Skinny White Chick - Ride the City of New Orleans

Ride the City of New Orleans

You can join SJ Tucker as she rides the City of New Orleans on the weekend of March 19th to March 23rd, 2009.

Super Secret Special Sale
The prices listed on this page are a steep discount from the price we are charging the general public. Send thanks to the powers that brought you here.

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Prices based on double occupancy.
A full break-down of our prices is detailed below.

Ticket pre-sales have now begun

We have a lot of fun stuff being planned for this trip, including a multi-city adventure tied in with Catherynne M. Valente's upcoming urban fantasy novel: Palimpsest.

Expect a beautiful train ride from either Chicago or Memphis to New Orleans, a dramatic Friday night about town with SJ Tucker and Catherynne M. Valente, a full Saturday to explore the city, and an exclusive, super-special musical performance on Saturday night.

This trip package includes round trip tickets on AMTRAK's City of New Orleans, two nights stay at the group destination hotel, and a VIP pass to the weekend's entertainment.

More details will be revealed according to the needs of our upcoming adventure.

Please be aware that your VIP pass will also apply at a special event in Chicago on Wednesday the 18th.

Pricing for tickets purchased before December 26th, 2008

We must now charge an extra 13% to cover previously unknown taxes and fees being charged by our service providers

$200 per person, for participants starting in Memphis
($226 includes taxes. $241 includes taxes and shipping.)
$300 per person, for participants starting in Chicago
($339 includes taxes. $354 includes taxes and shipping.)

Pricing for tickets purchased before January 16th, 2009

$300 per person, for participants starting in Memphis
($339 includes taxes. $354 includes taxes and shipping.)
$400 per person, for participants starting in Chicago
($452 includes taxes. $467 includes taxes and shipping.)

Let us know if you want a sleeper/room on the train. We are hoping to get a block rate on the sleeper cabins.

Contact K' Wiley for more details.

Full disclosure of pricing

round trip AMTRAK passage from Chicago to Memphis, coach: $218

two night's accommodations at group hotel: $80 to $100 (assuming double occupancy costs of $160 to $200 for two nights)

Raw costs for weekend activities: estimating $30 per person (covers cost of venue rental of $750 plus lighting and sound rental, entertainment, and other miscellaneous expenses of putting on the event - every extra penny we make will be put into making this event better and more memorable)

13% hotel and accommodations tax, charged by city of New Orleans

Paypal and Google Checkout transaction fees (3% or 4% of transaction)

Shipping and handling and printing for tickets and materials: $10 to $15

We are doing our best to get block booking discounts on the hotel and the transportation, which is how we plan to afford to do this thing for the prices above. As you can see, we're not expecting to make any money on this event. We're expecting to almost break even if more than half of the participants buy their tickets after December 26th.