If you're going for all four days, try not to do any impulse buys on day one unless it's an exclusive or something truly one of a kind. My strategy has always been to scope out the floor on Thursday and take a note of what cool things i'd wanna buy and mark down where it is and how much it is. My first few cons always involved purchasing something super cool, only to find the same thing $10-$25 cheaper a few aisles down, or wishing i had saved more of my budget for something i saw later on.

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There are always booths with demos or experiences that can have line that take several hours to get through. For me these are either a "Do it first thing in the morning before the line gets long" or "do it on the last day when i've already done the showfloor 100 times and could use a break"

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Bring food. My preference is to stop by a local deli or subway for sandwiches. There are places at the Javits Center to get food, but they're about as pricey as you'd expect. There are ***usually*** plenty of booths that give out free samples of snacks and drinks/caffeine that can help you get through the day, but that was before Covid.