TANSTAAFL. The benefits of being in person as opposed to online need to be compared to the cost of plane tickets, not just shifting the burden. (Shifting the burden can be helpful if people have different preference strengths, but I don’t think that’s the most significant issue here.)
I’d love to hear more about this. While I appreciate the idea, for some budgets, it just might not be an option to spend the extra $300, despite a great desire to do so were money not an issue. Thus the choice might not be between:
TANSTAAFL. The benefits of being in person as opposed to online need to be compared to the cost of plane tickets, not just shifting the burden. (Shifting the burden can be helpful if people have different preference strengths, but I don’t think that’s the most significant issue here.)
I’d love to hear more about this. While I appreciate the idea, for some budgets, it just might not be an option to spend the extra $300, despite a great desire to do so were money not an issue. Thus the choice might not be between:
nothing
online but missing the benefit of in person
in person and awesome
But instead between:
something like this
nothing