It Isn't Our Worldcon — It's Yours!

1. My name's incorrectly spelled on my PR7 label. What should I do?
2. I'll only be able to come to the convention for one day. Is there a reduced rate?
3. I'm not a citizen of the USA. Do I need a visa to enter the United States?
4. Can I get a refund on my membership?
5. How do I transfer a membership?
6. I'm having trouble using the online store, what should I do?
7. What are the differences in the types of memberships?
8. When will you send out your Progress Reports?
9. When will I know if I've been accepted into the Dealers' Room?
10. When can I get information about exhibiting in the Art Show?
11. What's up with hotel reservations?
12. I need to ship stuff to Noreascon 4. Is the hotel going to charge me for receiving my packages?
13. When do Noreascon's room blocks close?
14. What are my options for parking in Boston? Do hotel room rates include parking?
15. I'd like to be part of the Noreascon Four Program. Who should I contact?
16. How can I buy an ad in your publications?
17. How can I find out more about Noreascon Four?

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1. My name's incorrectly spelled on my PR7 label. What should I do?

   Please check our Member Search before you do anything else. If your name is spelled correctly in the results of your search, then you don't need to do anything else. That's the way your name appears in our database.

   If your name is also spelled incorrectly in the Member Search results, then please send mail to Pre-Reg so that we can correct your name before we print your badge.

2. I'll only be able to come to the convention for one day. Is there a reduced rate?

   Yes, we're now selling one-day admissions. You can buy them at our online store, or they'll be available at the door.

3. I'm not a citizen of the USA. Do I need a visa to enter the United States?

   Canadian citizens generally do not require a visa or a passport to enter the US.

   Citizens of Australia, Brunei, Ireland, New Zealand and the United Kingdom do not require a visa if they are coming to the US for business purposes or to be a tourist and their stay is less than 90 days.

   Citizens of all other countries are generally required to have a visa. Those from any country for which a passport is required should make sure that their passport is valid for a minimum of six months beyond the initial period of stay in the United States.

   Further details can be found at the Customs and Border Patrol site .

   If you have questions about visas or other travel requirements that the Customs and Border Patrol site doesn't answer, we recommend you contact your local government or the nearest US Embassy for additional help.

4. Can I get a refund on my membership?

   No, Memberships and Children's Admissions are not refundable, but they can be transferred to someone else.

5. How do I transfer a membership?

   To transfer your membership to someone else, print, fill out, sign, and mail or fax the Transfer Form to us.

   Only the member named on the membership may transfer it. Children's Admissions may be transferred by a parent or guardian. Memberships purchased on the Installment Plan may only be transferred once they are completely paid.

6. I'm having trouble using the online store, what should I do?

   We post news about problems with the store that we know about and are working on to our home page. If there's no announcement there, or if the problem you're having isn't covered by the announcement, please email Pre-Reg.

7. What are the differences in the types of memberships?

   Supporting memberships receive publications and have voting rights (Hugos, RetroHugos, and Site Selection), but do not include the right to attend Noreascon Four. Attending memberships include all the rights of supporting memberships plus the right to attend Noreascon Four. Children's admissions allow children 12 and under to attend, but don't include publications or voting rights. Please see our further information on Membership Types.

   A one-day admission allows someone to attend Noreascon 4 for a particular day, but includes no publications or voting rights.

8. When will you send out your Progress Reports?

   Progress Report 7 can be downloaded by clicking on its name. PR7 was mailed first-class to all pre-registered members on July 30, 2004.
   You can also download copies of our previous Progress Reports as well.

9. When can I get information about exhibiting in the Dealers' Room?

   The initial Dealers' Room mailing was sent out in November 2003, and the initial list of accepted dealers have all been notified of their acceptance. The Dealers Room Manager are maintaining a wait list, so if you're still interested in dealing at Noreascon 4, please contact the Dealers Room Managers as soon as possible.

   If you have additional questions about being a dealer, send mail to the Dealers Room Managers.

10. When can I get information about exhibiting in the Art Show?

    Art Show information was mailed to close to 2,000 artists at the end of February. It's also available for download.

    If you have additional questions, please let the art show staff know.

11. What's up with hotel reservations?

    Hotel reservations opened on December 20, 2003. We blocked a total of 1,800 rooms in our two hotels — only one Worldcon in history has used more rooms than that.

    As of the end of July, our room blocks at the Sheraton Boston Hotel and at the Marriott Copley Place are essentially full. Rooms will still become available, as people's plans change and they release existing reservations, but we've also added two new hotels to our facilities. You can find information about our new hotels, the Colonnade and the Radisson Boston, on our Facilities page.

12. When do the Noreascon room blocks close?

    The Noreascon room blocks have expired. Check with a particular hotel to see if they still have rooms available at the Noreascon rate.

13. I need to ship stuff to Noreascon 4. Is the hotel going to charge me for receiving my packages?

    The Sheraton does charge guests to receive packages. We've made its February 2004 list of package types and charges available, and will be checking with them before August to see if any of those charges have changed. The Marriott does not (as of April 2004) charge to receive packages for guests.

14. What are my options for parking in Boston? Do hotel room rates include parking?

    Parking in Boston is expensive —not only are our facilities in a very popular section of the city, but it's an area that has limited parking options. Our hotel room rates do not include parking.

    We've posted detailed parking information (including suggestions for remote cheap or free parking) closer to the convention.

15. I'd like to be part of the Noreascon Four program. Who should I contact?

    Please read the Program FAQ for detailed information about what we're looking for from program participants.

16. How can I buy an ad in your publications?

    We are no longer accepting ads for our Souvenir Book or Progress Reports. We will be having a few specialized program booklets for events at-con. If you're interested in advertising in one of those special publications, please write to Special Publications.

17. How can I find out more about Noreascon Four?

    There are lots of ways—check the rest of our website or look at our blogs are the easy ones. We try to send announcements of what's going on to our mailing lists, but we're not always successful at keeping up with everything that's going on.

    You can email your questions or suggestions to us—we can't make this web site as useful as we'd like without your feedback. If you don't see information about something, don't assume we're not doing it; we may just be slow about posting information about it! Tell us what you want to know.

    You can always join one of our mailing lists. We use one to send out general announcements and the second one will allow you to chat with other fans who'll be attending Noreascon 4 or to ask questions of us.

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