> Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2009 16:47:36 +0000
> From: andrew.gray@dunelm.org.uk
> To: wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org
> Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimania 2010 - Experience
>
> 2009/3/19 joseph seddon <life_is_bitter_sweet@hotmail.co.uk>:
>
>
> > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2010/Bids/Oxford#Cost_of_living
>
> What sort of things are you needing for this? General "Oxford is in
> the SE of England, so is relatively expensive", etc, or...? Amsterdam
> has some standard prices; Gdansk doesn't seem to mention this.
Typically costs are given for general things. See some previous years bids for this.
>
> Travel costs might be tricky - I mean, predicting air costs six months
> out is tough, much less eighteen. It should be possible to do
> something comparable to the Amsterdam & Gdansk bids, though - all
> three may be spurious numbers, but at least they're comparably
> spurious ;-)
>
For the time being, simply give estimated costs i suppose. Exact prices arnt much help due to reasons you give.

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