I had noticed it come up, but ouch on those prices. A few of us recently went as a group to a smaller niche conference thing in Switzerland to try out having a booth and such, that was both fun and exhausting. I wouldn't mind doing something similar again later in the year, but probably will wait a while long, I could swear I can feel my legs still ache at times ...
Yeah, the price is pretty steep, but hoping as a conference associate it won't be as big a hit on the wallet. The Ludicious meetup looks like it was fun!