[MakeLV] World Maker Faire NYC 2013 - Bus Rental

[Jeremy Sawruk]

I would strongly recommend taking either the George Washington or
the Verrazano bridge.


On Thu, Dec 13, 2012 at 1:49 PM, Ellis Farmer <saxywolf at gmail.com> wrote:

> There are standard routes to take, like the GW or 34th street.  We can
> check Google maps for traffic and maybe get delay estimates.  I will make
> sure that either the driver take traffic and route into account or that we
> can provide the driver with such information.
>
> -Ellis
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> On Thu, Dec 13, 2012 at 1:38 PM, Will <staticphantom at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> GPS in a city is normally a bad idea. I will need to ask but in my
>> experience the buildings tend to block GPS signals.
>>
>> -Will C
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Dec 13, 2012 at 4:53 AM, whatever <whatever at taggers.org> wrote:
>>
>>>  hey one of the major complaints about the school bus was that the
>>> driver had no clue about directions etc could we include a navigator
>>> preferably with a gps to sort this out?
>>>
>>>
>>> On 11/29/2012 5:32 PM, Rob Roschewsk wrote:
>>>
>>> Just seems so counter intuitive ....you would think "mass transit"
>>> (granted it's not real mass transit) would be cheaper than driving ....
>>> these are all looking like $25 per person .... I had 4 people in my car it
>>> it was no where NEAR $100 .. actual cost was probably <$50 ... Granted at
>>> the IRS Mileage rate ($0.55/mi) you're getting to break even ....
>>>
>>>  Sorry nothing constructive to add just ranting :)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 10:18 PM, whatever <whatever at taggers.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>>  what other amenities do these buses have? because it looks like we're
>>>> talking a $500 bathroom here.
>>>> we could use two different bus companies possibly.
>>>>
>>>> quick math if count on 25 (about what we had last year)
>>>> its 47.20 per person nearly double.. unsurprisingly.
>>>> On 11/29/2012 2:39 PM, Ellis Farmer wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Well, I have to work late again, so I won't see you all tonight, but...
>>>>
>>>> Update on the bus rental: They seem kind of high.
>>>>
>>>> *e.g. Here are a couple of the estimates:*
>>>> 55ppl 10hrs $1,180+parking+tolls+$83PerAddl'Hr (includes 18% gratuity)
>>>> 55ppl 14hrsMax $100/hr+parking+tolls
>>>> fuel is included in both
>>>>
>>>> However, I just thought up a new idea yesterday... rent TWO buses for
>>>> TWO 1-way trips.  This way we don't pay for the 6-8 hours we are not using
>>>> it.  I don't think all the companies do it, but I'm looking into it.
>>>>
>>>> The school bus had a 10hr limit due to union restrictions, though I
>>>> don't think other places have that limit.  *Were we at the fair long
>>>> enough (obviously not, but seriously...)?*
>>>>
>>>> We left the DaVinci center at 9am and were supposed to get back at 7pm,
>>>> but *we got back at 9pm?  Did we leave the faire at 5pm?  Does anyone
>>>> recall when we arrived at the faire?*
>>>>
>>>> -Ellis
>>>>
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