What is stay to play?
I gather that the tournament requires you to stay at a certain hotel in order to participate.
I gather that the tournament requires you to stay at a certain hotel in order to participate.
Bingo!Stay to play hotels are often up to 50 miles away from the park. And I can virtually always find an AirBnB that is half the price PLUS I get a kitchen and more than one bathroom. So, you're never going to be able to sell me on the idea that it's easier/cheaper/more convenient for parents.
yesWhat is stay to play?
I gather that the tournament requires you to stay at a certain hotel in order to participate.
If one coach calls the TD and says "if you make my team STP, we aren't coming" and hangs up the phone. TD would shrug his shoulders and think coach was having a bad day. If two coaches called, TD might pause. If 10 coaches called and said "if you make my team STP, we aren't coming",and hangs up the phone the TD would think it was a movement. Thirty teams and we have a revolution.I wonder what would happen if teams started to say "We will come to your tournament but we will find our own hotel thank you very much. If you won't allow that then we won't come."? I imagine if enough teams did that it could have an impact. BTW... This is also a thing in club soccer.
all the following happened in ONE stay to play experience (this was 10u team)
-everyone on team had different rates for same room
-breakfast was cold each morning and they never put enough of anything out.
-when I went to front desk to ask for extra towels, was told there was none. I asked how can you expect to be part of a tournament for a women's sport and not have adequate towels. we do have adequate towels, we are just very busy. my comeback was if you cannot give me three more towels, you do not have adequate towels, call the manager (eventually got my towels)
-hotel was undergoing rennovations, half built facade near our room held a bottle with an inch or two of Hennesy left.
-topper was the show we got leaving one morning contruction worker standing between two vans urinating (thankfully faced away from us).
with captive market, they know they gotcha, service is crap. let ALL the accomodations compete with one another, not just the ones giving you a kickback