BlogHer - Where in the world is BlogHer '09? - Comments

Can help with Portland!

Activistas — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 09:19:57 -0500

I live in Portland - if you need any venue visiting help or that kind of thing, I'd be happy to help. Perfect weather (yeah, no humifiy, and no rain then, either). Easy to get around w/o a car. Best rated airport in the country for 2 years running. And the people are notably nice. Plus, an hour-ish from the coast for those who want to combine it with a vacation. Loads of kid-friendly activities. Ok, I know the voting is over. Anyway, let me know if help is needed. Thanks for all you do! Lisa

Minneapolis

lisaschaos — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 12:06:06 -0500

Well, the Twin Cities weren't on the list (although they should be) but of the three finalists I love St Louis. :)

Lisa http://lisaschaos.com/

Portland doesn't have it

heidis — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:58:04 -0500

High humidity, that is. Can you claim the same thing, St. Louis? How 'bout you, Philly? We're talking July here!

Didn't think so.

Philly!

Fausta — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:18:12 -0500

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I hope it's in Philly. It's a beautiful city, convenient to many BlogHer members who live in the East Coast, and much less expensive than New York or Washington.

I Vote for Austin, TX

rafarris — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 00:33:39 -0500

Hey, it's cheaper than most. Halfway between west coast and east coast, and it has all the amenities of a major metropolitian city.

I'm so there!

East Coast Teacher — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 20:20:45 -0500

Oh, I would LOVE for it to be in Portland. But Philly? That would be way cheaper for this Boston girl.

Either way, it'll be a wonderful 30th birthday bash for me :)

Yes, Tour '09 will be scheduled based on where annual '09 is

Elisa Camahort — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 09:54:45 -0500

We'll of course try to hit a different area from where the annual event is and to hit cities that were popular. That's why Boston, NOLA, ATL are on this year's tour.

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Just a question...re: outreach conferences 09

GeekMommy — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 04:12:46 -0500

I'm excited about BlogHer 09 - and know that any one of the host cities in the finals will do us proud!

But any possibility about trying to get one of the Outreach conferences to Denver next year? I mean, we made the list of contenders - hopefully that means there's a chance for one of the 2009 outreach conferences to be here!

Meanwhile - see ya in Portland, St. Louis, or Philly! :)

Lucretia (aka GeekMommy)

Raising a child in a digital world, still a digital girl

PORTLAND!!

AmandaA — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 16:50:20 -0500

I say PORTLAND!!! It would be awesome.

I could finally meet Christine from Dates to Diapers. YAY!!

All the same to me!

MiscMum — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 16:03:42 -0500

I'll be flying 20+ hours (pretty much!) wherever it is. Must say, though, closer to NY the better, so I can do some siteseeing!

Philly will work

Amy In Ohio — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 11:31:20 -0500

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Okay, I can handle Philadelphia - just figured out Sesame Place is only 30 minutes from there so we'll make a family vacation out of it if need be.

Still like St. Louis the best - shorter drive, much more affordable, but way better than Portland - won't make Blogher 09 in Portland.

Great St Louis Location

MP — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 11:31:12 -0500

http://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/stldt-renaissance-st-louis-grand-and-suites-hotel/

Please feel free to email me, after planning my wedding and other events I'd be happy to do leg work, let me know.

I don't care where it is,

MamacitaG — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 11:25:02 -0500

I don't care where it is, because I'll get a third mortgage if I have to, but please let's have the conference and the beds all in the same building again. That made such a wonderful difference this year! One all-purpose venue: that's my biggest hope! The Westin in SF was perfection on a stick.

"Don't be content with being average. Average is as close to the bottom as it is to the top."

I would soooo love to go to

lolagoetz — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 09:48:27 -0500

I would soooo love to go to Voodoo doughnut.

Becky
misspriss.org
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re: st louis

lolagoetz — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 09:43:16 -0500

Elisa,

I used to go to a con every year in St Louis. We had it at the Marriott right next to Busch stadium. There were thousands of attendees, and all of the meetings were held inside the hotel. Looks like it's now a Hilton: hiltonstlouis.com.

I'm sure our St. Louis bloggers could tell you which hotels are worth it. It's been almost 20 years since I was there.

Becky
misspriss.org
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Where in the world is BlogHer '09?

Elisa Camahort — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 18:37:00 -0500

==UPDATE: OK, the poll has been closed. With thousands of votes between the post-conference survey and this poll, I think we're all set. Thanks you so much everyone, not only for your votes, but also for the awesome civic pride on display in these comments :)

The leading contenders are:
Philadelphia
Portland
St. Louis

This is what happens next: We try to find a venue. Our needs are pretty specific...large enough to hold the conference and the sleeping rooms under one roof (we've heard you that you much prefer that), affordable room rates, calendar availability of course, Wifi capabilities, capacity for exhibitors and sponsors...the basics any conference of our size needs.

Stay tuned...as I said, we hope to announce before the end of the month.

Thanks again!
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I've heard a lot of rumbling out there wondering where BlogHer '09 will be. Well, just like last year, we're going to poll the community. We included the below poll in the post-conference survey for attendees, but we want to make sure those of you who didn't attend can also weigh in.

Please do take the poll and let us know which city is your #1 choice for the BlogHer '09 event in July 2009. And feel free to add it to your site, so your readers can vote too.

Some things we bear in mind that you might want to too:
-Smaller cities and towns are often cheaper to be in, but more expensive to get to
-Same goes for how long it takes to get somewhere...is the city a hub, or will most people have to take multiple flights?
-It's July, so weather is definitely a factor
-We discovered last year that Las Vegas is only cheap during the week. On the weekends it's wildly expensive. So a vote for Vegas is a vote for considering changing the conference to be mid-week!

Finally, after you take this poll the poll will collapse and not let you take it again. Sorry, one vote only, please :)

We hope to make a decision before the month is out, so vote away!!