At what level will you get a host? We have had a marketing person who we dealt with previously when we were making more than annual trips. Lately we have made one trip per year, usually only taking whatever marketing offer they had at the time.

My wife did have someone approach her when she was playing slots at Excalibur while the kids were playing in the arcade. Our typical trip is 3 nights, $1k each for the gambling budget. My wife gets the majority of the offers as she plays more slots and when she is hitting the smaller wins she plays them through. If she puts in $100 and gets over $300 then will cash out and repeat. Her method is if she gets over an even hundred amount then play down to the next level, and if it keeps hitting then move the number up. I actually use that method as well. Last trip she had one ticket up to $1400.

 

Tipped my host a grand last trip in an amex gift card. She went above and beyond to accomodate me with an extra villa. I tip the butler, maid and concierge as well in the villas. So in total another, 500 butler, 250 maids and concierge.

 

Thats a nice tip. I'm sure your host and company were very happy.

 

Definitely what we figured, cold calling to add to their player list, of which they can hit their incentives.

 

The host exists to separate you from as much money as possible, right? Probably safe to safe to say the majority could care less if you blow Sally's college fund, no? They work for hugely profitable companies. Presumably, they get paid a fair wage. Why is it incumbent on their customers to supplement their pay?
If you don't tip what do you risk not receiving? Was under the impression that most every comp was based on the numbers. Like pretty much a high school kid could look at the excel sheet and figure out what you qualified for and what you dont.
If its the personal relationship, do you tip your doctor or nurse or mechanic? Where do you draw the line on who you tip?
Have you ever tipped your host and gotten the feeling that the host expected/wanted more?

 

500 or more but not every trip. And well worth it in the long run believe me. My host always goes above and sometimes wayyy beyond the call of duty. If it didn't benefit me too I most likely wouldn't give then a dime. It is their job to take care of their clients.

 

I actually do tip my Doctor. He gets gift cards, bars of silver, and tickets for his staff at Christmas. He works at a large group health practice. My gifts make me stand out from the droves of others he treats, and I enjoy amazing attention from him, whenever I have an issue. Concierge service with only paying a fraction of a concierge practice.

I tip my regular host $300 when I walk in the door, and a couple hundred more if I have a 5 figure win. I am a $20k LOC type of player, but my host treats me as if I was a $100k LOC player.

 

Smart man tipping your doctor. 98% of folks have never considered it. But rather than a tip, a gift card for a nice restaurant or the like is more appropriate IMO. Most of mine now work for the local hospital and are prohibited from accepting such gestures. But they greatly appreciate the thought.

 

Wow! Good for you. I was under the impression that your LOC is not that important when it comes to comps. Thought it was all abt how much you actually bet. If you're saying that $300 gets you the same amount of comps as a player who bets 5x more than you then you better milk that host for all you can before he gets fired.

 

A doctor is a highly educated professional. And a very well compensated one at that. Unless one saved my life I would be embarrassed to tip. And even then what can you possibly offer to show proper appreciation of the service? I would expect, and frankly hope, he would be embarrassed to accept one. Its also highly unethical and more than a little inappropriate for a doctor to accept a tip as a quid pro quo. Maybe a fruit basket for the office or better a thank you note, but cash, silver bars, gift cards? That's not right.