JAlba is a nonprofit event. We don’t make any money from it, so the registration fee is only to cover the cost of the venue, the lunches, the felt-tip pens and the sticky notes. We’ve held the price constant since 2020, but this year we have to catch up with a 10% increase. So the 2025 registration cost is £165.
Also, of course, you’ll have to pay for yourself—travel to Edinburgh (obviously), and accommodation* there. From then on, we organise the afternoon outings and evening meals, and you make one payment to us for all of that. Dinner and outings last year came to about £200 if you ate with us every evening.
If you need to charge your employer an all-in conference fee, we’ll create an all-in ticket that includes registration, outings and evening meals.
*accommodation costs are wild in an over-touristed Edinburgh. Right now, one of the least expensive near to the Quaker Meeting House is the Apex Grassmarket Hotel. One JAlban has stayed there for every JAlba since 2018, and swears by the breakfast Eggs Benedict.
Last year, another JAlban stayed in a travellers’ hostel on Johnson Terrace, five minutes walk from our venue, paid £150 in total, and was well satisfied! If you hurry, some travellers’ hostels still have availability in private rooms, but normally you have to share.