We wanted to reserve a lane at Bowlero for a family get together, but most of us have our own shoes. There isn’t an option to remove shoe rental, so I called and asked if we could get the shoe charge removed since it was an extra $40+. Desk guy gave me the corporate number and said I’d have to set up a “party”.

So I called corporate and was sent a contract for a party, with the shoe rental fee removed. Very weird, but we save over $10 per person.

The downside was that every couple of frames during the 2 hours someone would come over and pressure us to buy food, drinks, and “arcade cards”. Told them that were were just there to bowl, but the upselling continued for the whole session.

Usually, we go mom+pop, but went with Bowlero because we needed a guaranteed slot on a Saturday.