I probably averaged 6 or 7 shows a year. The cost of the ticket was usually the cheapest part! Hotel, airfare, rental car. Depending on where in the County I went, it was at least $750 a trip and probably close to $1,000.
I try very hard not to add this all up.
Yep, that is definitely a concern.
I'm from Canada, so with the exchange rate, it's extra brutal. If I won I honestly don't know how many shows I could actually go to. Maybe 4-5 at the very most (unless Tara adopted me and took me on tour with them).
Until I read the fine print, I actually thought of auctioning it off for the girls' charities if I happened to win one, so that someone in the US near a lot of venues could get maximum enjoyment out of them. But they're non-transferable, so that's not feasible.