GOOD NEWS EVERYONE [/Farnsworth]
Ok, so I finally have all the final prices and everything sorted out. I used a very conservative thought process while working this whole thing out, so bare with me. I'm also trying to be as transparent as possible with these numbers so you can all clearly see where your money is going and show you all that I'm a trustworthy person. JUST READ THE WHOLE GOD**** POST and everything should make sense.
Current Prices
(All values in parans. are under optimal assumptions)
Price Per Person to Ride the Bus:
$89 with 50 people (
$80 with our current list)
Price Per Person for Hotel Stay:
$67 with 40 people (
$59 with our current list)
Total Package Price:
$156 (
$139)
Summary
Well, it's a little bit more than I was originally quoted, and I know it's kind of a shock, but again I'm providing two numbers. One is a conservative guess that you'll have to be prepared to pay for until the last couple weeks leading into Genesis. The other is a very realistic and very possible price we can pay under optimal conditions. What's the difference?
5 people. That's right.
5 people. You can pay almost
$17 less if
5 more people secure this trip and decide to go. Let's look over the benefits of going again, shall we?
- Bus Full of People that Share your Love of Competitive Gaming from AROUND THE WORLD
- Complete Travel from your region, to the hotel, to the venue, to the hotel again, and back to your region
- Hotel Guarantees?:
+ Complimentary Continental Breakfast (YOU GET TO EAT FOR FREE EVERY MORNING BEFORE A HUGE TOURNAMENT)
+ Pool / Spa Use
+ TV
+ Fridge Access
+ Warm Room, and WARM SHOWERS (if you're housing with someone, they can't always guarantee you that)
+ Hotel partying with a bunch of Smashers
That looks like a pretty **** list. Like, a really, really, really, **** list of benefits. It's a weekend vacation + trip + tournament ride for only
~$150 dollars. In the real world, that sort of travel is unprecedented. But again, I know it's a
~$150, and I'm working on ways to make it cheaper.
Making it Cheaper
Chula Vista 30: The Fun-raiser
Over here in San Diego, we're hosting a tournament to fundraise for the bus. Most of the money from the tournament will go towards the total cost of the bus, and will hopefully lower the price by a few dollars for everyone.
Friday Night Tour of San Francisco
I'm working with the bus driver and charter bus company to plan something special for the
18+ crowd. The bus arrives in NorCal on Thursday, early pools runs on Friday, and later on in the evening (hopefully when pools die down), we'll be doing a big Friday Night Bus Tour of San Francisco. We'll stop at the sights, restaurants, clubs, shops, what-have-you, and we'll get back to the Hotel at around 2am. This will be
OPEN TO ANYONE, even if you didn't buy a bus seat on the way up to NorCal. Though,
ANYONE THAT DID NOT GET A HOTEL PACKAGE will be charged
$5. All proceeds go back to the original price of renting the bus.
Selling Off Extra Rooms
Originally I planned for 50 people to have room and stay at the Ramada with us, and I reserve 9 rooms, but if we do end up with only 40 people, I can sell off the remaining 2 rooms to anyone else that wants it. And these rooms can either be two-beds, executive-type rooms, suites, etc. And I can get them FOR CHEAP. I'm talking like,
Oats-must-be-****ing-and-sucking-the-hot-female-manager-these-are-way-way-way-too cheap. SO, IF ANY OF YOU KNOW ANYONE THAT WANTS A HOTEL ROOM OR STAY IN A HOTEL ROOM FOR GENESIS AND GET ALL THE HOTEL BONUSES I MENTIONED ABOVE + MORE, CONTACT ME. Or if you bus goers want your own room?
Contact me!
Sponsorship
I'm looking into sponsorships, but can't find too much. I want to have some kind of bake sale or candy sale or something dumb like that, but we'll have to wait and see.
What You Can Do
There are tons of things you can do personally as an individual to raise money for this trip. Ask your friends and family members to donate $1 towards your trip, and SAVE IT for Genesis. Say you're traveling and that you want to compete, early birthday, what have you. Ask for donations from your work place or anything like that. I'm dead serious, anyone can raise an easy
$20 just by asking for it, or by doing a bunch of things that are so simple, it's ridiculous. All you need is a just cause, and I'm pretty sure a trip to NorCal will get anyone excited.
Most importantly, get on each other's ***** about this trip. It's only cheap if we work together, and if you noticed someone hasn't paid, tell them to get their **** together and get on it, or help them pay by offering your credit card and having them pay you back. This is a community bus for a community, so act like a community.
Contact Info
Here it is
Smashboards Account:
Cheeri-Oats
All is Brawl Account:
Oats
E-mail:
sdsmash@gmail.com