Once they start packing up Gen Con, it happens really quickly. By Monday morning, after I’d packed the suitcase & checked out, there were signs in various stages of dismantlement, most of the Gaming Hall was clear, and the Exhibit Hall was a mass of boxes and people packing up their stuff.

I normally stay an extra day at the end of the convention just so that I’m not immediately packing up and leaving. Usually I’m able to stay at the same hotel, but in this case the price shot up as soon as the convention block ended, so I switched to a different hotel in the same city block which was about half the price for that one night. (I’d already booked the flights)