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We know you’ve been waiting eagerly for it and at last we’re pleased to announce registration details for ConFuzzled 2025: Mel’s Fashion Week!

RESIDENTIAL REGISTRATION LOTTERY OPENS MONDAY 2ND SEPTEMBER 8PM BST! 

The lottery window will close Monday 16th September 8PM BST.

We hope to have results for you by Monday 14th October  – after which payment will be due for those who are successful.

We’ve listened to feedback and extended the payment deadline to 10 days this year; for the folk who are successful in the lottery this is 4th November. Every confirmed attendee, residential or day-ticket, has a payment deadline of 10 days regardless if they are UK-based or international.

Unfortunately, we’ve had to increase our prices. This is due to inflation causing our costs of our hotel rooms to rise, and we need to keep up to ensure we can still provide the awesome experience you expect. We know price increases are never fun, but we hope you understand.

The new residential pricing for this year is below:

Core Days:

Check in Friday 23rd May
Check out Tuesday 27th May (4 nights)
Prices include your convention ticket fee and breakfast each morning of your stay.

Single Room: £508
Double Rooms from: £436 per person
Executive Rooms: £620 per person

Early Arrival / Late Departure:

Single Room additional days are £95 per night.
Double Room additional days are £77 per person per night.
Exec Room additional days are £123 per person per night.

Upgrades of your ticket type are also available:

Plus: £15.50
Sponsor: £54

All additional day requests are subject to availability.

As is usual, first we open residential registration as a lottery process. ‘Attending only’ and ‘Day Tickets’ will open at a later date.

As always, our main venue is the Hilton Birmingham Metropole, with the official overflow hotel being the Crowne Plaza.

Here are some FAQs to help you out!

I’ve never been to ConFuzzled before. How does registration work with you?

Here’s a quick summary:

If you want to attend the convention, with a room-space, we call that a ‘Residential Registration’. We offer your convention attendance and room space as a package bundle (this is the only way to get a room space in the main venue and overflow). Additionally, for the ‘twin’ and ‘double’ rooms, what you’re paying for is your individual space in the room – not the whole room. This means both you, and your roomshare partner must both register individually, and will both need to pay the relevant fee.

We also have single rooms. Note that there are fewer of these in the Hilton than there are double/twin rooms.

The convention runs 23rd – 27th May 2025. If you’d like to arrive a day early (so you’d be checking in on the 22nd), that’s called ‘Early Arrival’. If you’d like to depart a day later (so you’d be checking out on the 28th), that’s called ‘Late Departure’ – you can add either one, or both, to your registration.

We do not offer options to only stay for part of the convention, e.g. two or three nights.

We offer upgrades such as ‘Plus’ and ‘Sponsor’ to help the convention and get extra goodies like the convention T-Shirt and other gifts in your conpack when you arrive!

To register, here’s a quick guide:

1. When the lottery window opens, head to https://reg.confuzzled.org.uk
2. Follow the process to enter all your details and select your preferred registration room type and stay. Include any options like ‘Early Arrival’, ‘Late Departure’, and whether you’d like upgrades such as ‘Plus’ or ‘Sponsor’.
3. A price will be displayed to you but you won’t be paying just yet.
4. Submit your registration form, and wait for confirmation which will also include your convention badge number.
5. For those selecting a twin or double room it is ESSENTIAL that you, and your roomshare partner, log back in to the registration system, and set each other as sharing partners in the system BEFORE the lottery window closes – if you do not do this your registration will be cancelled.

Once the lottery window closes, the lottery process will run. You’ll then be notified if you have been allocated a room or not. For those in twin / double rooms, you’ll either be successful or not together (so, there is no chance that one of you will get a spot, and the other be excluded).

If you have been successful, you’ll then be requested to make payment to fully secure your registration.

You’ll receive no specific ‘ticket’ – just your final registration confirmation. So, for ConFuzzled, simply show up and head to the registration room at the venue to collect your con-badge, and con-pack! You MUST have valid, in-date photo ID. You’ll need to present this at registration at the convention.

Head to the main hotel reception to check-in separately.

How do I pay?

Payment will once again be by bank transfer. We’re sorry for not being able to offer a direct card-payment option.

If this option isn’t possible for you, please get in touch with registration@confuzzled.org.uk to explore alternative options – as we may be able to help.

Why is it a lottery process?

Switching to a lottery process has helped make our Residential Registration process fairer.

It’s cut down on the frustrations experienced from having only a tiny, mad-dash window in which to try and register. The lottery process means there’s a simple two week window in which to register, and it doesn’t matter when (during that window) you submit your details: you have as much chance as anyone else.

We feel this approach is much fairer given the limited availability of space.

What if I have an accessibility need to be in the Hilton?

When registration opens and before the lottery is run please add in any accessibility requirements you may have into the system and email registration@confuzzled.org.uk

As was the case last year there will be a separate accessibility lottery run for those who e-mail in and inform us of your needs. Please be aware accessible rooms in the Hilton are very limited. Should you be unsuccessful in the accessibility lottery you will automatically be entered into the main lottery.

Will Dealers’ Den registration happen at the same time?

Yes, this year Dealers’ Den sign ups will open at the same time as the general registration, on Monday 2nd September 8pm. We will send a separate announcement with more details about registration for Dealers’ Den later on.

What happens if I don’t get a room?

You’ll have some other options. These include waiting, just in case we get some cancellations through non-payment (for example).

However, the best route will usually be to switch your registration to a non-residential ‘attending only’ type, and make alternative arrangements with other Hotels and accommodation in the local area.

Why don’t you have more overflow hotels?

ConFuzzled regularly reviews our partnerships with other accommodation providers, however these arrangements must remain in confidence, and we cannot discuss such details openly.

We know that’s a bit ‘business speak’, but suffice it to say that it takes two to tango, and we’re trying our best!

What about party suites?

As usual, full details and availability of these will be announced later on in the year. Unfortunately prices for these have risen as well.

I have a question not answered here

Please email registration@confuzzled.org.uk and our team will help you!