So You're Thinking About Hosting a Con...
How to Put on a Beauty and the Beast Convention
Decorations
Your decorations will be curtailed to some extent depending upon hotel restrictions. Some hotels will not allow taping or nailing into their walls, so decorations may need to be free-standing.
If you decide you wish to display some fandom-owned costumes, please remember you will be responsible for finding appropriate display space/hangers for them, as well as security to ensure nothing is removed. You will also be responsible for mailing costs both ways if the fans who own them aren’t bringing them to the con.
Most con chairs set up simple B&B-themed centerpieces, different ones on each day of the convention. These can then be auctioned off to raise funds for the charity. These need not be as elaborate as your banquet centerpieces.
Consider spending most of your decorating budget on items you can auction off. Also, consider using items you already own, which therefore cost nothing. Fabric remnants or other crafting items might be a possibility.
There’s no need to put the same decorations on every table, and auctioned items go higher when there’s only one. If your decorations comprise multiple pieces, you may also consider breaking them up and auctioning the pieces separately instead of as a set.
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