VTKilarney
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One other incentive to increase ticket prices is that it can make ski and stay packages much more appealing because they can offer better deals by discounting in-house. The larger ski resorts are no longer content to just sell you a lift ticket. They want your hotel and restaurant revenue - and don't want to see that money being spent somewhere down the mountain road. And if you buy a ski and stay package, you are much less likely to spend a day skiing at another mountain.
Disney World is the master of this. Each year they add some perk to staying at on-site hotels. It used to be that a family spending a week in Orlando would typically visit Disney for four days and Universal Studios (or perhaps Sea World) for two days. A LOT fewer people are doing that because Disney has aggressively created market forces that encourage people to spend their entire vacation on Disney property. An example: The price difference between a four day Disney pass and a six day pass is $21.30. A two day pass to Universal Studios is $146.99 for adults and $136.99 for children. So if a family wants to spend four days at Disney and two days at Universal it will cost a family of four $481.38 more than if they just spent those six days in Disney parks. Since the average guest spends about $75 per day on food and trinkets (just a guess) while in a park, it's well worth it for Disney to discount park admission for those extra days if they know that it will prevent guests from going elsewhere. $75 + $10.15 per day is better than $0.
Disney World is the master of this. Each year they add some perk to staying at on-site hotels. It used to be that a family spending a week in Orlando would typically visit Disney for four days and Universal Studios (or perhaps Sea World) for two days. A LOT fewer people are doing that because Disney has aggressively created market forces that encourage people to spend their entire vacation on Disney property. An example: The price difference between a four day Disney pass and a six day pass is $21.30. A two day pass to Universal Studios is $146.99 for adults and $136.99 for children. So if a family wants to spend four days at Disney and two days at Universal it will cost a family of four $481.38 more than if they just spent those six days in Disney parks. Since the average guest spends about $75 per day on food and trinkets (just a guess) while in a park, it's well worth it for Disney to discount park admission for those extra days if they know that it will prevent guests from going elsewhere. $75 + $10.15 per day is better than $0.