Organizing a tour to a casino
March 31st, 2017 at 7:52:35 PM
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I have a lot of friends and acquaintances, mostly just acquaintances, at the casinos I visit. So I was talking today with some people about me planning a trip to Atlantic City and a few people I talked to about it were excited about the idea, staying overnight a few days. Obviously there is a way to profit doing this, but how exactly? Anyone with experience doing this, with general knowledge, etc? Booking and being paid for 30/40 people might be harder than them noncommittally saying they're interested. Ive read about such things generally, but not sure where, so can't even reference it.
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March 31st, 2017 at 8:05:49 PM
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Total Rewards will give you free perks when you book at least 5 rooms: https://www.caesars.com/total-experiences/about So basically you can charge people more than the rooms were worth to book and thats how you would profit. Which isn't really a dick move because unless someone takes the initiative to group everyone up and plan they wouldn't get access to the perks for free.
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April 1st, 2017 at 5:09:33 AM
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Just now have run into a lady who charters a bus-full of people to go twice a year. Will find out soon just how many are on the bus; she uses a company that does tours and this is her special deal. Everybody gets freeplay* of $20, making the round-trip cost pretty cheap at that point.
The casino website has a page on the matter, which says "Group Leaders who bring in 30 or more passengers and provide a complete Manifest will be eligible for a Bonus offer."
So everybody gets something, and the group leader something extra, it seems.
Arriving on a "line run" is mentioned, "Passengers arriving on a Line Run, or Charter with an incomplete Manifest, must complete this Registration Form to be eligible for their offer". I have to assume "line run" means by bus, but the *regular* bus? If you have a manifest and can pose as the group leader,, then ...?? You'd have to talk to them, and I assume every casino has this group tour department.
*I assume it's freeplay, a coupon of some kind
The casino website has a page on the matter, which says "Group Leaders who bring in 30 or more passengers and provide a complete Manifest will be eligible for a Bonus offer."
So everybody gets something, and the group leader something extra, it seems.
Arriving on a "line run" is mentioned, "Passengers arriving on a Line Run, or Charter with an incomplete Manifest, must complete this Registration Form to be eligible for their offer". I have to assume "line run" means by bus, but the *regular* bus? If you have a manifest and can pose as the group leader,, then ...?? You'd have to talk to them, and I assume every casino has this group tour department.
*I assume it's freeplay, a coupon of some kind
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April 1st, 2017 at 6:56:39 AM
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I did this once, some twenty years ago, with a bar. We had commitments for 35 people. The Sands gave us a package deal where they sent a bus, gave us X amount of rooms and dinner and breakfast buffets. As group leader,my room was free and I got a $5 one time use chip for every person on the bus.
I don't remember prices, only that it was a good deal and someone else organized another trip soon after.
Of course, this was pre-meltdown ,even pre-merger . When Showboat and Ballys competed with Caesars and the Hilton and Trop. Back when the Taj was considered the Crown Jewel.
I don't remember prices, only that it was a good deal and someone else organized another trip soon after.
Of course, this was pre-meltdown ,even pre-merger . When Showboat and Ballys competed with Caesars and the Hilton and Trop. Back when the Taj was considered the Crown Jewel.
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April 1st, 2017 at 7:13:51 AM
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Not sure if there are any exclusions for booking multiple rooms, but normally you get 1 tier credit and 1 reward credit per $1 spent on room reservations.
With a total rewards visa you'd get 5 RC for each $1.
Assuming that all of those rules apply and you are able to book ~20 rooms under your TR account, here is the best scenario I can come up with:
20 Rooms x $125ea = $2500
With TR Visa, $2500 x 5 = 12,500 RC + 10,000 RC signup bonus = 22,500 RC
22,500 RC is worth $112.50 in free play for Gold/Platinum, or $128.57 for Diamond.
That will also earn you 7500 Tier Credits.
Doesn't seem like a great haul for bringing that many people into the Casio, so I'd see if they have another promotion.
With a total rewards visa you'd get 5 RC for each $1.
Assuming that all of those rules apply and you are able to book ~20 rooms under your TR account, here is the best scenario I can come up with:
20 Rooms x $125ea = $2500
With TR Visa, $2500 x 5 = 12,500 RC + 10,000 RC signup bonus = 22,500 RC
22,500 RC is worth $112.50 in free play for Gold/Platinum, or $128.57 for Diamond.
That will also earn you 7500 Tier Credits.
Doesn't seem like a great haul for bringing that many people into the Casio, so I'd see if they have another promotion.
