Napa Valley Wine Tasting Tours - How to Get Discounts and Freebies
While a wine tasting tour of Napa Valley can cost you a pretty penny, there are a myriad of ways you can lessen the costs without compromising on the quality of the tour.
Here are several tips for saving on tours, fees or even on the purchase of wines.
You are bound to find at least one or two that you can use.
1.
Visit the local chamber of commerce or the tourist information center.
If you are traveling as a member of a party, be sure to let them know this.
This should give you some leverage with regards to getting any goodies they may have to give away.
Oftentimes, these institutions are issued with vouchers for either free tastings or discounts.
2.
Check out the wine tasting magazines in the area.
These can be found in most hotels or even some stores.
Pay particular attention to the ads.
Sometimes these ads are really vouchers for free tours or tasting with the purchase of wines.
3.
Some hotels arrange free tours for their guests.
Of course you will want to check on this before even booking.
Some even have vouchers that they issue out to guests.
Also, check to see if there are any in-house wine tasting activities.
Some hotels may offer this as an added incentive.
4.
Instead of paying at each wine-tasting facility, purchase a Wine Tasting Card for about $15.
00.
There are about a dozen wineries that accept this card.
This represents a huge saving if you have to pay for wine tasting.
This is well worth it, as it works out to about 15 cents per taste given the amount of tastings you will be allowed.
Some of the better known tasting venues that participate in this program are, Wineries of Napa Valley, Napa Wine Merchants, and Vinter's Collective.
These represent over a dozen different wineries.
5.
If you are buying wine, ask if the cost of the tasting can be deducted from the price of the wine as a discount.
Some wineries are only too glad to do this and since they know that customers normally make this request, it hardly affects their business.
This is treated as a cost of doing business.
With a little effort and some enterprise you can whittle away at your wine-tasting tour costs just by knowing what is available.
But you have to ask and do a little work in order to know what to ask for.
Here are several tips for saving on tours, fees or even on the purchase of wines.
You are bound to find at least one or two that you can use.
1.
Visit the local chamber of commerce or the tourist information center.
If you are traveling as a member of a party, be sure to let them know this.
This should give you some leverage with regards to getting any goodies they may have to give away.
Oftentimes, these institutions are issued with vouchers for either free tastings or discounts.
2.
Check out the wine tasting magazines in the area.
These can be found in most hotels or even some stores.
Pay particular attention to the ads.
Sometimes these ads are really vouchers for free tours or tasting with the purchase of wines.
3.
Some hotels arrange free tours for their guests.
Of course you will want to check on this before even booking.
Some even have vouchers that they issue out to guests.
Also, check to see if there are any in-house wine tasting activities.
Some hotels may offer this as an added incentive.
4.
Instead of paying at each wine-tasting facility, purchase a Wine Tasting Card for about $15.
00.
There are about a dozen wineries that accept this card.
This represents a huge saving if you have to pay for wine tasting.
This is well worth it, as it works out to about 15 cents per taste given the amount of tastings you will be allowed.
Some of the better known tasting venues that participate in this program are, Wineries of Napa Valley, Napa Wine Merchants, and Vinter's Collective.
These represent over a dozen different wineries.
5.
If you are buying wine, ask if the cost of the tasting can be deducted from the price of the wine as a discount.
Some wineries are only too glad to do this and since they know that customers normally make this request, it hardly affects their business.
This is treated as a cost of doing business.
With a little effort and some enterprise you can whittle away at your wine-tasting tour costs just by knowing what is available.
But you have to ask and do a little work in order to know what to ask for.
