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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm not a soccer parent so please bear with me as I ask questions.  What does the tournament organizer get out of having people book hotel rooms?  The more rooms booked don't offset field rental costs since those are 2 separate companies.  I don't understand it.[/quote]

The issue I am having is not in the "booking" of the rooms.  It's the requirement to go through the specified travel agency.  So the travel agency is charging a higher rate than you can get directly through the hotel.  There is either a kick-back scheme going on or the tournament organizers also own the travel agency. [/quote]

Yes. There is an incentive back to the organizer, and more often back to the local community. These fields are all largely built with tax payer money, and the local or regional economic development office and the regional sports promotion NGO have a lot of work in making these successful - so standardizing the travel is one way the community can measure the economic impact of the investment they made, as well as continue to sell the community to other organizers, businesses, sponsors, etc.

It sucks for sure, and is more expensive. But if it is just the best way control the controllable for the community AND the visitor experience.[/quote]

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