14th Chicago Seminars at Holiday Inn Heritage Edition 2024

14th Chicago Seminars at Holiday Inn Heritage Edition 2024

Chicago Seminars 2024 and the online Chicago Seminars Variety Show are the 14th edition of the original miles and points conference.

By Chicago Seminars

Date and time

October 25 · 9am - October 27 · 5pm CDT

Location

Holiday Inn Chicago-Elk Grove, an IHG Hotel

1000 Busse Road Elk Grove Village, IL 60007

Refund Policy

Contact the organizer to request a refund.
Eventbrite's fee is nonrefundable.

Agenda

9:00 AM - 1:00 PM

3rd Chicago Seminars Variety Show (online only)

4:00 PM

Friday Registration Opens

6:00 PM - 8:30 PM

Friday Conference Seminars

8:00 AM

Saturday Registration Opens

9:00 AM - 6:00 PM

Saturday Conference Seminars

6:30 PM - 7:30 PM

Saturday Reception

7:30 PM - 11:00 PM

Saturday Hangout in Shelby Campbell's or Self-Planned Dinner

11:00 PM - 3:00 AM (+1 day)

Saturday After Hours VVIP Holiday Inn Lobby Hangout (All Invited, No Upsell)

8:00 AM

Sunday Registration Opens

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Sunday Conference Seminars

5:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Sunday Departures Hangout at Shelby Campbell's

8:00 PM

See You Next Year

About this event

  • 2 days 8 hours

This site is for registration for the 14th Chicago Seminars at Holiday Inn Heritage Edition 2024.

The Seminar host hotel is the Holiday Inn Chicago-Elk Grove. The hotel runs shuttles from Chicago O'Hare.

In-Person Conference Speakers:

  • Husain Boxwala (Boxy) of Jetpack
  • Mindy Bumgarner, MS FIRE
  • Michael Cao
  • Chris Carley of Eye of the Flyer
  • Brian Cohen of The Gate with Brian Cohen
  • Andrew D'Amours of Flytrippers
  • Greg Davis-Kean of Frequent Miler
  • Tonei Glavinic of Taxes from Abroad
  • Andy Hicks, everycountryby50
  • Stefan Krasowski of Rapid Travel Chai
  • Moli of Maple Miles
  • Sarah Ramkissoon
  • Anshul Singh of Points Miles and Bling
  • Lela Shifton
  • Justin Vacula of Hurdy Gurdy Travel Podcast and Stoic Solutions Podcast
  • ...plus more to be announced!

Friday Variety Show Bonus Speakers (online only):

  • many of the above in-person speakers, plus:
  • Tommy Danielsen of Loyalty Summit and MegaDo
  • Tiffany Funk of One Mile at a Time
  • Ric Gazarian of Extraordinary Travel Festival
  • Lisa Kulpa and Dave Muz of Basic Travel Couple
  • Stephen Pepper of Frequent Miler, GC Galore, and No Home Just Roam
  • Nick Reyes of Frequent Miler
  • Tim Steinke of Frequent Miler
  • Grant Thomas of Travel with Grant
  • Michael Trager of TravelZork and ZorkFest
  • Robert 'Tprophet' Walker of Seat 31B and AwardCat
  • Carrie Yoder of Frequent Miler
  • Orest Zub of NomadMania, calling in from Ukraine
  • ...plus some extra pop-ins as they arrive for the weekend

By registering for this event, you accept the Event Participation and Terms and Consitions.

On the day of the event, registration will open at 4 pm.

A NON-REFUNDABLE registration fee of $165, includes:

  1. Admittance to all events, which begin Friday evening and run most of the day Saturday and Sunday.
  2. Lunch Saturday and Sunday.
  3. Coffee/snack breaks.
  4. A complimentary drink at Happy Hour Saturday night
  5. Replay access to the 2024 Variety Show.
  6. Help offset travel costs for our presenters, whose airfare, hotel, registration, and incidental expenses will be covered. Speakers, Presenters, and Event Staff are all volunteer.
  7. Fees for online registration.
  8. Other costs, such as name badges, supplies, etc.

Excess collected funds, if any, are donated to charities, as we have done the past years.

REGISTRATION IS TRANSFERABLE FOR $50. 100% of the proceeds will be donated to the charities of which other excess funds are donated. All transfers will be handled manually and must be completed by October 18, 2024, 11:59 pm US Central Time. Please contact info@chicago-seminars.com to transfer your registration.

By registering you agree not to record the presentations in any way. Our speakers will be presenting some exciting techniques which they may not want to be released publicly. If you take pictures, record video or audio without express written consent by the event organizer or the speaker of the session for which you are attending, you will be immediately dismissed from the event, and no refund will be provided.

Registrants will be required to agree to a standard waiver as a part of registration absolving speakers, organizers, sponsors, and fellow participants of liability for any injury, physical, financial, or emotional.

Organized by

Chicago Seminars is an annual miles and points travel community event, founded in 2010.

$14 – $165