Make $80,000 Selling Tampa Restaurant Reservations
Some people want to get into Tampa’s hottest restaurants so badly, they’re willing to pay big money! Buying these reservations at Tampa‘s most exclusive restaurants isn’t cheap with some costing hundreds of dollars. Just as an example, the average price to buy a reservation at Tampa’s famous Bern’s Steak House restaurant is costing and average of $175 according to one website. Interestingly enough, it also offers you to sell your reservations at a profit. Some people are making $70,000-$80,000 a year selling restaurant reservations. You could sell Tampa restaurant reservations and make some serious cash!
Side Hustle! Sell Tampa Restaurant Reservations:
According to the site AppointmentTrader they help you buy and sell some of the trendiest restaurant reservations in the world. For some people it’s difficult to even find an opening. Some of these restaurants are so busy they usually open their reservations 60 days out and start at midnight. If it’s a special occasion most people they don’t mind staying up extra late to book at 12 a.m. but if you like to frequent a spot often, it might become overwhelming. The ones available to book have times open on a certain day and seem to be specifically early at 5 p.m. or late around 10:30 p.m. which makes you wonder why a normal dinner time isn’t available. The site Appointment Trader seems to fix that issue but it’ll cost you.
According to JasmineBrand, one college student regularly books restaurant reservations in his spare time and it’s paying off. He uses fake phone numbers, multiple email addresses and will even disguise his voice when calling restaurants to reserve a time. One very exclusive restaurant reservation he booked sold recently for $800 in New York City. You can book these reservations all over the country and not in one specific location. This side hustle is making people some serious money.
Although, this might be exciting news for people who can afford the luxury of spending money on a reservation, some find it unfair. Most can’t afford to dine at such nice places often. When someone is finally able to splurge on an expensive dinner most and then can’t find a date or time open it leaves them disgruntled. And now we know why. It looks like booking a reservation at a fine dining restaurant is turning into a buy-sell-trade industry. Similar to a Seat Geek or StubHub situation which is a secondary market. So essentially, someone can book a reservation and then sell it on this website for profit.
Which Tampa Restaurants Are The Hardest To Get:
Some of the most popular restaurants in Tampa Bay are listed on their site for sale. When you look up Bern’s Steak House according to their website the average price paid is $175 but go as low as $50 at times. Rocca, which is a Michelin rated restaurant is also available and listed as their #1 booked spot. They have times open on the weekend as high as $280 but as low as $95 on certain days. These spots offer delicious food, beautiful atmosphere and some of the trendiest places that everyone is always talking about in town. One of the most commonly booked restaurants is The Columbia located in the historic Ybor City, is located at 2117 E 7th Avenue. This family-owned restaurant on the weekends goes as high as $195 and offers authentic Spanish-Cuban cuisine using old family recipes and tradition. So whether you want to book a reservation or buy it you seem to have a few of options these days. That’s if you can afford it.
Tampa's 5 Richest Billionaires
#1: Ronald Waneck of St. Pete
His name probably isn’t familiar to you. But chances are you’ve driven by an Ashley Furniture store lately. St. Pete’s Ronald Waneck founded the company. Forbes says he’s worth a cool $5.3 billion! That’s a lotta ottomans. The Tampa Bay Times reported Wanek has a $3.7 million waterfront estate in Treasure Island with a 600 bottle wine room, home theater and an Italian pool with a swim up bar.
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#2: Robert Duggan of Clearwater
Worth almost $4 billion, this businessman invested in a drug to fight cancer after his son died from brain cancer, according to Fox 13. It was a smart investment as they say it made him a billionaire.
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#3: Edward DeBartolo Jr. of Tampa
A real estate success story. DeBartolo also owned the NFL’s San Francisco 49’ers for quite a long time. He was inducted into the NFL Hall of Fame in 2016 but after getting into some legal trouble on bribery charges, he was given a pardon by Donald Trump in 2020.
TAMPA, FL – DECEMBER 15: Former owner Eddie DeBartolo Jr. of the San Francisco 49ers watches warmups before play against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers December 15, 2013 at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida. The 49ers won 33 – 14. (Photo by Al Messerschmidt/Getty Images)
#4: Todd Christopher of Clearwater
One of the younger billionaires on the list, Todd is worth $3.2 billion, according to Forbes. Not bad for a high school dropout huh? He started a line of hair care products in 1987 and eventually sold it to Johnson & Johnson.
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#5: Todd Waneck of St. Pete
Name sound familiar? Yup. Todd is the son of the one that came in at #1. Todd is Ashley Furniture’s current CEO. In 2006, according to Wikipedia, Todd received the Spirit of Life award for his fundraising for cancer research.
Todd just edges out Sarasota’s Kenneth Feld of Feld Entertainment (the ones behind Disney on Ice, Monster Jam and other live events) to take the last spot in the top 5.
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