http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2012-02-14T09:35:50Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Room%20Comps http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/6/14/93311/6016 <![CDATA[<p><img align="right" src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3/q_n_a.jpg" align="right"> A tipster who probably read our feature article, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2006/7/31/064/60908/hotels/How_to_Get_a_Comped_Room_in_Vegas"><i>How to Get a Comped Hotel Room in Las Vegas</i></a>, offers up a new place to hit up that we hadn't considered before. Laban writes:<blockquote><p> I was a small time player for the last few days at the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Plaza+Hotel+and+Casino+-+Las+Vegas/ian/152693"><b>Plaza Hotel and Casino</b></a> downtown. I started with a mere $20 initial bet [on the roulette table] and spent 2-3 hours a day going up and down. After initially doing well I probably sent most of the time with only about $10-20 dollars on the table per spin. For this small effort I was comp'd a buffet meal, a $20 voucher for the gift shop and got the juliana 2007-06-14T09:37:24-05:00 36.171227 -115.14728 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2006/7/31/15524/0722 <![CDATA[<p><img align="right" src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/players_cards.jpg"><b>[Ed. Note: Little did we know that Hotel Maven <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/user/tim%20leffel">Tim Leffel</a> has a bit of a gambling problem as he weighs in our <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2006/7/31/064/60908/hotels/How_to_Get_a_Comped_Room_in_Vegas">How to Get a Comped Room in Vegas</a> story, complete with a picture of all his players club cards.]</b><p>It is not easy to get a comped room in Vegas unless you are "a whale" or a celebrity. Or a casino manager's dream: a tabloid cover hero who gambles away so much that he is both. <p> That doesn't keep us from trying though. People dutifully sign up for a casino's membership program, walk around with a silly cord and a card attached to their belt, and eagerly anticipate the day when they will juliana 2006-07-31T16:13:41-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2006/7/31/064/60908 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3/q_n_a.jpg" align="right"> <p>In the City Of Compin', Las Vegas, comps are a hotel casino standard. These are freebies that the casino gives you in return for spending money playing the games at their casinos. So if you're spending a considerable amount of time gambling, you are going to get some comps thrown your way. These could be food and beverage comps (usually for the breakfast buffet) or even a comp for something at the hotel gift shop or show tickets.<p> Yet who cares about a buffet comp when what would really make your trip is having your room tab picked up by the casino. So how do you do that? Well, we talked to some casino folks out in juliana 2006-07-31T10:54:39-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2006/7/24/233517/530 <![CDATA[<p><img align="right" src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/Super_8.jpg">Travel writers, travel agents, meeting planners, and other influencers are losing out to the bean counters (and so are the buddies of hotel employees).<p>According to this industry report from <a href="http://hotelnewsresource.com/article23223-Comp_Rooms___More_Difficult_Than_A">PKF Hospitality Research</a>, the number of complimentary rooms being divvied out by hotels is low and getting lower. "In 2004, comp rooms represented 1.63 percent of total occupied rooms. This ratio dropped to 1.57 percent in 2005." (Indeed, the title of the article is "Comp Rooms: More Difficult than a Free Lunch.") <p>Chalk it up to "yield management," a fancy term for the concept "squeeze the highest possible price out of every room at all times." Picture accountants slumped over spreadsheets, bar graphs, and real-time reservation summaries and Tim L. 2006-07-25T10:30:02-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/