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What to do with a laptop and bags at a conference?

Convention centers rarely provide secure lockers, and official bag checks fill up fast with excessively long lines. Lugging gear around all day leaves attendees exhausted and carrying equipment they barely use.

What people tried

Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.

  1. 1
    Leaving the laptop locked in the hotel room
  2. 2
    Relying entirely on a phone instead of a laptop
  3. 3
    Traveling back and forth to the hotel
  4. 4
    Using fast-filling convention bag checks

In their words

Unedited, most upvoted first, each linked to the thread it came from.

How critical is it to bring my laptop with me? Is there a locker of safe box to leave it for couple of hours? What should I do with my bag during Dreamfest?source ↗

Charming_Anteater638 · r/salesforce · 11 upvotes

i've lugged mine to the last three dreamforces and used it maybe twice.source ↗

There are bag checks around but they fill up fast and the lines get stupid long.source ↗

Ok-State-3505 · r/salesforce · 1 upvotes

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