Golden Leaves Con 16 runs from Wednesday 28 October to Sunday 1 November 2026 at the Hotel Panorama and the C'est la Vie guesthouse in Hasliberg Reuti. The theme is prehistoric, with dinosaurs and an expedition story, and the edition has room for up to 300 people. Registration opened on 9 August and the first lottery draw took place on 30 August; people who were drawn were told by email. The attendance fee is CHF 270 with a bed in the group house or CHF 450 with a hotel room, and all meals are included.
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The convention plus your stay in the group house. Roughly 300 euro
The convention plus a hotel room. Roughly 490 euro
Added to either rate. A small gift, a different lanyard colour and a conbook mention
≈ $ figures are approximate US dollars, rates as of 9 Oct 2026 from ExchangeRate-API open access.
Residential rates include attendance: CHF 270 for the group house or CHF 450 for the hotel, approximately EUR 300 or EUR 490. Sponsorship adds CHF 50 to either option. Places are allocated by lottery, and registering does not guarantee a place.
Curated stays near C'est la Vie / Panorama Hotel, Hasliberg, Switzerland.
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GLC 15 drew 300 attendees for its Japanese-themed 'Konnichiwa' weekend. The convention celebrated its 15th iteration with cultural immersion and community panels in Switzerland.
GLC14 ran from October 23-27, 2024 in Hasliberg with the theme Toffee and the Argonauts. The official archived organizer page describes an edition near its attendee limit, but it does not publish an exact final headcount.
The official Golden Leaves Con channel confirms an October 25-29, 2023 edition. The first-party pages reviewed here do not preserve a dated venue, theme, attendance, charity, Guest of Honor, price, programme, or reusable asset record for this edition.
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Dates TBA
2026
Oct 28 - Nov 1
Theme
Jurassic bark (chirp, mew)
2025
Oct 29 - Nov 2
Theme
Konnichiwa
2024
Oct 23-27
Theme
Toffee and the Argonauts
2023
Oct 25-29
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Partner-linked lottery splits couples' odds in half
Since 2023 GLC has allocated its ~300 attendee spots through a lottery rather than first-come-first-served, a response to roughly 600 people signing up within minutes under the old system. The mechanic is tier-equal (group lodge and Hotel Panorama registrants compete in the same draw), but couples can link their registrations into a couple ticket: if either partner is drawn, the other is automatically included. The trade-off is published verbatim, "a couple ticket reduces both partners' individual chance of being drawn by half", and linking is permanent at draw time, with no post-draw partner add-ons. Partners must also pick the same room category and venue.
All meals included, cooked by a volunteer furry crew
Every Golden Leaves Con badge bundles all meals and drinks across the run, but the kitchen is staffed by a volunteer furry crew rather than the hotel's catering team. The model keeps GLC's signature communal-meal atmosphere intact and is structurally tied to the two-venue ladder (270 CHF C'est la Vie group lodge / 450 CHF Hotel Panorama, +50 CHF sponsor add-on), both prices include the same shared meal service. Peer Alpine cons that use commercial hotel catering cannot replicate this kitchen-as-community pattern.
Two-venue tier ladder with shared lottery odds
GLC sells lodging as a tier rather than a hotel choice, 270 CHF places you in the C'est la Vie group lodge, 450 CHF in the adjacent Hotel Panorama, with a +50 CHF sponsor add-on layered on either. Both venues compete in the same tier-equal lottery draw (since 2023), so picking Panorama does not improve odds, it only improves the room if drawn. Signature amenities, including a heated outdoor pool and the Swiss Pawpeteers' German-language puppetry show, span both buildings.
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