Why don't we (We will) have an LA Tiki Bar Room Crawl(In September)? - California Events

P PolynesianPop Tiki Socialite Corona, Ca Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 2371	P PolynesianPop Posted posted on Sun, Mar 6, 2011 11:02 AM Mai Tai pointed out most of the same stuff we dealt with on the OC Bus Crawls too (that I was too lazy to type). Which I think pretty much answers the question posted in the title of this thread. To add to his list, some of the things I remember most that he didn't post about was (a) getting the crowd on and off the bus within specific time constraints to keep it on schedule (and as the night wore on you couldn't always find everyone) and (b) hoping that no one would get sick and vomit on the bus or we would be charged a cleaning fee (or have to clean it up ourselves) because that extra fee would blow the budget. And remember, splitting the cost of the bus isn't the only thing -- you'll need to tip the bus driver as well as pay for bands, goodie bag items, food (if you are hosting anything at the starting/ending spot), etc. You get the point... (c) one last thing, not everyone will welcome you. Billy's at the Beach was not very happy that many of the crawlers tried to steal their Mai Tai glasses. For Southern California, we tossed around a bus crawl for the LA area but realized (at the time) that the bars were just too far apart to make it work. That's why we only did them in OC - because the 3 bars, including the starting point (Bamboo Ben's shop, Royal Hawaiian, Billy's at the Beach and Sam's Seafood) were relatively close to one another. Today an LA Crawl might be feasible since Trader Vic's, Tiki Ti, Tonga Hut and Tiki-No are relatively close to each other (done in that order). But again, this is only one night. Start all over again for the west side and then again for OC. Remember all the points above -- you'll have to deal with them 3 days in a row. Don't get me wrong, I'm not discouraging anyone from putting an event like this together. They're lots of fun (WAY more fun if all you have to do is buy a ticket and board the bus). As an organizer, they're a lot more work than you think. Poly-Pop * Bartender, make mine a glass of WATAHHH!!!!! [ Edited by: polynesianpop 2011-03-06 11:25 ]

Mai Tai pointed out most of the same stuff we dealt with on the OC Bus Crawls too (that I was too lazy to type). Which I think pretty much answers the question posted in the title of this thread.

To add to his list, some of the things I remember most that he didn't post about was (a) getting the crowd on and off the bus within specific time constraints to keep it on schedule (and as the night wore on you couldn't always find everyone) and (b) hoping that no one would get sick and vomit on the bus or we would be charged a cleaning fee (or have to clean it up ourselves) because that extra fee would blow the budget. And remember, splitting the cost of the bus isn't the only thing -- you'll need to tip the bus driver as well as pay for bands, goodie bag items, food (if you are hosting anything at the starting/ending spot), etc. You get the point... (c) one last thing, not everyone will welcome you. Billy's at the Beach was not very happy that many of the crawlers tried to steal their Mai Tai glasses.

For Southern California, we tossed around a bus crawl for the LA area but realized (at the time) that the bars were just too far apart to make it work. That's why we only did them in OC - because the 3 bars, including the starting point (Bamboo Ben's shop, Royal Hawaiian, Billy's at the Beach and Sam's Seafood) were relatively close to one another. Today an LA Crawl might be feasible since Trader Vic's, Tiki Ti, Tonga Hut and Tiki-No are relatively close to each other (done in that order). But again, this is only one night. Start all over again for the west side and then again for OC. Remember all the points above -- you'll have to deal with them 3 days in a row.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not discouraging anyone from putting an event like this together. They're lots of fun (WAY more fun if all you have to do is buy a ticket and board the bus). As an organizer, they're a lot more work than you think.

**Poly-Pop ***

Bartender, make mine a glass of WATAHHH!!!!!

[ Edited by: polynesianpop 2011-03-06 11:25 ]

Post #579111 by PolynesianPop on Sun, Mar 6, 2011 11:02 AM