Big Tip Road Trip
Version No. 1.0
Date last
revised:
November 24, 2023
2023, Iron Butt Association, Chicago, Illinois
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Background
This is an annual Holiday season ride. Any IBA ride is eligible to be classified as a Big Tip Road Trip.
For this ride, you choose your restaurant and your tip amount. Here's the background on how it all started:
The annual Big Tip Road Trip began in December 2022 by Ride To Eat
Across The USA (RTE-X-USA) creator and Iron Butt Rally finisher Eric
Buskell to support restaurant servers over the Holidays. Eric got the
idea from Iron Butt Rally finisher Kevin 'BAM' Baker, which BAM called
it 'The $50 Breakfast'. BAM would gather-up friends, they'd all
pitch-in $50 each, head to a breakfast location and surprise the server
with something like this: "We've all pitched in $50 each for you for
our breakfast. Catch is, you pay our bill and keep what remains as your
tip. You good?" Hard to turn down an offer like that and often their
tip topped $500. Nice holiday gift!!!
We will issue a unique certificate for this ride.
Read the rules
for
the iconic SaddleSore 1000
on the Iron Butt
Association site. The rules for this ride are similar and you
will get valuable background information.
Documentation See here.
Definitions
DBR - Dated Business Receipt
A DBR is a machine generated receipt with the date, time and LOCATION
on it. Check it - do not assume it is correct. A receipt
with an incorrect time/date/location is worthless. Check and
re-check.
Fees
Regular fees apply
- this
is a special certificate only program
Rules
Send
an email to [email protected]. In that email, provide your name
and address and request at least two stickers, one for you and one for
your tip recipient. Going to more that one place, request how
many stickers you want. Ride to eat anywhere you want on the third
Saturday in December and tip generously.
All normal ride rules and ride certification requirements remain the same.
Your ride must include at least one DBR for December 17
Submit a picture of you (and your group) at the restaurant..
Get a DBR with tip included of
your meal purchase. Take a photo of that receipt alongside your
odometer and submit it with your ride verification application.
The
Ride You may choose your route, your restaurant, and your tip amount.
Spotwalla.com is
strongly recommended for this ride but not required.
Merchandise
There is no additional merchandise for this ride.
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