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The lunch buffet this year is $30, Supper (coat and tie required) is $80 and "High Tea in the Parlor" (also coat and tie required) is $40. Add $10 per person "admission" to even get into the hotel. If you do decide to stay overnight, the boat ride is about $30 per person to the docks in either Mackinaw City or Saint Ignace. Add a carriage ride from the docks to the hotel ($100) plus any gratuity. (They won't leave your room until you tip appropriately)....

It's an experience, but unless you've got the "upper crust income" just plan to pay your ten bucks to walk through the lobby and head on back down the hill to where "real people enjoy the island"..... LOL

If you do manage a day on the island, do plan to at least visit the Grand Hotel and take a few pictures on the front porch.