When looking for an event location, it often pays off to consider not only professional conference centers. For instance, many organisations maintain their own educational facilities and also offer their services to outsiders. Also, most modern youth hostels are equipped with conference facilities. So before you book an expensive conference center, check if one of the following has a better offer:

In most countries web sites are available for people searching event locations, too:

When searching for a location, we first of all have to consider the following:

Date

Unless you book the location very far in advance, you will have to see which dates are available. Consider the following:

Rooms

It is a good idea to check how much space was available at previous events and if it was sufficient, too much, or too few. Consider the following:

Conference area facilities

Socializing

Meeting other visitors is one of the key features of Warpstock Europe. Hence, it is most desirable for the event location to support this. This could be done with:

Social program

Warpstock is a community event. As such it is good to emphasize the community aspect with a social program and also, it is desirable to provide something of interest for persons who are accompanying visitors but are not interested in IT.

Be sure to check which facilities and activities are available in the vicinity of your location, e.g.:

Miscellaneous