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' :)<br>
<br>So $15 a person is probably a reasonable target.<br><br>I'm betting a good portion of the bus rate is the cost of the driver .... <br><br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 5:56 PM, whatever <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:whatever@taggers.org" target="_blank">whatever@taggers.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div>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.<br>
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On 11/29/2012 5:32 PM, Rob Roschewsk wrote:<br>
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<blockquote type="cite">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 ....
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<div>Sorry nothing constructive to add just ranting :)<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 10:18 PM,
whatever <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:whatever@taggers.org" target="_blank">whatever@taggers.org</a>></span>
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<div>what other amenities do these buses have? because
it looks like we're talking a $500 bathroom here.<br>
we could use two different bus companies possibly.<br>
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quick math if count on 25 (about what we had last
year)<br>
its 47.20 per person nearly double.. unsurprisingly.<br>
On 11/29/2012 2:39 PM, Ellis Farmer wrote:<br>
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<blockquote type="cite">Well, I have to work late again,
so I won't see you all tonight, but...<br>
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Update on the bus rental: They seem kind of high.<br>
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<u>e.g. Here are a couple of the estimates:</u><br>
55ppl 10hrs $1,180+parking+tolls+$83PerAddl'Hr
(includes 18% gratuity)<br>
55ppl 14hrsMax $100/hr+parking+tolls<br>
fuel is included in both<br>
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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.<br>
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The school bus had a 10hr limit due to union
restrictions, though I don't think other places have
that limit. <b>Were we at the fair long enough
(obviously not, but seriously...)?</b><br>
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We left the DaVinci center at 9am and were supposed to
get back at 7pm, but <b>we got back at 9pm? Did we
leave the faire at 5pm? Does anyone recall when we
arrived at the faire?</b><br>
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-Ellis<br>
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