Harrah's Cherokee Casino Resort is home to 150,000 square feet of gaming space and a resort hotel with 1,100 rooms, indoor and outdoor pools, a luxury spa and numerous dining and entertainment options. The casino includes live table games such as blackjack, craps and roulette, plus video poker and slot machines. The resort draws visitors to the mountains of western North Carolina from throughout the Southeast, including Georgia, and several Atlanta-area bus companies make regularly scheduled one-day or overnight trips to the casino.
Greatime Getaways
Greatime Getaways -- a motor coach tour company in Marietta, a suburb of Atlanta -- makes regular day trips to Harrah's Cherokee Casino, plus occasional overnight trips. Day trips typically take place once or twice per week, with early morning pickups in Marietta and several nearby communities, including Kennesaw, Canton, Cumming, Jasper and Dawsonville. One-day trips take approximately four hours each way, including a stop at a fast-food restaurant, and allow for five hours of gaming at the casino. Each trip typically includes free casino slot plays for more than half the cost of your bus ticket. Reservations are required.
Skylink Express
Skylink Express is an Atlanta-based company that provides trips to casinos throughout the Southeast, including one-day trips to Harrah's Cherokee Casino on a motor coach with large viewing windows and DVD players. Morning pickups are in metro Atlanta, Decatur, Lawrenceville and Smyrna, with each customer typically receiving a slot play coupon for more than half the cost of the bus trip. Trips typically include a five-hour or six-hour stay at the casino and are offered on two weekdays, plus Friday nights, Saturdays and Sundays. Reservations should be made two to three days in advance.
Grand Blessing
The Grand Blessing bus company provides one-day trips from the greater Atlanta area to Harrah's Cherokee Casino on Saturdays, Sundays and several weekdays in large vans or a a small motor coach. Each day trip includes morning pickups at shopping centers in Doraville and Duluth, a five-hour stay at the casino and a slot-play credit for more than half the cost of the bus ticket. Reservations are required at least one day in advance.
Chartered Buses
A number of bus companies in the greater Atlanta area are available to provide customized chartered trips to Harrah's Cherokee Casino for large groups or organizations. Two examples include Atlanta-based Samson Trailways, which offers luxury motor coaches and minibuses, and US Coachways, which has hubs in Atlanta and suburban Jonesville and provides a fleet of luxury motor coaches, minibuses and party buses.