publisher, The Internet Protocol Journal Cisco Systems Tel: +1 408-527-8972 Mobile: +1 415-370-4628 E-mail: ole@xxxxxxxxx URL: http://www.cisco.com/ipj Skype: organdemo