Tiki Oasis VII Room Crawl - California Events

SITP Shell in the Pacific Member Point Loma, San Diego Joined: Mar 24, 2002 Posts: 93	SITP Shell in the Pacific Posted posted on Tue, May 15, 2007 7:03 PM Aloha Hosts and Crawlers, I got a few questions from VampressRN and I thought I would pass along her questions and my answers to you... VampressRN wrote: Hi there.....this will be my first Oasis, so of course I have a few questions about the room crawl. What time does the crawl start on Friday night? Do crawlers usually bring a kudos gift to the hosts? Does everyone end up in one room at a time, or do we rotate through the rooms on a schedule? My response... Aloha Vampiress, Your questions are good ones. If you search the Room Crawl posts from the past you might get a few more answers, and probably end up twice as confused. Anyway, now I will attempt to answer your questions... The crawl starts when ever the room hosts decide they want to start serving. So that is pretty much up to the hosts to decide when they want to have a bunch of people in their hotel rooms. They usually work around the entertainment schedule, and serve drinks in the afternoons/evenings on Thursday, Friday, and maybe all day Saturday, and after the bands on Thursday, Friday and Saturday night. Hosts usually sign up for a two hour time block. I just try to keep it organized. The hosts sign up on a first come first serve basis, for the time blocks, and sometimes the times will overlap between hosts. It just all depends on what they want to do. Once everyone tells me the times they want to host, I print up a schedule of names and times. Then I try to keep the Hosts and Crawlers aware of the times and names of Room Hosts. We never know room numbers until after check in, so we do that by word of mouth at the event. Some Hosts post signs on thier doors or make up invites on small cards that they pass around to crawlers they meet. I usually carry the schedule around with me during the event. If someone brings thier laptop, we could possibly update the schedule during the event! Wow, the technology is just amazing these days!!! I'm sure Hosts would appreciate donations or small gifts of appreciation/ tips, but that is entirely up to you/or them. Sometimes they make requests, such as bring a bag of ice, or something for mixing, like juice or booze. So once you get to the hotel, look around for me. I will be the one holding a shoe box full of Crawl Cards, which are like dance cards, that allow you to check off the room hosts you have visited. Hosts will usually initial the card for you or punch it with a hole punch. The card is your souvenier to keep. I usually bring a limited supply of plastic sleeves that you can store your card in and wear around your neck while you crawl. This helps you keep track of your card, and it keeps it from getting wet, unless, of course, you forget to remove it before swimming. It is fun meeting the hosts and crawlers, sampling the drinks, enjoying the room decor, and running from room to room, trying to visit them all! Let me know if you have any other questions, and I will be happy to answer them. Or you may post your questions on the Tiki Central Room Crawl Thread and I will answer them there. Mahalo & Aloha, Shell in the Pacific

Aloha Hosts and Crawlers,

I got a few questions from VampressRN and I thought I would pass along her questions and my answers to you...

VampressRN wrote:

Hi there.....this will be my first Oasis, so of course I have a few questions about the room crawl.

What time does the crawl start on Friday night?
Do crawlers usually bring a kudos gift to the hosts?
Does everyone end up in one room at a time, or do we rotate through the rooms on a schedule?

My response...

Aloha Vampiress,
Your questions are good ones. If you search the Room Crawl posts from the past you might get a few more answers, and probably end up twice as confused. Anyway, now I will attempt to answer your questions...

The crawl starts when ever the room hosts decide they want to start serving. So that is pretty much up to the hosts to decide when they want to have a bunch of people in their hotel rooms. They usually work around the entertainment schedule, and serve drinks in the afternoons/evenings on Thursday, Friday, and maybe all day Saturday, and after the bands on Thursday, Friday and Saturday night. Hosts usually sign up for a two hour time block. I just try to keep it organized. The hosts sign up on a first come first serve basis, for the time blocks, and sometimes the times will overlap between hosts. It just all depends on what they want to do.

Once everyone tells me the times they want to host, I print up a schedule of names and times. Then I try to keep the Hosts and Crawlers aware of the times and names of Room Hosts. We never know room numbers until after check in, so we do that by word of mouth at the event. Some Hosts post signs on thier doors or make up invites on small cards that they pass around to crawlers they meet. I usually carry the schedule around with me during the event. If someone brings thier laptop, we could possibly update the schedule during the event! Wow, the technology is just amazing these days!!!

I'm sure Hosts would appreciate donations or small gifts of appreciation/ tips, but that is entirely up to you/or them. Sometimes they make requests, such as bring a bag of ice, or something for mixing, like juice or booze.

So once you get to the hotel, look around for me. I will be the one holding a shoe box full of Crawl Cards, which are like dance cards, that allow you to check off the room hosts you have visited. Hosts will usually initial the card for you or punch it with a hole punch. The card is your souvenier to keep. I usually bring a limited supply of plastic sleeves that you can store your card in and wear around your neck while you crawl. This helps you keep track of your card, and it keeps it from getting wet, unless, of course, you forget to remove it before swimming.

It is fun meeting the hosts and crawlers, sampling the drinks, enjoying the room decor, and running from room to room, trying to visit them all!

Let me know if you have any other questions, and I will be happy to answer them. Or you may post your questions on the Tiki Central Room Crawl Thread and I will answer them there.

Mahalo & Aloha,
Shell in the Pacific

Post #306590 by Shell in the Pacific on Tue, May 15, 2007 7:03 PM