Casino Bus Tours in Upstate Michigan
- Travel to a casino can be worry-free when bus tour companies handle all the arrangements.casino image by Valery Sibrikov from Fotolia.com
"Gamers" looking for action and slots can find casinos throughout upstate Michigan. Driving to these casinos is fine, but when travelers would rather see the sights than the road, a bus tour is the answer. Many of the buses that go to casinos in Northern Michigan are deluxe motor coaches with washrooms and reclining seats and offer packages that include transportation, overnight lodging and breakfast. "People don't have to think about traveling expenses and setting it all up," says Sandy Williams, sales coordinator at the Odawa Casino Resort in Petoskey, Michigan. - The Kewadin Casinos have five locations; their Hotel and Convention Center in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, is their largest and first. Among the bus companies that bring visitors there from the Midwest and Ontario is Kewadin Travel, which runs round trips from the Detroit area. As of April 2010, a two-day, one-night weekday package is $105 per person, double occupancy, and includes an overnight at Kewadin's Saulte Ste. Marie resort, round-trip transportation from Dearborn and about a two-hour stop at its casino in St. Ignace. The price also covers breakfast and $10 in food coupons. Weekend trips cost $115.
Kewadin Travel
2186 Shunk Road
Sault Ste. Marie, MI 49783
888-539-2346
www.kewadin.com/ - Bianco Tours, which operates day and overnight tours to several casinos and other travel destinations from the Detroit area, has one that goes to the Odawa Casino Resort on Little Traverse Bay. Located in the upscale vacation area of Petoskey, Michigan, Odawa Casino is known for the talent it draws such as Bill Cosby and its fine dining restaurants.
As of April 2010, the Odawa Casino trip is for two days and one night at $123. Along with transportation on a deluxe motor coach that has reclining seats and a washroom, the price covers an overnight stay in the Odawa Hotel and $35 in free slot play.
Bianco Tours
12555 Universal Drive
Taylor, MI 48180
800-835-8904
www.biancotours.com - Motor coach companies in Ontario, Canada, also offer trips to northern Michigan's casinos. Among them is Thames Travel & Tours, headquartered in London, Ontario. It offers a four-day trip to Kewadin Casino in Sault Ste. Marie and a three-day trip to Little River Casino in Manistee, Mishigan. Passports are required and trip costs are listed in Canadian dollars.
As of April 2010, people can book a Kewadin trip for $355. The price covers three nights at the Kewadin Casino Resort, three breakfasts and a $70 casino rebate. Also as of April 2010, the two-day trip to Little River is $159 with a $90 casino rebate, an overnight stay at Little River Resort and a stop at Mount Pleasant's Soaring Eagle Casino Resort in Central Michigan.
Thames Travel and Tours
Palasad Plaza
787 Adelaide St. N.
London, Ontario
N5Y 2L8
800-962-8262
www.thamestravel.com - Tour arrangers at Riteway say trips to the Chip Inn Island Resort Casino near Escanaba on Michigan's Upper Peninsula are among their most popular and usually sell out.
As of April 2010, a Riteway trip to the Chip Inn Island Casino is $85 double occupancy, $125 single occupancy during the week and $98 double, $145 single on weekends. The motor coach stops in Green Bay, Wisconsin, at the Oneida Casino, which offers $30 to $52 in rebates, then continues to the Chip Inn. The price includes an overnight at the casino resort, breakfast, food coupons and casino rebates.
Riteway Tour & Travel
1659 North Spring St. Suite 106
Beaver Dam, WI 53916
920-356-0392
www.ritewaybus.com
