@jerrybanfield I think you should stay home and save your time, money and energy to keep doing what you are doing for steemit, maybe organize a small local steemfest in your area and conference call to the big one in Portugal.
Instead of going to steemfest this year you should concentrate on helping to organize next year´s steemfest somewhere in the Americas, maybe in Acapulco in combination with Anarchapulco 2018.
Going to steemfest in Portugal would mean preaching to the choir, much better if you´d promote steemit in your local area, getting new people on board.
This way, I think, you could be most helpful.
@likedeeler thank you for emphasizing the benefits of staying home and continuing my work organizing a local meetup!