Archive for September, 2008

Macworld Flights are Expensive

Macworld expo is always held in the second or third week of January in San Francisco. This year, it’s being held on the 5th-9th. What really bites is that you will be paying more for airline travel this go around. A quick check of Kayak.com shows that plane tickets will cost a lot more than [...]

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Hotels in San Francisco are pricey. Since every Macworld attendee should be booking their travel in the month of September, I think it’s only fair to close out the month with details on booking your hotel at a discount. IDG works hard to secure some good hotel rates all over San Francisco. The Marriot, Hilton [...]

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Cabs in San Francisco

Liana wrote a post last year called, , but wanted to bring up another point to that post. Cabs in San Francisco are ridiculously expensive. They cost too much and avoid them at all costs. This past week, Oracle Open World was in town and they rented charter buses to take attendees all around and [...]

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Sponsors!

We have some new sponsors here at MacworldBound and over at DailyTechTalk. Our friend Dizzle over at http://www.idrankthekoolaid.com/ has purchased a spot on MacworldBound through Macworld Expo. We also have a first time advertiser http://www.checkcost.co.uk/ which is a price comparison website for our friends over in the UK. It can be used for US buyers [...]

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15% OFF Any Conference Track [UPDATED]

[UPDATE] I received a letter from IDG this morning confirming the status of this code. It is a priority code intended for Macworld Alumni. Alumni had to have attended a previous Macworld expo in order to qualify for this discount. IDG will be checking the registrants that used this code to ensure that they were [...]

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Macworld 2009 Parties & Meetups

I love Macworld because it gives me a chance to meet a ton of really cool and talented Mac users from all over the world. The best way to do that is to host a lot of events. Below is a list of the events I’ve already added to Upcoming.org that you can RSVP to [...]

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Advertise on MacworldBound! (FOR FREE)

Two spots are already taken. Only a few remain. Here’s the deal. See those advertising spaces on the right hand side? Well, those spaces need to be filled. they are small but serve a great purpose. MacworldBound has about 100 visitors a day between May and August but starting September 1st through February, MacworldBound turns [...]

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Success! Steve Jobs Keynote Available to All!

I posted here yesterday that IDG was going to only give keynote access to Platinum Pass Macworld Attendees. 24 hours after registration opened and IDG has now gone back on that statement saying that it was a simple typo and keynote attendance will be exactly the same as they were in previous years. How were [...]

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Qualifying as Media for Macworld Expo [UPDATED]

I received this question from a reader: I’m trying to find a loophole to get in. Do you happen to know anything about the media passes? A friend of mine is the editor at the local newspaper, and I’d like to see if I could go under the guise of working for the paper. How [...]

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Macworld 2009 Exhibitor Floor Plan is Online

Looking to get a head start on what companies are exhibiting at Macworld and where they are exhibiting? Look no further. Below are the PDFs for North and South hall of Moscone. Last year during Macworld 2008, Moscone South and West were home to exhibitors. It caused a strain because the big companies were in [...]

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