Planning a poker trip that pays for itself

Start with the structure sheets, not the flights. Pick two events you actually want to play deep in and treat everything else as optional. Budget the trip as one number: buy-ins, flights, hotel, food, transfers — then ask whether your realistic ROI on those buy-ins covers that number. Most trips fail this test, and the fix is usually fewer, better events rather than a cheaper hotel. Log the whole trip as a single line in your ledger and you will know within three trips which destinations are worth repeating.