The holidays are upon us, and it’s time to get cozy and warm with a hot drink, comfy blankie, and some updates for #Anthrocon 2026 such as Hotels, Events, River Cruises and more! 🔥☕️☺️

Full announcement: https://www.anthrocon.org/news/anthrocon-2026-get-cozy-for-the-holidays-with-these-updates/

📸 Kaze

🎆 Welcome to a new year! 🎉

We're helping you start it off with some reminders for our Hotel booking schedule!

📅 Booking dates (opens 12pm Eastern):

Ultrasponsors: Feb 3
Dealers: Feb 10
Supersponsors: Feb 17
General: Feb 24

More info: https://www.anthrocon.org/hotel/

📸 Mowshi

If you're trying to book an #Anthrocon hotel room within our official block, you'll need valid and paid registration to access our booking link! We'll be pausing online registration Feb 20-24 to support our system.

🎟 https://www.anthrocon.org/registration/
🏨 https://www.anthrocon.org/hotel/

📸 Kaze

Don't let our #Anthrocon 2026 Hotel booking sneak up on you! 🐅👀

📅 Booking dates (opens 12pm Eastern):

Ultrasponsors: Feb 3
Dealers: Feb 10
Supersponsors: Feb 17
General: Feb 24

You must be registered to book within the block!

More info: https://www.anthrocon.org/hotel/

📸 Kavaeric

🙀 3 weeks already passed into 2026
😼 3 weeks closer to #Anthrocon and all the magic it brings

Registration is still open which you'll need if you want access to hotel bookings next month, along with securing your badge for the whole weekend!

https://www.anthrocon.org/registration/

📸 Luau

We're almost into February, and that means into hotel booking season for #Anthrocon 2026! Make sure you know about:

📅 Booking times based on membership
ℹ️ Process, hotel options, and FAQs
💡 Tips on how to look for rooms and avoiding scams

https://www.anthrocon.org/hotel/

📸 Luau

As we near the General opening for #Anthrocon 2026 hotel bookings, make sure you've paid for your registration in order to access the link! 🏨

Registration will pause temporarily between Feb 20-24 to prepare for the opening!

🎟 https://www.anthrocon.org/registration/

📸 Aisling

Friendly reminders for those booking #Anthrocon hotels soon:

🎟 Only paid pre-registered attendees will be issued a unique booking link
👥 A large number of people are booking; please be patient with the system and customer service
💳 A valid credit card is required to confirm a booking; however, no deposit is taken upon booking
🚨 Only Orchid Events can provide official hotel rooms (booked through Meetingmax), and they can only be booked online. If any other provider or website claims they have official rooms, it might be a scam.

Info: https://www.anthrocon.org/hotel/

📸 Kaze

Artists Alley details have now been updated for #Anthrocon 2026 on our website! Read over the rules and process for our lottery, with the application link contained within the rules 🎨😺🖼

Info: https://www.anthrocon.org/alley/

📸 Dash

Our nightly dances blend good vibes with jaw-dropping aesthetics - and we're looking for DJs that can bring the 🔥
Applications for #Anthrocon 2026 Nightly Dance DJs are open until February 28!

Apply: https://www.anthrocon.org/nightly-dances/

📸 Nightdragon

Hotels? Events and Performances? Artists Alley? This month's gotten busy! But while we're still in it, don't miss out on the things that have been happening lately for #Anthrocon 2026 😸

https://anthrocon.org/news/anthrocon-2026-hotels-events-and-artists-oh-my/

📸 Mowshi

We are actively looking into the performance issues on our booking platform and resolving it ASAP. However, we've heard that customer service reps are being treated disrespectfully and cussed at. Please be kinder to those trying to assist you. #Anthrocon

⚠️Online pre-registration will pause between February 20-24 to support our Hotel opening!⚠️

If you haven't registered yet, you won't be able to access the official hotel block links once they are made available through our reg system.

Register: anthrocon.org/registration

📸 Kaze

Update: work is underway to properly address the issues. In the meantime, we're preparing an update on how it affects the General hotel block opening date, how we're working with Supersponsors, and more.

We appreciate your patience and will get more info out within this week 💛

⚠️ We have an important update regarding our hotel booking issues reported earlier this week.

To allow for fixes and recovering the Supersponsor block, the General hotel block opening is postponed to March 10, 2026 at 12pm ET.

Full announcement: https://www.anthrocon.org/news/anthrocon-2026-update-on-hotel-booking-schedule/