2025 Convention Weekend Passes And Accommodation Options
Timeline For 2025 Registration:
- 1st March Pre-Reg Opens - This is for 2024 attendees wishing to book again (see below)
- 31st March Pre-Reg Closes - Payments must be made by this date
- 1st April Room Share Applications Open - Submit your room share for selection, in the event of too many, we will have to run it as a lottery.
- 1st April Non-Residential Ticket Sales Open - These will be available on 1st come, 1st served basis until such time as we are sold out.
- 30th April Room Share Applications Close - Any submissions after this date will not be accepted.
- 1st May Residential Notifications - Sharers notified OR the lottery is run on all submissions and a random order created, with the available rooms allocated to the first on the list and so on.
- 31st May Residential Payment Deadline - Payments are due from all sharers notified, any non-payers will have their booking cancelled.
- 1st June Residential Waiting List - We will run through the waiting list in order of lottery results previously undertaken on the 1st May, until all rooms are paid for.
What is Pre-Reg?
In 2024, our first year, 228 attendees put a lot of money, time and faith in our ability to run this convention, and we were grateful that every single space was filled, purely on the anticipation of this event, which was rewarded by an amazing event which surpassed everyones expectations! As a thank you to all of those critters who believed in us on our first year, we offered them a chance to book for 2025 in advance before the general lottery commences, with a gaurunteed attendance in the same ticket type as 2024. All of us at Pawsome felt that for the 2nd year, our thank you for their faith and confidence, would be rewarded with early access. This will not be repeated in 2026 or any further years, and it is unlikely that everyone from 2024 will take up this offer, and with 112 more non-residential tickets, there will be plenty of chances for everyone to join the best house party in the UK critter community!
2025 Ticket Types:
- Weekend Accommodation Ticket Info
- Non-Residential Weekend Ticket Info
- Other Optional Costs
- Important Notes
(Make sure you apply for Pawsome membership before grabbing any convention passes. Click HERE to register for free now!)
Residential and Convention Weekend Ticket
The cost per person, per bed space, this year is £525 for THREE nights’ accommodation including breakfast every morning and a full 2 course on Friday, Saturday & Sunday evenings. Friday and Saturday evenings you will be able to select meals from a menu to be cooked for you and Sunday will be our famous full english roast dinner buffet, back by popular demand! This also includes unlimited tea and coffee on Saturday and Sunday in the hotel.
We are limited to 144 people for spaces in beds and 350 total attendees due to the size of the venue, and the last thing we want is to pack the venue so much that we kill the vibe, which does mean we will inevitably disappoint some people who want to come to Pawsome. Following the general registration lottery results and waiting list, rooms may become available where people have not paid, pulled out or changed their minds, so we will ensure every spot is filled!
Non Residential Convention Weekend Ticket
The cost per person for this year will be £100 for complete access to Pawsome 2025, all its events, spaces and marketplaces. We can have 206 non-residential attendees on top of our residential attendees for the duration of the convention. There are many hotels, AirBNB’s, etc. available in Gloucester, and as it is off-season, there should be plenty of space for those to find local accommodation if you are not successful in the room lottery.
Other Optional Costs
- Sponsor Upgrade - Want some extra free stuff and our eternal thanks? Only £25 per person. You will be able to purchase this when you pay for your attendance.
- Sunday Roast Dinner Purchase - Pre-buy a ticket for our famous Sunday evening full english diner buffet, if you are a non-residential attendee, £35 per person. You will be able to purchase this when you pay for your attendance.
- T-Shirt Pre-Order - Are you a sponsor and want a second t-shirt or non-residential attendee wanting a limited edition con t-shirt? £35 per t-shirt. You will be able to purchase this when you pay for your attendance.
Important Notes
Starting a furry convention from scratch is hard work, and a lot of gambling on success and while we'd love to jump into a huge venue with hundreds of bedrooms, we're doing something different at Pawsome, with the liberal costume code, which means we are now more closely aligned with the US furry cons, we're not quite sure how it will go down and until you all show us with your paws, we'll have to start small. Another important factor is venue's being OK with what we are wanting to do. We all know the main UK furry con venues are not open to anything other than costumes made of faux fur, so we've had our work cut out finding venues open and mature enough to understand what we are trying to do. We have larger venues able to accommodate Pawsome and its costume code, but until we know we can afford to exclusively hire the whole venue, we cannot move bigger.
The portion of your payment, per person, for the hotel accommodation & food is £425 and it will be held on your behalf and paid to the hotel (Juniper Hotels) who will invoice the guests for the room although we have already collected the payment on your behalf. The attendance cost of £100/£125 is due to Pawsome Management Limited.
Please ensure you bring valid government-issued photographic ID to collect your registration pack to confirm you are over 18 at the time of the event starting ID MUST match the details on your Pawsome membership profile.
Your attendance is conditional on adhering to our Code of Conduct, click HERE to view and read this.