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There are around 400 tickets remaining for WordCamp Europe 2017 and we are starting our final preparation for the event, which is now less than a month away. Preparing\u00a0for a\u00a0number of attendees that we’ve never seen before, we are announcing that May 31st will be the end date for regular ticket sales.<\/p>\n
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Organising an event for over 3000 people is incredibly rewarding but extremely expensive. As WordCamp Europe is a community event, we have to be extra careful with\u00a0every penny that’s spent<\/strong>. We are invested in things that improve the event’s accessibility and inclusivity, and we’d like to have the precise number of people attending to avoid unnecessary costs (for example, ordering extra lunches \u2013 something that we need to do\u00a0two weeks in advance).<\/p>\n To do that, to focus on a\u00a0conference experience that you will all remember,\u00a0we decided to end ticket sales two weeks before the conference, on May 31st<\/strong>.<\/p>\n This wasn’t an easy decision for us, but it will help us to focus on the things that matter and be careful with the budget, something that is imperative for an event organised by the community<\/strong>.\u00a0As there\u00a0are still around 400 tickets left<\/strong>\u00a0and the tickets were on sale for almost a year, we are confident that everyone who wants to attend WordCamp Europe had (and will have) enough time to buy a regular ticket<\/a>.<\/p>\n