How do you decide where to hold your conference? How do you balance conflicting criteria? How do you maximize venue quality while still keeping the conference affordable?
Discussion about selecting a venue and the qualities of a good venue. This discussion may include cautionary tales and horror stories ("this happened to us; don't let it happen to you!") but please keep anecdotes as factual as possible, so no one gets in trouble for libel. Please respond to this first post unless you're specifically addressing a subtopic raised in a major subpost.