[MakeLV] World Maker Faire NYC 2013 - Bus Rental

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well the school bus was as close to as economical as vans but had 
complaints if we have a designated navigator would could avoid some of 
those...

On 12/13/2012 2:07 PM, Jeremy Sawruk wrote:
> I would strongly recommend taking either the George Washington or 
> the Verrazano bridge.
>
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> On Thu, Dec 13, 2012 at 1:49 PM, Ellis Farmer <saxywolf at gmail.com 
> <mailto:saxywolf at gmail.com>> wrote:
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>     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
>     <mailto:staticphantom at gmail.com>> wrote:
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>         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
>
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>         On Thu, Dec 13, 2012 at 4:53 AM, whatever
>         <whatever at taggers.org <mailto:whatever at taggers.org>> wrote:
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>             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 <mailto: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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