Casino runs, wine tours and brewery trips

Both are priced hourly rather than point to point, because the chauffeur waits rather than leaving between stops. A five-hour casino run is $750 in a six-passenger SUV, $875 in a ten-passenger Sprinter van and $1,500 in a party bus. A six-hour tasting tour is $1,050 in a Sprinter, which is about $105 a head, or $1,800 in a party bus, roughly $72 a head at 25 passengers. Friday and Saturday nights and holiday weekends carry higher rates.

For a casino, take the round-trip drive time and add about three hours on the floor. Emerald Queen in Tacoma is a five-hour booking; Suquamish Clearwater or The Point in Kingston is seven. For a tasting tour, allow an hour at each stop plus the driving between them, which usually means five to six hours for four stops in one area and seven for a Kitsap run. Overrun is charged in 30-minute increments, so a generous booking is normally cheaper than a tight one.

Guests of legal drinking age may drink in the limousines and party buses, subject to Washington State law and company policy. There are no open containers in the sedans or SUVs, which are not licensed for it. Tell us at booking and glassware, coolers and ice are set up before you board. Cannabis is not permitted in any vehicle at any age, because consuming it in a vehicle is illegal in Washington, and there is no smoking or vaping in any vehicle.

Yes, on these trips. Casino floors are 21 and over, tasting rooms and taprooms generally are too, and the chauffeur may check ID. We are happy to transport a mixed-age group for a different kind of outing, but it is booked under a different policy with no alcohol on board. If you are booking for a group including under-21s, say so up front and we will set it up correctly.

Yes, and it is the reason these are hourly bookings. The vehicle parks on site for the whole visit, reachable on a direct number. Nobody waits at a door for a car to be summoned, and anyone who has had enough can sit in a warm vehicle rather than on the kerb. On a casino run the chauffeur will come and find you at an agreed departure time if you want one called.

Yes, and it is worth letting us. We put the stops in a sensible order, check the drive times, and confirm that every venue on the list is actually open on your date and can take your group size. Taprooms and tasting rooms change hours more often than almost any other kind of business, and several require a reservation for parties of eight or more. Send a rough idea and we will come back with a workable itinerary.

Eleven within a comfortable day trip: Emerald Queen in Tacoma and Fife, Chips and Macau in Lakewood, Little Creek Casino Resort in Shelton, Muckleshoot in Auburn, Nisqually Red Wind near Olympia, Suquamish Clearwater, Lucky Dog in Skokomish, Snoqualmie, and The Point in Kingston. Distances run from 15 to 65 miles from Gig Harbor. We are not affiliated with any casino and do not arrange gaming credit, comps or promotions.

Locally, 7 Seas Brewing, Wet Coast Brewing, Heritage Distilling, Locust Cider and Olalla Vineyard & Winery. Across Kitsap, the Port Orchard, Bremerton, Silverdale and Poulsbo taprooms including Silver City, Der Blokken and Sound Brewery. In Tacoma, the Pacific Avenue cluster plus Narrows Brewing and Engine House No. 9. Anywhere else in the region is fine too; these are just the ones that come up most.

Yes, but plan for a full day. Woodinville is roughly 60 miles and two hours each way depending on the 405, which makes it a nine or ten-hour booking rather than an afternoon. Bainbridge and Vashon both involve a ferry, so the vehicle and passengers are booked onto a sailing and the schedule drives the itinerary. Tell us early if either is what you want.

Two to four weeks for a weekend trip, and longer if you want a party bus or a specific Saturday in summer. Midweek trips are often available at short notice, and midweek is also when tasting rooms are quietest and most willing to accommodate a group. Holiday weekends, New Year's Eve and the run-up to Christmas book out earliest.

Split it between yourselves rather than through us. One person holds the booking, pays the deposit and balance and confirms the route, and the rest settle up with them. It keeps it clear who is authorised to change the itinerary on the day, which matters more than it sounds like it should once a group is four stops in.

That is largely what the service is for, and the chauffeur will get everyone home. The vehicle is there the whole time, so anyone who wants to sit out a stop can. What the chauffeur will not do is continue a trip that has become unsafe for the group or the driver, and service can be declined to anyone who is clearly unwell. Bottled water is on board, and coolers come out at each stop if you ask.