Originally Posted by
danielbk
The cost and experience were great this year, and time wise - very good. Just enough to get you that great "dead tired fun" feeling. ^
I'm sorry to hear that it will be in the U.S., as some may know getting a visa to the U.S. these days (for those of us not American) is sometimes impossible without surrendering your passport for long time periods for processing.. simply impossible for me.
But since most members are in the U.S. it makes perfect sense.
danny
Danny, I think most of us Europeans (and there were a fair few of us in % terms at SMD I) would agree with you in preferring to avoid the US. For us not so much for the visa issue, but for all the other hassles of travelling to the US.
Also I think it is worth reminding ourselves that when those from the US have problems getting visas, this is often as a direct response of the difficulty in others getting US visas (Brazil is a perfect example). This means that there are likely to be a lot of people interested but in the same position as Danny and yes flyertalk may be heavily dominated by US based folk, but lets remember to think of everyone here (Also I have a DK passport so probably need the fewest visas of anyone, but I am still willing to consider those that aren't so fortunate)!