Conference experiences?

[cdayr]

Help! I need your thoughts to help me make a decision...
I am thinking about vacationing in Britain this summer (I'm in 
Seattle, WA usually) and was just browsing the Sectus conference home 
page. I have never attended an HP conference of any type before, and 
wondered if any of you would be willing to share your thoughts on the 
conference experience. Basically I want to decide if I should try to 
schedule my trip so that I could attend...and I trust this group to 
have had a variety of experiences for me to think about! I'd love a 
general picture of what some of you have found at conferences so I can 
decide. 

Thanks so much,
CDR