Companion Card and tenpin bowling in Australia
If you use a Companion Card and want to go tenpin bowling, ask what the price covers for each person in your party. A venue might waive a carer’s bowling charge, apply a special rate to both people or price each player separately. Three Australian centres show how those differences can affect the booking.
One carer bowls free in the Sale example
At E5 PlayZone in Sale, the archived lane page offered one free carer bowling place to a Companion Card holder. The same page separated full games from shorter, six-frame and three-frame sessions, and said its discounts could not be combined with the card. If you want to hire a lane by the session, ask how the venue applies the carer place to that booking and how many bowlers the lane can take.
Bunbury and Horsham price the two people differently
Bunbury Tenpin Bowl’s archived price list showed a Companion Card rate of $12 per person for each game with one carer. For two people bowling one game each, that comes to $24 at the recorded rate. At Horsham Lanes and Games, the archived page instead listed a separate carer rate of $8 for one game and $11 for two games. It put cardholders on the junior rate and required proof for the discount. Ask for both prices for the same number of games before comparing the centres.
Ask what happens if your support person only comes along
Tell the venue how many people will bowl and who is coming to provide support. Ask staff to quote any bowling, shoe hire and spectator charges separately. The rates above come from operator pages archived on 30 October 2026. Request a fresh total if you are planning more than one game or adding another player.
If someone needs help getting to the approach, ask which entrance to use and whether staff can reserve a lane that suits your group. The booking price and the route to the lane are two separate things to confirm.