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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Bagpuss" data-source="post: 872927" data-attributes="member: 3987">8 hours is a driving radius? 8 hours means an extra day off work just to get there and another to get back.8 hours means about £100 pounds or more in fuel.Say the ticket for the event cost £25, that's very reasonable.Then for someone travelling your 8 hours, its an extra night or two in a hotel at about £45 to £100 a night.So just because of the distance your £200 to £300 pounds out of pocket, not including what you lose for not working 2 days. That's an eight to twelve fold increase in the cost of the event, that why European's have a different culture to travel.Why would I want to spend £200 pounds to sit in a traffic jam on a motorway?</blockquote>