Trying to plan things out - I probably want to bring husband and 5 year old girl. Anyone else bringing family? She is an only child and would love to be around some other kids at some point during the week!
@millerjm , in the past there have definitely been families at InstructureCon. For the last three years it's been me, my husband, daughter, and my Mom! In addition I know @kmeeusen makes it a family affair and brings his wife and granddaughter along every year as well!
InstructureCon is a lot of fun and it's even more fun to share it with those you love.
InstructureCon has always been a very family-friendly event - or at least since 2012.
The venues provide many attractions and activities that family members can engage in while you are getting educated, and Instructure holds great receptions in the evenings that family can participate in if you purchase a Family Member Pass for them. In fact, if you purchase guest passes, it even entitles them to food and swag! My wife and granddaughter consider it one of their favorite excursions each year, and my now 14-year old granddaughter starts asking about next year's just after we get home from the current year's. We attended four InstCons at Park City, and I am just guessing, but my Granddaughter must have ridden the free (to guests) gondola more than 100 times - heck, maybe that many times just last year.
We see more families every year, so there are even lots of other folks for your families to socialize with. The cost of Guest Passes have gone up each year, but when you consider all they get, it is a vacation bargain.
I hope this helps,
KLM
@jasond usually bring his kids! I'm pretty sure he's brining them again this year.
Hey Everyone,
It looks like there will be plenty of things to do around Keystone for family members. If you have smaller kids that require daycare, here are the options at the resort:
Local babysitting services are:
Resort Sitters: 970-513-4445
http://www.resortsitters.com/summit-babysitters/
Mountain Sitters: 970-331-1763
http://mountainsitters.com/summit.html
Deactivated userWe bring the munchkins! We anchor our family vacations visiting National Parks around the conference.
It's also helpful that our girls (14 and 10) are STEM enthusiasts, so they had blast at InstructureCon 2014 & 2015.
They loved Park City and are looking forward to Keystone, CO.
2014 2015
We'll be going and bringing our daughter, who will be almost one. Those child-care rates seem insanely high! It'll cost almost as much per day as we normally spend for a week! Is this just me? It looks like it could be much less expensive per child to coordinate with someone else who is bringing a little one. I'm open to other suggestions or ideas, as well.
I'm bringing the family along. 12 yr old and 9 yr old,this will.my first year attending instructurecon and am already excited about the family atmosphere encouraged. We are driving up from CA so plan on hitting the some national parks on the way out.
Does anyone know if there's a charge for non-eating, non-participating family to be in attendance? Our daughter is going to need to be with us in the evenings, during the receptions and such. She obviously won't be eating or drinking, since she'll just be 11 months old, so I'm assuming she wouldn't need a guest pass or anything. Anyone with little ones in past years who can comment? I do remember seeing babies at the conference last year, and I'm kicking myself for not asking then.
Unfortunately, it looks like our attempts at getting into a drop-in daycare are striking out. Is there anyone else needing a babysitter who would like to share costs? The in-room babysitters cost an arm and a leg, but if we could share with someone, it would be much more reasonable. Looking more and more like we might be bringing a very well-behaved baby to a bunch of sessions...
And bring the munchkins I did!
Another InstructureCon with the munchkins! #InstCon pic.twitter.com/OlMvHaxClS— Jason Diehl (@professordiehl) July 20, 2016
Another InstructureCon with the munchkins! #InstCon pic.twitter.com/OlMvHaxClS
