Upcoming YouTube Convention & Meetup Tips

There is a YouTube convention called Summer In The City, which is held in London at Alexandra Palace but this year it is being held at ExCel London, which makes me very excited!

I loved the event last year considering it was my first ever meet up/convention it blew my mind, it was set up very well but unfair at the same time.
I'm expecting this year to be very different to last year mainly as only me & my cousin went together last year I knew no one, I was there to meet my idols and that's what I accomplished.

A month before the event last year I made my fan account on twitter it was very small in followers, but now I've got 1.6k and have a pretty amazing friendship with some of my followers, the reason I've formed a friendship with them is that we all have the same things in common which are YouTubers, all the accounts I follow are YouTuber related, we are a fandom it is incredible and I know when I go sitc this year that i'll meet some of my internet friends which makes me so happy!

The reason I stated it was unfair last year was that the meet ups were ticketed to a certain amount, I did manage to meet Malfie and of course Louis, but I planned my day out and when I walked through the doors Zoe's meet up ran out of tickets, so wasn't able to meet her which really upset me, I know the reason they did it but I found it unfair at the time.

It was the best experience of my life undoubtedly, I never thought i'd ever meet my sunshines it was such a great event overall though I felt so in my comfort zone with the people who attended I love how we all had the same interests.

While writing this blog post the British YouTubers have all dropped out of Summer In The City well the main ones, because of Amity Fest, which I'm really upset about but then it makes me happy as more under appreciated YouTubers will be going and I'll prioritise my time in to meeting them instead now.
Of course I'm going to attempt to buy tickets for Amity Fest me and my cousin have already agreed we're going SITC both days whether or not Amity Fest crashes with it purely as Amity will be a UK tour and we are both willing to travel to anywhere in the UK to meet the brits, I will be fighting for VIP tickets which are a bit expensive but from what I've heard it is so worth it, so my plan is to attend both events.

Anyway here's some tips on anyone who is attending an Event or a Meet Up:

• Plan the day the best you can ( you can't guarantee it'll go to plan but if you list the people who are your priority, you should be able to meet them)
• Get their early if you want to meet someone who is first on the timetable
• Make sure you take a external battery pack for your phone!
• Take Sharpies 
• Take drinks and food for the cues they can get very boring (if they take them off you before you get inside get food and drink before you que up)
• If it is a ticketed event such as SITC, I suggest you take a few friends and split up & just get tickets for all of you at different meet and greets (make excuses like my friends at the toilet can I have an extra ticket)

Well that's all I can think off from the top of my head but they are damn important for any event. I wouldn't survive without these or the event would just be pretty poop! 

I hope the blog post has gave people an insight on what it's like at these events and if you do go be sure to follow my tips!