VMX 2027 in Orlando.

The number that matters

How many VMX 2027 CE hours can one person claim?

The NAVC publishes two figures: over 1,000 hours for the size of the program, which runs hundreds of tracks at the same time in the same building, and 43.5 hours as the ceiling on what a single attendee can put on a renewal. The 43.5 is on the NAVC's own CE credits page.

VMX 2027 badges as published by the NAVC in October 2026.

A 75 minute session is 1.5 credit hours, a 50 minute session is 1, a 25 minute session is 0.5. Hands-on workshops and masterclasses are credited by their actual length. Every hour is self-tracked by scanning your badge at the session door, and you can edit your record of participation until March 22.

The virtual cap is higher than the in person one. VMX Virtual carries 51 hours for $295 and no travel. The in person badge carries 7.5 fewer and includes the expo hall and the hands-on workshops.

On demand CE carries a quiz. Recorded sessions credit only after a five question quiz passed at 80 per cent, with unlimited retakes. Live virtual tracks credit as live CE if you watch them at the scheduled time, which matters where a board counts live and recorded hours against separate limits. What your state actually requires, state by state.

Money

VMX 2027 registration, tier by tier

VMX prices the badge by your role. NAVC membership carries no discount, so the only levers on price are the group bands and the early rate.

Published on the VMX pricing page and the packages page, October 2026.

What the price table leaves out

• The two packages have to be chosen at the moment you register. The NAVC states on its own page that neither can be added afterwards, so deferring the choice means going without them.
• Group discounts start at six people: 20 per cent for six to nine, 30 per cent for ten to ninety-nine, 40 per cent for a hundred or more. They run through December 31, 2026, and do not apply to industry, exhibitor, supplier or guest badges. A practice sending a vet, two technicians and a manager is two people short of the first band, and inviting two more is cheaper per head than sending four.
• Hands-on workshops, masterclasses, Meet the Professor luncheons and the behind the scenes tours all carry their own fee and their own pre-registration, and the NAVC states that they routinely sell out early. Electives are booked at registration or not at all, and there is a workshop-only registration for people who cannot take the whole week.

Deadlines

VMX 2027 hotel block deadlines

Registration stays open until the conference. The hotel block does not. Every date below is published on the VMX hotels page.

VMX housing close dates for the January 2027 meeting. Booking runs through ConferenceDirect, the official housing bureau.

The three headquarters hotels, the Hilton Orlando, the Hyatt Regency Orlando and the Rosen hotels, all close on 22 December. Every other hotel and the housing website itself run to 4 January.

Hotel cancellations carry a fee from October 5, 2026: $75 to November 1, $100 from November 2 to 29, $150 from November 30 to December 27, and $200 from December 28 to arrival. Cancelling was free until October 4.

The $250 badge is described as an early bird price available for a limited time, and the NAVC has not published the date that limit falls. The group discount bands end on December 31, 2026.

Logistics

VMX 2027 hotels and walking distance

The Orange County Convention Center is large and VMX uses the South Concourse. The hotels below are close enough to walk. Most of the others are on the VMX shuttle, but some are not, including the Disney hotels, so check the shuttle column on the hotels page before you book. Rates are the published VMX block rates.

The walkable VMX 2027 hotels. The full list carries around thirty more, from 1.2 to 13.1 miles out.

The Rosen Center hosts the Meet the Professor luncheons and the hands-on workshops. It is also the cheapest of the three headquarters hotels.

The in person badge does not include recordings. On demand access sits inside VMX Virtual, which you can buy on its own or add through either package. Decide that at registration, because neither package can be added afterwards.

Straight answer

Who VMX Orlando is worth it for

VMX is the biggest veterinary meeting in the world.

Reasons to go to VMX

• You want breadth. Small animal, exotics, large animal, nursing, practice management and professional development all run together, and VMX 2027 adds educational tracks in Spanish.
• You are shopping. 800 or more exhibitors sit in one hall, so an equipment decision that has been open for months can be closed in an afternoon.
• You are sending a team. The six person discount band is the lowest group threshold of any large meeting, and the CVPM and nursing tracks give the rest of the team a reason to be there.
• You need hours and cannot leave the practice. VMX Virtual caps at 51 hours, which is higher than the in person badge.

Reasons to go to WVC instead

• You learn with your hands. WVC Vegas 2027 is built around 55 or more hands-on labs at the Viticus Group's own education centers, under the name Western Veterinary Conference for most of its history. VMX runs workshops and masterclasses, and its program is built around the lecture hall and the expo.
• Your calendar is clearer in late February than in mid January. Coming back from the holidays into a five day absence has to be made up somewhere, and WVC is six weeks later.

Reasons to go to neither

• You are two hours short before a renewal. A state or regional VMA meeting closes that gap at a fraction of the cost per claimable hour, without travel.

Side by side

VMX or WVC

VMX 2027 and WVC Vegas 2027 are the two largest general veterinary meetings in the country and they run six weeks apart. Side by side, as each organizer publishes it.

VMX 2027 against WVC Vegas 2027, from navc.com and viticusgroup.org, October 2026.

VMX is cheaper to get into, publishes its CE ceiling, and has a remote option and a group band that starts at six people. WVC costs more at the door, gives students and active military a free badge, and runs 55 or more hands-on labs. The full WVC 2027 page covers both of its meetings, since the Viticus Group now runs one in Las Vegas and one in Nashville.

If you went last year

What changed between VMX 2026 and VMX 2027

The shape of the week, the venue, the 43.5 hour CE ceiling and the way sessions are credited all carry over from 2026.

• The dates moved one day earlier. VMX 2026 ran January 17 to 21. VMX 2027 runs January 16 to 20, still Saturday to Wednesday.
• Group pricing for six or more is new for 2027, at 20, 30 and 40 per cent.
• Educational tracks in Spanish are new.
• The virtual window is now stated as 60 days from opening day, January 16 to March 21, 2027, and it is priced at $295 on its own.

The charting does not take the week off.

Time out of the practice has to be made up somewhere, and records are usually where it lands.

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About these figures

Every date, price and CE figure on this page was checked in October 2026 against navc.com. Several VMX pages there still carry 2026 in the browser tab and the page heading while the content underneath is 2027, so where the site disagreed with itself we went with the page carrying the January 16 to 20 program.

Confirm with the organizer before you book flights, and confirm your CE with your own board before you count on it. If you spot something wrong here, tell us at [email protected] and we will fix it.

Back to the full veterinary conference calendar, or across to WVC 2027.

Last updated 4 October 2026.