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Title: 2015 Portland Dragon Boat Festival Post by: sterles on April 08, 2015, 10:55:20 AM Online registration for the 2015 Portland Dragon Boat Festival (September 12 & 13, 2015) is now open. This will be our ninth year of racing at Tom McCall Waterfront Park in beautiful downtown Portland, Oregon and we're looking forward to another fun-filled weekend of competitive dragon boat racing!
Registration Fees (same as last year) Local Teams - USD 1000.00 Visiting Teams (more than 100 miles from Portland) - USD 900.00 Junior Teams - USD 400.00 Early Bird Discount! An additional USD 50.00 will be automatically deducted from the above registration fees if registered on or before June 1, 2015. Registration will be capped at 80 teams (48 mixed, 32 women) or will otherwise close on August 10, 2015. Please visit www.portlanddragonboats.com (http://www.portlanddragonboats.com) for more information and to register online. All teams must to register online, even if they plan to pay by check (an option to mail in payment is available with the online registration). We look forward to seeing you in Portland in September! Title: Re: 2015 Portland Dragon Boat Festival Post by: BernMan on April 12, 2015, 11:43:53 PM Just a $100 discount for out of town teams more than 100 miles away? Being a Canadian with the current exchange rate I would think more of a discount would have to apply. You would have to consider being so late in the summer most teams will have exhausted 2015's travel budgets. I wonder how much it is this year for San Fran's festival which is just the weekend after yours...? If we're 6 hours drive then there are other things to consider like accommodation and meals etc. Food for thought for you guys...
Title: Re: 2015 Portland Dragon Boat Festival Post by: sterles on April 13, 2015, 08:06:39 AM Thanks for the feedback. This is actually a concern of ours and we have reached out to teams that have attended in the past to try and gauge whether the exchange rate will be a factor and we have been discussing if there is anything we can do about it. Based on preliminary responses it seems that yes, it could be, but the bigger problem is not so much the race entry fee, but all of the related expenses, especially hotel lodging. People like to come to Portland for tax-free shopping too, but again, that's not as attractive this year. I'd welcome any other feedback on this.
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