Room/Roommate Travel Question

akaTrigger

akaTrigger

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If you stay at a hotel where you earned a free stay based on points, would you let a fellow pool player stay for free also, or charge them the rate, or give them a discounted rate?

Or, if you stay at a hotel casino for a pool tournament where you get a free room because you do a lot of gambling, would let other pool playing friends stay in it for free also? Or would you charge them what the rate "would" be? Or charge them a discounted rate?

Are these two separate situations? Or the same idea? One is because you gambled so the room is free, the other because you spent money on previous night stays for points.
 
Before I answer this question, I need a few details cleared up:

Is this other pool player female?
Is she hawt?
Will there be naughtiness involved?
If so, please describe in detail.

:D

If they are a friend, I like to share the love.....sharing the free-ness with friends is good for karma and will reward you in the end....

If they are just someone asking to share a room, then just give them some kind of discounted rate.....I'm guessing you like them at least enough to share a room, so a rate hookup is in order....

Based on you asking the question, it sounds like they might fall in a third, lesser know category - the friend that is sort of a leech, that is often looking for you to hook them up.....this borders on them taking advantage of you....unfortunately, you have to trust your gut as I cannot answer this one for you....
 
A friend is a friend and money should never be an issue and that free room should become a party room for everyone.

Now if a person had been saving that room and said person was strapped for cash, a good friend would offer to throw some money in. Knowing it did take some kind of action in the past to get where you are at present..
 
If it's a free room, then you aren't losing anything. I'd give it to them. Remember if it's Jay, request a room with one bed in advance ;)
 
Big Perm said:
Before I answer this question, I need a few details cleared up:

Is this other pool player female?
Is she hawt?
Will there be naughtiness involved?
If so, please describe in detail.

:D

If they are a friend, I like to share the love.....sharing the free-ness with friends is good for karma and will reward you in the end....

If they are just someone asking to share a room, then just give them some kind of discounted rate.....I'm guessing you like them at least enough to share a room, so a rate hookup is in order....

Based on you asking the question, it sounds like they might fall in a third, lesser know category - the friend that is sort of a leech, that is often looking for you to hook them up.....this borders on them taking advantage of you....unfortunately, you have to trust your gut as I cannot answer this one for you....
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No leeches at all, actually! I can say proudly that none of my female friends look for handouts or take advantage of money situations.
 
I would let them get their own room unless you really get along with them and then they should return the favor in the future.
 
Whenever I goto Vegas, my friend always have a hook up so we stay for free. He always refuses to take it, but I give him $200 for the stay of week. Or I pay for food/drink when we are back home. Last time, I paid for his plane ticket.

He gets comp'ed but I don't. So I pay him. Last two times, he refused to take my money and almost got mad. We got in argument about if I had been comp'ed, I would do the same to him. Now I can't pay.
 
akaTrigger said:
If you stay at a hotel where you earned a free stay based on points, would you let a fellow pool player stay for free also, or charge them the rate, or give them a discounted rate?

Or, if you stay at a hotel casino for a pool tournament where you get a free room because you do a lot of gambling, would let other pool playing friends stay in it for free also? Or would you charge them what the rate "would" be? Or charge them a discounted rate?

Are these two separate situations? Or the same idea? One is because you gambled so the room is free, the other because you spent money on previous night stays for points.
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If you are feeling fluffy and the other person is busted, then let them stay for nothing.

On the other hand, if you are short stacked and they are not, make them pay. Afterall, you earned it not them. That's how i have and would handle it.
 
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I've been in this situation many times, and have never outwardly charged anyone who shared the room with me. Sometimes they threw me something out of their winnings (maybe 10%) and sometimes they just took care of a couple of meals together. Either way, it's all good with me.

I'm not staying with anyone who isn't my friend, so I'm glad to help them defray their expenses. As far as me and Trigger are concerned - NO COMMENT!
 
I have done this many times in the past few years both at the BCA and the APA. Most recently at the Southwest Challenge the entry fee covered rooms I got a room from points and let my teammate have his own room... :eek: Think I have a gambling problem :scratchhead:
 
DoubleD said:
I second the motion that if it is a friend no money should be requested. A classy friend will pick up drinks/dinner/taxi or something during the trip in exchange for the room.

Someone who doesn't offer to pick something up when given a free stay and is financially capable is suspect.
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Agree here.....a friend will find a way to return the favor without being asked.....
 
akaTrigger said:
If you stay at a hotel where you earned a free stay based on points, would you let a fellow pool player stay for free also, or charge them the rate, or give them a discounted rate?

Or, if you stay at a hotel casino for a pool tournament where you get a free room because you do a lot of gambling, would let other pool playing friends stay in it for free also? Or would you charge them what the rate "would" be? Or charge them a discounted rate?

Are these two separate situations? Or the same idea? One is because you gambled so the room is free, the other because you spent money on previous night stays for points.
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I have had this come up in the past and didn't charge my roommate to stay and regretted it(twice actually and both people were terrible traveling partners).
I have also had people let me stay in their free room and wouldn't take any money, but I refuse to stay completely for free. If it is a good friend I think atleast a dinner should be purchased for the room holder.
The way I see it the person could stay in the room by themself and enjoy the quite and freedom. So the roomy should pay, but it shouldn't be the full value either. They should get some kind of a break on the cost also. I think 25%-50% of what their half would have been is fare. SO if the room would be $300 total they would have paid $150. To me $75 seems like a good number or a nice dinner.
Hope all of this makes sense because I didn't sleep at all last night and feel a bit loopy.
 
I have been in this situation and my roommate always picked up the tab for a meal, bought a few drinks.
I had no problem with that, seeing as how they were a good enough friend I trusted in the room with me.

Then again I have stayed with someone who got 'their' nights comp'ed and they still 'charged' my friend and I for the remaining nights, IDK.
 
You don't profit off of your friends under any circumstance. You tell them that you got the room and they buy dinner one night or something like normal friends would do anyway for each other. I get lots of points from my job that I use personally and I am not in a rush to pay back half the room they paid and got me for free lemme tell you. One day you might be in the free room and the karma will feel good!
 
I didn't think I was going crazy.

I wouldn't charge them either. They sometimes try to pay but I tell them no. If they sneak a dinner in, I will accept though. I'm a sucker for dinner! :)

Thanks for all the responses so far. :thumbup:
 
FREE is good !! The lucky roomy should be should extremely grateful of your generosity!!! You know...........like dinner and a movie :)
 
akaTrigger said:
I didn't think I was going crazy.

I wouldn't charge them either. They sometimes try to pay but I tell them no. If they sneak a dinner in, I will accept though. I'm a sucker for dinner! :)

Thanks for all the responses so far. :thumbup:
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You ae so sweet, I arrive at 11:00 am what time is check-in??
really, so sweet!!
 
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