Re: Could gas prices help local tourist trade?

My job / gas prices are making me find one day trips to the point to be less practical.

In the interest of not putting miles on the car / saving money, we will be doing probably 1 night / 2 day trips quite often this year, as well as our one day trips.

I tell you with the cost of living it really puts you in a tough spot if you wish to stay in resorts on point.

Comfort Inn hotels had a program if you stayed at any of their hotels 3x you got a $50 gas card, and I think CP should do the same. These Point Perks program should have a way to accumulate things.Kind of like a rewards card where the systems knows how much you have spent and they give you comps like a casino.

ANYTHING to make CP even cheaper for those of us who frequent the park more.

Last edited by factory81, April 13, 2008, 11:41A

Re: Could gas prices help local tourist trade?

Posted Today, 3:42A by Walt

Holy cow, Walt! You really ARE committed to bringing us the latest news on the area.

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Re: Could gas prices help local tourist trade?

Cedar Point doesn't have any incentive to give out perks or fuel cards or anything else if the occupancy rate of their hotels is already high (and it is).

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Re: Could gas prices help local tourist trade?

I have stayed at the cedar point resorts the past 3 years, we would always get the package and it was the same price or just a little bit more than the reservation itself, this year it is way more for the package it seems like, and the room rate itself has gone up for the breakers it seems like, and stayed the same for lighthouse point. Has anybody else noticed this? I know I probably won't be making it to the point this year, unless I can find more people to split the cost of a two night trip with me.

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Re: Could gas prices help local tourist trade?

You know it scares me of what I'm hearing on the radio these days. Gas is expected to hit $4.00 and continue to climb all the way through the year. I hope it doesn't hurt Cedar Point too much. I understand though from an economic standpoint that it will force some people to stay home, but it makes you wonder how much it will affect attendance.

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Re: Could gas prices help local tourist trade?

KI, CGA, CW will be affected less than CP & KD, since they are sig closer to the population areas that they draw from.

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Re: Could gas prices help local tourist trade?

Well, I paid $4.01 (my car uses premium) for gas at the Shell station on Rye Beach Road on Wednesday, so I can definitely say four dollar per gallon gas is here.

What is scary is that some people are predicting crude to hit $200 per barrel in the next two years. That will translate to about $8 or $9 dollars per gallon. If that happens, expect everything to take a big hit, even local tourist trade.

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Re: Could gas prices help local tourist trade?

I'm not sure how $200 a barrel equates to $8 or $9 a gallon when at $100 a barrel it was barely touching 3 bucks a gallon. It will be over 6 though at $200 a barrel.

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Re: Could gas prices help local tourist trade?

I'd rather walk five miles to school than pay $6-$9+/gallon.

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