ZorkFest 2025
"Just the Right Amount of Loyalty and Comps"
What is ZorkFest?
ZorkFest 2025 is a travel and casino loyalty conference taking place from December 5-7, 2025. The event offers expert-led sessions focused on maximizing travel rewards (miles and points) and casino comps.
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“Just The Right Amount Of Loyalty & Comps”
Friday, December 5, 2025 to Sunday, December 7, 2025
M Resort – Spa – Casino Las Vegas
- ALL ZorkFest educational sessions on Saturday, December 6, 2025
- Welcome reception on Friday, December 5, 2025, at 5PM)
- ALL ZorkFest educational sessions on Saturday, December 6, 2025
- Welcome cocktail reception and Meet & Greet on Friday, December 5, 2025, at 5PM)
- Pre-Sessions on Friday, December 5, 2025 at 1PM and 2PM
- Miles&Points Labs and Casino Labs
- 360Vegas Podcasters After Dark on Saturday night!
- Breakfast Reception before ZorkFest on Saturday morning, and afternoon snack break on Saturday afternoon
Early Bird: $350.00*
Regular Price: $450.00*
Speakers, Participants and Lab Instructors
–Anthony Curtis (“the legend” from Las Vegas Advisor)
–Dia Adams (The Dia Adams)
–John & Kristina Mehaffey (Vegas Advantage – Table Game and Video Poker Surveys)
–Dave Grossman (Founder of MilesTalk)
–Julia Menez (Geobreeze Travel)
–Justin Vacula (Host of Hurdy Gurdy Travel Podcast)
–Ronnie Dunston (Living the High Life: Secrets to Jet-setting Around the Globe for Free)
–Maria Fung (Family Travel Asia)
–Angie Sparks (Award Travel 101)
–Josh Duffy (Crap Vegas Podcast)
Your Host and Organizer for ZorkFest
Michael Mason Trager of TravelZork, TravelZork Travel, and ZorkCast Yo-11 Podcast
Tech Guru, Troubleshooter and All Around Nice Guy
Michael Movestro of ZorkCast Yo-11 Podcast, Travelzork and Movestro Vegas
Content Guru and Coordinator for Travel & Loyalty Content at ZorkFest 2025
Joseph Petrovic of Award Travel 101
- Miles + Points Labs!
- Exclusive “pre-sessions” on Friday Afternoon are included with your ticket (All-Access Main Conference) for newbies as well as those who want to get a “head start” on the educational weekend.
- More Master Class Programs (additional cost add-on) for travel and casino loyalty.
- More extensive Sports Betting coverage and educational session integration.
- Another EPIC foodie/dining experience, curated by the team of TravelZork Travel and Cheftimony (A podcast about food)
What to Expect
We are currently planning amazing expert speakers and activities, so keep your points on. Check back for updates.
- Sessions cover both gambling/casino loyalty and points/miles strategies.
- Special focus on sports betting, video poker, casino apps, and advanced point-earning methods.
- [NEW] Pre-Sessions on Friday Afternoon – First time at ZorkFest? New to Miles&Points or Casino Loyalty? These sessions prior to the cocktail reception on Friday night allow you to review terminology, “catch up,” and “get in the learning zone” for an epic ZorkFest Educational Weekend.
- Craps Lab & Blackjack Lab: Hands-on sessions teaching craps and blackjack with experts like Anthony Curtis, Josh Duffy, John & Kristina Mehaffey
- [NEW] Miles&Points Labs: Work with experts on the best strategies for (aspirational) points redemptions and achieving status and perks.
- No experience necessary; great for beginners.
- Friday Evening Cocktail Reception, Saturday Breakfast Reception, Saturday Afternoon Mingle&Network and Podcasters After Dark.
- Group gambling and “Coffee Dice” sessions with podcasters and influencers.
- ZorkFest Master Class Session (Sunday, December 7, 2025)
- VIP EPIC Foodie (and Beverage) Experience (Sunday, December 7, 2025)
- Craps / Coffee Dice (Sunday, December 7, 2025)
- Baccarat Private Table (Sunday, December 7, 2025)
- Informal chats with speakers and presenters throughout the event.
The Schedule
12 Noon – Registration opens
1:00p to 1:45p – Pre-Session 1 – Travel Loyalty
2:00p to 2:45p – Pre-Session 2 – Casino Loyalty
3:00p to 4:45p – Miles&Points Labs and Casino Labs
5:00p to 7:30p – Cocktail Reception and Meet & Greet
8:00p – CrapVegas Patreon Reserved $15 Craps Table Gaming Experience, hosted by Josh (@VegasDuffy) – (optional and separate ticket and minimum buy-in required)
8:00a – Miles&Points Labs and Casino Labs
8:15a – Breakfast Reception Prior to ZorkFest
8:45a – Welcome to ZorkFest
9:00a-7:00p – ZorkFest Conference Sessions + Afternoon Snack/Beverage Break
12:00p-1:15p – Lunch Break (on your own)
3:00p-4:00p – Beverage Break Opens
4:00p-4:30p – Mingle & Network – Afternoon Snacks (Vegetarian option available)
7:00p-8:30p – Dinner Break (on your own)
8:30p-10:30p – 360Vegas Podcasters After Dark at ZorkFest 2025
Gaming Experience (optional and separate ticket)
9:00a (#CoffeeDice) – two private craps tables (separate ticket and minimum buy-in required)
11:00a Private baccarat table (separate ticket and minimum buy-in required)
Master Classes (optional, extra cost, separate ticket)
Classes to be announced June 1, 2025
10:00a-03:00p (Lunch noon to 1:00p, catered buffet lunch)
ZorkFest EPIC Foodie (and Beverage) Experience (optional, extra cost, separate ticket)
7:00p-10:00p
360Vegas Podcasters After Dark at ZorkFest 2025
(this is included with your ticket)
Saturday, December 6th, 2025 at 8:30p
The Panel:
TO BE DETERMINED
360Vegas Podcast will be recording a LIVE Episode and you’re invited to be part of the audience.
For first five rows of Podcasters After Dark, guests should wear flame retardant ponchos. We’re kidding.
Optional Add-Ons
Extra Cost, Separate Ticket.
ZorkFest Master Classes on Sunday, December 7, 2025 (click to read)
- Small Group Miles&Points / Travel Loyalty Master Classes
- Small Group Casino Loyalty / Comps Master Classes
- 10:00a-03:00p (Lunch noon to 1:00p, catered buffet lunch)
Master Classes are optional and come at an extra cost, separate add-on ticket required.
Details by August 1, 2025. Tickets on Sale in August 2025.
ZorkFest EPIC Foodie (and Beverage) Experience on Sunday, December 7, 2025 (click to read)
For ZorkFest 2024, we had an incredible event “Chairman of the Board” VIP Dinner Experience (with special guest Byron Copeland, a Barrel Maturation Manager and Master Taster at the Jack Daniel Distillery) at Sinatra at Encore Las Vegas.
For ZorkFest 2025, we are working on another epic foodie and beverage experience.
This optional experience is an extra cost, separate add-on ticket required.
Details by August 1, 2025. Tickets on Sale on September 1, 2025.
Craps / Coffee Dice on Sunday, December 7, 2025 (click to read)
Tickets available Thursday, May 1, 2025 at 9AM Pacific
Coffee Dice (Private Craps) Sunday, December 7, 2025 [Estimated] 9AM to 10AM (28, 2 tables, Players $1000 buy-in $25 table) – Start Times Subject To Change – M Resort Casino Las Vegas Casino Floor. See terms and conditions****
**** Private gaming tables (coffee dice) require a minimum buy-in per player with limited spaces. Must be a PENN Play Member Loyalty member to participate. Must provide PENN Play Membership Number to participate. Coffee-Dice 
$115 Sign-Up Fee, $100 is returned in the form of a casino chip when you check-in for the event. Failure to appear at the event (Coffee Dice) forfeits your $100. Fee is non-refundable. Only sign up if you plan on attending the event, since space is very limited.
This optional experience is an extra cost, separate add-on ticket required.
Baccarat Private Table on Sunday, December 7, 2025 (click to read)
Tickets available Sunday, June 8, 2025 at 9AM Pacific
Private Baccarat Table Sunday, December 7, 2025
[Estimated] 11:00AM to 1:00PM (8 Players $1000 buy-in $25 squeeze game) – Start Times Subject To Change – M Resort Casino Las Vegas Casino Floor **see terms and conditions below.
** Private gaming tables (coffee dice) require a minimum buy-in per player with limited spaces. Must be a PENN Play Member Loyalty member to participate. Must provide PENN Play Membership Number to participate. Baccarat $118 Sign-Up Fee, $100 is returned in the form of a casino chip when you check-in for the event. Failure to appear at the event (Baccarat) forfeits your $100. Fee is non-refundable. Only sign up if you plan on attending the event, since space is very limited.
This optional experience is an extra cost, separate add-on ticket required.
The Hotel
Location: M Resort Spa Casino, Las Vegas. Official Team HQ Hotel of the Las Vegas Raiders
Book Your Room -> HERE.
Feeling Bougie? Want Lux? Want Caviar and Chicken Tenders via Room Service? TravelZork Travel can help book your (refundable, in most cases) luxury room for ZorkFest and any trips to Vegas.
Visit: The Vegas Experts
Hotel Booking Info (Room Block and Comp/Casino Rooms)
Hotel and Room Booking Info (click to expand)
The Hotel of ZorkFest 2025
M Resort Casino Spa -Official Team HQ Hotel of the Las Vegas Raiders.
This year, we are hosting ZorkFest at one of the most unique and upscale casino resorts in Las Vegas. At the southern end of the Las Vegas Valley, the Forbes Travel Guide Four-Star and AAA Four-Diamond M Resort Spa Casino captures a unique sense of place with its distinctive desert scape location in one of the world’s most exciting cities. The hotel’s luxury boutique experience offers 390 guest rooms and suites that balance eclectic sophistication with a sleek modern look.
If you qualify (or think you qualify) for a casino COMP or casino discounted room, please see our section on contacting the ZorkFest 2025 Casino Host — link to #comprooms
Official Team HQ Hotel of the Las Vegas Raiders
Reduced Resort Fee! Free Shuttle to/from LAS Airport
Thursday, December 4, 2025 $179++
Friday, December 5, 2025 $199++
Saturday, December 6, 2025 $199++
Sunday, December 7, 2025 $179++++ A nightly resort fee of $39.99 inclusive of tax is reduced to $29.99 includes the following:
- Wireless internet access in guest rooms
- Daily access to Spa Mio fitness center only; all other facilities and services within Spa Mio are subject to retail costs and pricing
- Two (2) bottles of M Resort water per day in guest rooms
- Unlimited local and 800 phone calls
- Scheduled shuttle to and from Harry Reid International Airport
- Shuttle Reservations: Shuttle services to and from Harry Reid Airport are available by reservation from 7 a.m. – 7 p.m. daily. We recommend reservations be made at least 24 hours in advance. For reservations, click here. Should you have any questions or concerns regarding your shuttle service, please call us at 702-797-1000.
- Guest’s may reserve their room online via this web-link.
- Guest’s may also reserve their room by calling our reservations department at 877-673-7678 and mentioning the group code SZRK25.
- Guests must be 21 years of age to check-in to the hotel.
- The individual cancellation policy is 48 hours prior to arrival.
- Guests will be responsible for a $150 incidentals deposit upon check-in.
- Wireless Internet Access in Guest Room
- Access to Spa Mio Fitness Center
- 2 bottles of M Resort water per day in guest rooms
- Unlimited local and 800 phone calls
- Complimentary shuttle to and from Harry Reid International Airport (Reservations required Here)
- Access to Digital Press-Reader; the all-you-can-read digital newsstand with thousands of the world’s most popular newspapers and magazines
- Self-Parking and Valet parking
>Click here to book your room<
ZorkFest - Casino Comp Rooms (click to expand)
ZorkFest Casino Comp Rooms
“Offer match” is meant to help people who will be gambling during ZorkFest weekend but have no gambling/comp history with PENN Play or M Resort.
If you will not be gambling, you will impact our future events (and TravelZork) if we offer you a comp/discounted room and you do not play.
#comprooms—Casino Rooms (PENN Play) for those attending ZorkFest (to be part of PENN Play sponsored events, like Coffee Dice).
Contact Sandy Crammer, Independent Host, to book.
We have a fantastic host handling player inquiries for those attending ZorkFest 2025.
We genuinely desire to comp (or offer highly discounted rooms) to as many applicable players as possible. Contact Sandy via Email and mention ZorkFest 2025 in the subject with the following information:
(please enter) Email Subject: ZorkFest 2025 Comp and Casino Discounted Rooms
-Name:
-ZorkFest Ticket Number or confirm the date you registered for ZorkFest
-Email Address:
-Mobile Phone Number:
-Please provide PENN Play Membership Number (if you have one).
-If you are NOT a PENN Play Member, please provide a copy of your current Las Vegas Offers (email offer, offer page from website/APP, casino calendar from APP/Website) for comp or discounted rooms.
-Check-in Date
-Check-out Date
Send Email to: zorkfesthost@travelzork.com
Important Note: A ZorkFest Ticket is required before we can book your room. The ZorkFest Team has final authority over all comp and discounted room approvals. Only qualified players. Do NOT try to “trick us” since those comp rooms will be denied in all cases. We are happy to discuss things case by case since we want you to get the most value from your ZorkFest weekend!
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EVENT:
ZorkFest 2025 Las Vegas
DATES:
Fri Dec 5, 2025 – Sun Dec 7, 2025
LOCATION:
M Resort Casino Spa – Las Vegas
Terms and Conditions (click to expand)
*All event specifics (including speakers, program, food & beverage) are subject to change and modification. All-Access Main Conference Ticket includes: Main Conference on Saturday, Podcasters After Dark and Friday Cocktail Reception. Additional (add-on) Sessions require an additional ticket purchase and fee. Additional (add-on) Sessions require an additional ticket purchase and fee.
++ Room Taxes and Resort Fee: Room Taxes + Resort fee of $29.99 (The $29.99 Resort Fee is inclusive of tax, reduced rate resort fee) (Room block available until 11/14/2025 or until sold out.)
** Private gaming tables (craps (coffee dice) and baccarat) require a minimum buy-in per player with limited spaces. Must be a PENN Play Membership Loyalty member to participate. Coffee-Dice (Craps) and Baccarat $115 Sign-Up Fee, $100 is returned in the form of a casino chip when you check-in for the event. Failure to appear at the event (Coffee Dice or Baccarat) forfeits your $115. Fee is non-refundable. Only sign up if you plan on attending the event, since space is very limited.
$1,000 buy-in required. Table Minimum to be determined. The table minimum is expected to be $25.
– $115 Sign-Up Fee, $100 is returned in the form of a casino chip when you check-in for the event.
– Failure to appear at the event 15 minutes prior to the start forfeits your $115
– $115 Fee is non-refundable.
***All tickets are transferrable up to 10 days prior to the event. The transfer Price is $50 per ticket transferred. The last day to transfer tickets is November 24, 2025
Last date to transfer tickets: Monday, November 24, 2025 by 15:00 (3PM) Eastern Time Zone – no exceptions will be made.
**** Panelists subject to change for 360Vegas Podcasters After Dark
***** [Optional] Add-ons are an additional charge
