NLU Bandon 2022: Happy Anniversary

[TTU19]

I just made the mistake of complaining the other day about saving more money. I would need a nice windfall in the very near future and some of that would need to go towards something that she likes

[RyanNas]

@DRush88

Wrong approach fellas, you only tell the wife there’s a lottery and you can win a trip to Bandon with the NLU crew. Never mention the cost and start saving now in a discreet account.

Correct…volunteer to do all the grocery shopping for 8 months.

Then the formula is:

Discreet Savings = Trip Cost / $10 cash back additions at checkout

This will tell you how many times you need to grocery shop from now until April.

To make it easier on bigger golf trips, start talking about how you need to grocery shop twice a week, so you stop wasting produce.

[baberuth]

Buy cheap made at home coffee for a year. Save 10 bucks a day.

[fullbodyfix]

@zacharyoxman

I haven’t won the Augusta tickets lottery for over 20 years, so I’m due.

[anon47037505]

@grizzly224

$300 caddie fees and tips (total guess)

It’s $100 per round, plus tip. So if you’re planning on taking one each round, you’re low.

[ApatheticStriker]

Looking at $600 on the low end for caddie + tips for every round.

[Q-school]

You should go even if you don’t win the lottery!

[HibernatingBear]

@ApatheticStriker

Looking at $600 on the low end for caddie + tips for every round.

Bandon hack (might not work for this trip): get one caddie per foursome. 2 of you take the caddie in the AM, the other 2 carry/cart. In the PM switch it up. Cuts caddie costs in half

@TheMassHacker

From the Bandon website, the shuttle sounds like the way to go,

The local airport only has direct flights from Denver on Wednesday’s and Sundays so won’t work for this trip. I haven’t looked at rentals but getting 4 guys to split a rental from Portland shouldn’t be too expensive per person. Also, cost of a rental is the least of your worries at Bandon

[auribe14]

@Tron

As always, our intent with this event is to break even - that allows us to focus on putting on an exceptional trip and not worry about making these any sort of profit center, while also not losing a bunch of money and ensuring it’s a sound business decision.

Why not include a premium to add to the No Laying Up revenue? There is not only a convenience involved, but an opportunity cost of the NLU guys versus doing something else golf-related. Plus…

@tylersucks

the hang.

BTW, @Tron, for those of us who don’t need a dollar-by-dollar accounting but may need the extra year to save for this trip, can you confirm this will be an annual happening?

Hey @tjosu, do the math on this one: Welcome Sand Valley - The Golfer’s Journal

@pushdraw

All return visitors should be ineligible

First timers only until there are none left

It’s the first year of an NLU trip, there are no return visitors. Definitely should be a step beyond a normal Bandon trip.

@pushdraw

Was the very first question I asked, but didn’t get answered…if there’s enough people who are likely to be coming in around the same times…why not just consider a big coach bus?

Not like you need the car once you arrive

This, exactly.

@HibernatingBear

Bandon hack (might not work for this trip): get one caddie per foursome. 2 of you take the caddie in the AM, the other 2 carry/cart. In the PM switch it up. Cuts caddie costs in half

Or better yet, do the Group Caddie. $40 per person plus the $5 per day for the rickshaw, if you still don’t want to carry your bag. You basically get the course info you need without paying for someone to carry your bag.

[HaveOuimet]

@auribe14

Why not include a premium to add to the No Laying Up revenue?

Nothing stopping you personally sending a monthly tithe to Pro Traj Holdings; some of them might even let you send them PayPal or Venmo directly.

No need to make the trip more expensive for everyone else.

[auribe14]

@HaveOuimet

Nothing stopping you personally sending a monthly tithe to Pro Traj Holdings; some of them might even let you send them PayPal or Venmo directly.

No need to make the trip more expensive for everyone else.

You know that most golf outings raise money for charities, right? As in you pay way more than cost. You realize that $20 piece of string costs a few cents, don’t you?

And any trip organized by a golf company has a premium for their services, right?

Why should NLU run this as a non-profit, when they have a real business to run? And provide us all with plenty of free content that they have to pay for, somehow.

[Bagger]

There should for sure be a 64 man glow golf closest to the pin contest. 20$ a man would be a sick pot

[pushdraw]

That’s enough internet for tonight

[BigtimePolecat]

You realize I’d you wanted to go to Bandon, the lovely people there would still help you plan your trip, right? I’m not trying to discount the planning and involvement the NLU crew has had in this but I’m pretty sure Bandon has done most of the heavy lifting

[TeddyPargame]

@pushdraw

consider a big coach bus

Our group is arriving a couple days after this trip. We have a party bus taking us to and from Eugene. Going to be pretty cheap all said and done. I can share info.

Sunshine limo:

22 Passenger Limo Party Bus

$750 for the bus. Fits 20. $37.50 each.

[auribe14]

I guess I just don’t understand why everyone thinks NLU shouldn’t make some money off of this. The Golfer’s Journal organizes trips and events at a premium. The Fried Egg organizes events at a premium. But no one thinks No Laying Up should be able to?!?

Again, none of those are non-profits. And I’m sure there are a few people from this board that have happily participated in those other events, too.

[Bagger]

[pushdraw]

Did you actually read the thread? Or just come in slurpin?

[auribe14]

I did read the whole thread. And see several people bringing up the fact that NLU might be charging more than cost. What is your point?

[pushdraw]

@auribe14

I just don’t understand why everyone thinks NLU shouldn’t make some money off of this

Keyword: everyone

@auribe14

see several people bringing up

Huge difference. There were like 3 people.