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Cost Saving Tips for Attending Tournaments

Cost Saving Tips for Attending Tournaments

reduce travel costs to tournaments
coaches—find less expensive housing/hotels
	Share hotel rooms including with staff and students—be sure to
check your school’s regulations concerning this
	Get roll-aways for hotel rooms so you can fit 5 in a room
	Request discounts from hotel chains that you frequently
visit--"frequent sleeper" program.
	Request discount rates, AAA discounts, corporate rates, special
rates, government rates, etc.
	Stay at cheaper tournament motels and hotels like Motel 6’s etc.
	Drive an RV to long trips. Watch movies on the way to nationals,
eat without stopping, and sleep in a bed.
	Stay at homes of alumni, students, parents, etc.
	Stay in residence hall rooms, a gym, etc., at the tournament you
attend.
coaches—reduce the costs of food
	Buy an ice chest and fill it with sandwiches and cold drinks.
	Pack lunches for the drive instead of fast food; it is healthier
and cheaper.
	Buy groceries instead of eating out all the time
	Go to cheap food, fast food—remember, as a coach, you may have more
disposable income than students
	Students with food plans on their home campus can get meals packed
to take along, at least for the first day.
	Request free food at tournament schools with similar meal plans.
COACHES—REDUCE TRAVEL COSTS
	Drive your own cars and have students drive their own cars to
tournaments.
	Share vans or rent a bus to tournaments. Have one coach in the area
work out the logistics and then other schools should cooperate.
	Note: Be careful about driving personal cars and sharing vans among
schools due to liability concerns Some schools have insurance regulations
that prohibit such transportation from happening.
COACHES-GENERAL TOURNAMENT COST REDUCTIONS
	Choose less expensive tournaments and tournaments with lower fees
	Go to tournaments that are closer—travel costs are reduced
significantly
COACHES—LOWER AIRFARE COSTS
	Order tickets ahead for tournaments especially during air wars;
keep up with this by buying a national paper like USA Today, Wall Street
Journal, New York Times
	Work with travel agents to reduce fees
	If you live in a smaller town; consider driving to a nearby major
city to take a plane at a much reduced cost
Archive created by Jonathan Stanton (jonathan@cs.jhu.edu)
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