If you’d like to attend Scotiacon, you’ll need to register beforehand via our online system. The sections below should tell you everything you need to know to register with us, but if you have any questions, check out our lone-ranging FAQ, NESSIE.

General Information

Here are a few things to bear in mind during the registration process:

• We have a guide to help you through the process of registering, you can find it linked above on this website when registration is open.
• We have not saved any registration information from previous years; whether you are a returning attendee or a first-timer, you’ll need to complete the registration form in full.
• You will be asked to provide your legal name as part of the registration process. Please ensure that the name you give matches the name on the photographic ID that you will be bringing to the convention as we must match these to fulfil our obligation to make sure only registered attendees are present at the convention.
• New for this year, in addition to the usual physical ID that we accept, we are also able to accept certain digital ID which can be set up prior the convention. For further details on the digital ID we can accept, please see the Digital ID Connect website
• All attendees must be 18 or more years old on the first day of their attendance at the convention.

Registration Options

Residential vs. Non-Residential: We offer both residential and non-residential registration. The difference between the two is whether or not you will be staying overnight in one of our accommodation options or arranging your own accommodation. If you wish to seek alternative accommodation, or if we have run out of rooms to offer, you can secure your own accommodation elsewhere and select a non-residential registration. There are a number of alternative hotels within a short walk of our hotel, however, we have no special arrangements outside of the hotels we offer for residential registrations so you will be responsible for making your own bookings with them.

Extra Days: Standard residential registration includes a three night hotel stay, checking in on the Friday of the convention weekend and checking out on the following Monday. If you wish to arrive early and check in on the Thursday or leave late and check out on the Tuesday, this option is for you. Extra days are offered at a per-day rate depending on your room type and both attendees in a given room will need to select the same extra days to be eligible.

Day Tickets: We are pleased to be able to offer day tickets again this year. If you would like to attend the convention for certain days only, we offer these at a flat rate per day you wish to attend. You will need to choose which days you are attending when you register. Please note that these options are all strictly non-residential and do not include any accommodation so you will need to arrange your own if you are intending to stay in the area.

Sponsor Option: If you wish to pay more to sponsor the convention, first of all - thank you! Your additional contributions help us to make the convention even better for all our attendees. There is no obligation to sponsor, but if you choose to, you will receive some additional perks.

These include:

• The official convention T-shirt in your chosen size
• A sponsor-specific lanyard and badge
• Additional bonus items yet to be revealed!

T-Shirt: If you wish to purchase this year’s official convention T-shirt without upgrading to the sponsor level, this option is for you! For a small fee we will add one of the official convention T-shirts in your chosen size to your conpack. Please ensure you choose your preferred T-shirt size during the registration process. If you are already opting to purchase a sponsor-level registration, you do not need to add this option to receive the T-shirt, as it is included as part of the cost of the sponsor-level upgrade. If you purchase a sponsor-level registration and also select the T-shirt option, you will receive two shirts in the same size, the second of which will be paid for at the T-shirt rate.

If you want additional T-shirts or choose not to purchase one during registration, we usually purchase some additional stock for sale at the Dealers’ Den at the convention. However, this is subject to availability so purchasing through registration is the only way you can guarantee that you’ll receive a T-shirt and ensure this is in your preferred size.

Our Hotels: The Crowne Plaza

Our main convention hotel is the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Glasgow. Please see our Venue page for more details on its facilities.

The Crowne Plaza offers the following room types for residential attendees:

Standard: This is a standard room for two people; you will have the option of choosing either a king room with one king-size double bed, or a twin room with two separate beds.

Executive Room: This room type comes with executive lounge access and a king-sized bed.

Executive Suite: This room type comes with executive lounge access and includes an additional private sitting room space attached to the bedroom.

All residential attendees also receive complimentary access to the health club at the hotel, including a pool and sauna.

Please note that the hotel does not offer single rooms and, to ensure that we can offer accommodation to as many attendees as possible, we are not able to accept attendees paying double in order to secure an entire room to themselves. Each room must have two registered occupants.

We would like to remind attendees that we do not offer a room share matching service for attendees; you will need to find your own room share partner prior to registration. If you are unable to find a room share partner, we will not be able to progress your hotel booking.

We have exclusivity of the hotel for the convention weekend and so the only way to book a room at the Crowne Plaza for the convention days is through the convention; please do not call the hotel to secure a booking directly as you will not be able to do this.

Our Hotels: The Hilton Garden Inn

Last year we introduced the Hilton Garden Inn as an overflow accommodation option for residential registrations and a number of attendees took advantage of this. For 2026, we are pleased to have secured the use of the whole hotel for the weekend, giving us more rooms to offer attendees at our convention rate through the registration process.

The Hilton Garden Inn is located about 7 minutes walk (approximately 500m) from the Crowne Plaza and has a number of twin and double rooms available. If you are staying in the Hilton Garden Inn and bringing a car, you will be able to park in the Hilton car park at the convention rate of £5 per day.

The Hilton Garden Inn offers the following room types for residential attendees:

Double: This is a standard room for two people with one queen-sized bed.

Twin: This is a standard room for two people with two individual beds.

Please note, there are no executive or suite options at the Hilton Garden Inn.

When registering, as in previous years, you will rank the room types that you are willing to accept into a choice order. If you would like to be considered for either (or both!) of the Hilton Garden Inn room types, add them to your ranking. If you do not wish to stay in the Hilton Garden Inn and only wish to be considered for the Crowne Plaza, simply leave them out of your ranking.

As we have secured the whole of the hotel for the convention weekend, the only way to book a room at the Hilton Garden Inn for the convention days is through the convention; please do not call the hotel to secure a booking directly as you will not be able to do this.

Our Hotels: Accessible Rooms

Our hotels both offer accessible rooms, however, these are very limited. All accessible rooms across both hotels are double rooms; neither hotel has any accessible twin rooms available. The Crowne Plaza has one room on floor 14 and one on floor 15, so please bear in mind there will be a dependency on lift travel to reach these. The Hilton Garden Inn has nine rooms across the first and second floors. To request an accessible room, please complete your registration as normal and then contact our Registration team to notify them of your requirement for an accessible room. Note that accessible rooms, as per other rooms, will be assigned on a first come, first served basis in registration order to those who require them.

How Registration Works

Scotiacon operates a “first come, first served” registration policy. Simply put, we sell rooms as people register with us and when we run out, we stop. We do not operate a lottery system. If you wish to secure a room, we recommend registering as soon as registration opens to maximise your chance of receiving a room booking in your preferred type. If we run out of rooms, we will continue to offer non-residential attendance types.

Anyone who has registered for a residential attendance after we have run out of rooms will be added to a waiting list and, should a room become available, these will be assigned to the attendees on the waiting list on a “first in, first out” basis.

Attendees on the waiting list will still have the option to switch to a non-residential attendance at any time until their registration becomes verified; this can be done via the website by changing the selected attendance options. Once registration is verified and paid for this will become locked and no further changes can be made without cancelling the registration and starting anew, which could incur additional fees.

When selecting your accommodation, you will have the option to generate a room sharing invite. This will give you a link that you can share with the person you intend to share your room with. When they click the link while logged into the registration system, it will attach them to your room share. Whoever generates the code is the “lead” of the share. Only the lead needs to share the link, the other person sharing does not need to share a link in return. Room shares can be dissolved and re-made through the system.

Once registered, we will verify the registration. Generally this will take no more than 48 hours, although as we traditionally see many registrations in the period immediately after opening for registration we are asking our attendees who register immediately at opening to allow two weeks for their verification to arrive. We will update across our social media channels to keep potential attendees advised of any delays.

Once verified, we will request payment from attendees. Payment can be accepted by card through our website, or via bank transfer. Payment will need to be received within one week of the request being made, otherwise the registration will be released, including any room reservation. Please note that, for residential attendance, both attendees in the room share need to have paid by the deadline in order to secure the room.

Pricing

Our pricing for 2026 is unchanged from what we were able to offer in 2025. Here are the costs for this year:

Residential Attendance

All costs are per person, not per room!

The standard residential attendance price includes a hotel stay at the Crowne Plaza or Hilton Garden Inn, checking in on the Friday of the convention weekend and checking out on the following Monday.

The extra days are checking in on Thursday (early arrival) and/or checking out on Tuesday (late departure).

Room Type	Price	Extra Days Per Person, Per Day
Standard Room - Double	£330	£80
Standard Room - Twin	£330	£80
Executive Room	£400	£100
Executive Suite	£480	£125

Non-Residential Attendance

Attendance Type	Price Per Person
Attending Only (Friday to Monday)	£100
Day Tickets (per day)	£45

Additional Options

If you’d like to help fund the convention a little more and help us to make the event even better, you can choose to upgrade with a sponsor registration which includes a special colour of lanyard, attendee badge, our 2025 T-shirt, and perhaps some other special goodies. If you just want the T-shirt, however, you can just pay for that on its own. Please be aware that, if you select both options, you’ll pay for both and receive 2 T-shirts in your chosen size!

Name	Price Per Person
Sponsor Upgrade (Includes T-Shirt)	£80
T-Shirt Only	£15