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Ok this is our point of view.
Yes, for us this really was the best “show” we ever been to but also the lamest “show” we been to. In reality, AVN got $250 each from a group of people who also had to pay $1000+ to meet at a hotel and be spammed.
The groups that we had to meet with for business could all have met at a cheaper hotel and had better internet connections and still have had the same amount of fun and business done.
Linkster already pointed out the cost of food and drinks, I bought lunch for 5 of us at the pool and it was $100+ for burgers and fries and no booze at all. OUCH!
But personally wise, we met more people, had more doors open, got more opportunities and had the most fun then we ever had in any of the past shows that we have been to but that is all due to whom we are with now and not anything AVN did.
I mean really, what did AVN do with our $500? What did I miss that they spent the $1000’s and $1000’s they made from show passes on? I was on the “floor” a few times and saw nothing to brag about and if anything the companies who had booths should be embarrassed about it since they paid so much $ for the hotel staff to look at their promotional material since the majority of the people we saw each time we was on the floor was hotel staff and the people running the booths.
The argument could be made that the only reason that we all was there was thanks to AVN, but the people we all met with for business already have all met elsewhere without AVN having anything to do with it, so I do not think it was a factor at all.
I know personally wise I highly doubt we will ever go to another AVN show. But business wise if I am being paid to be somewhere I will be there.
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