[MakeLV] World Maker Faire NYC 2013 - Bus Rental

[Rob Roschewsk]

What do you drive a Hummer ?? :) .. It's 206 miles from round trip from the
HIVE to Citifield .... My car gets 30MPG on a BAD DAY ... rounding up
that's 7 gallons ... at $4/gal that's still just $28 ... $20 for tolls, $10
parking ... OK so $58 ... That's still $14.50/person .... I'm just sayin' :)

So $15 a person is probably a reasonable target.

I'm betting a good portion of the bus rate is the cost of the driver ....



On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 5:56 PM, whatever <whatever at taggers.org> wrote:

>  its cheaper then driving... figure its almost two tanks of gas and
> probably 25 in tolls plus parking (which is probably about 8 bucks)
> depending on fuel economy so about 133/4 so 33.25 yeah ok its not
> cheaper.... still more environmentally friendly and the more we pack on the
> bus the cheaper it gets (i figured 25 because that was our approximate
> turnout for last year) if we fill the expensive bus it comes out to a
> svelte (spell check) 21.45 per person. if we fill the cheap bus figuiring
> it seats 40 its 12.50 a seat.
>
> 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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