Your Transportation?

[cypressfalls Robert]

Who's flying and who's riding a bus, last year we took a bu 17 hours to georgia...it was a pain, this year we will fly, I hope we make it!!!!

...and you?

[redreading249]

Flying ~~

Last year we flew to Georgia.. It was so fun haha (=

[starpug]

We're flying straight into Champaign

we have one stopover in detroit though

[zyzzyva98]

Had we made it there was a possibility we were going to take a train... either that or a bus. But we're pretty close to Illinois. I'm not sure what the schools that made it from KS are doing.

[jazzy009]

...we're taking vans. One bus doesn't seem very logical if different people need to be different places. Last year we flew and then got cars. That worked well. Builders left in one car on Friday to go to a school for testing, others went other places.

[lllazar]

...we're taking vans. One bus doesn't seem very logical if different people need to be different places. Last year we flew and then got cars. That worked well. Builders left in one car on Friday to go to a school for testing, others went other places.

Wait...its on campus. For state we were walking around and made it in time fine...maybe nats is a more spread out area. Weird though, 84 teams total B and C for state, only 60 at nats. Hmm...i guess its just easier to drive. Wes too poor.

[jazzy009]

Wait...its on campus. For state we were walking around and made it in time fine...maybe nats is a more spread out area. Weird though, 84 teams total B and C for state, only 60 at nats. Hmm...i guess its just easier to drive. Wes too poor.

For Augusta we actually drove to a high school to practice, couldn't get practice time on campus when we wanted.

[haven chuck]

...we're taking vans. One bus doesn't seem very logical if different people need to be different places. Last year we flew and then got cars. That worked well. Builders left in one car on Friday to go to a school for testing, others went other places.

Wait...its on campus. For state we were walking around and made it in time fine...maybe nats is a more spread out area. Weird though, 84 teams total B and C for state, only 60 at nats. Hmm...i guess its just easier to drive. Wes too poor.

60 for each division. 120 in all.

[sciencegeek100]

fly, last year my team mates toook IB tests on the plane wonder if they will be stuck doing that this year

[sciencegeek100]

We're flying straight into Champaign

we have one stopover in detroit though

my school is going for the 14th straight year, would be more but in 1996 we some how got beat...

[Quark]

Cypressfalls_Robert might be aware of this, but we (at LASA and Kealing), have generally taken a bus. Since I've been around, both have made it to nationals, so we'd share a bus (half for each school). A few people who need to leave later for whatever reason or who don't fit may fly. Also, we flew to GW, as that would be a really unpleasant bus ride (24 hours according to Google Maps, compared to 15-18 for Bloomington, Urbana-Champaign, and Augusta). The trips under 20 hours work out to about one day, a night, and then waking up near the destination. On the bus, you have time to study. And you pretty much have to study (there isn't much else to do). Definitely good for getting stuff done, plus busses (especially when split two ways) are a lot cheaper.

[Sir_L_Jenkins]

Cypressfalls_Robert might be aware of this, but we (at LASA and Kealing), have generally taken a bus. Since I've been around, both have made it to nationals, so we'd share a bus (half for each school). A few people who need to leave later for whatever reason or who don't fit may fly. Also, we flew to GW, as that would be a really unpleasant bus ride (24 hours according to Google Maps, compared to 15-18 for Bloomington, Urbana-Champaign, and Augusta). The trips under 20 hours work out to about one day, a night, and then waking up near the destination. On the bus, you have time to study. And you pretty much have to study (there isn't much else to do). Definitely good for getting stuff done, plus busses (especially when split two ways) are a lot cheaper.

The one problem with buses, if you're concerned about money, is the driver. Essentially you have to pay for the driver's services plus his lodging and everything for how ever many days you're out. We found that renting 2-3 large vans is substantially cheaper as an alternative, especially if you can get the rental company to give you a discount as a donation to the team.

[srsvball95]

We're flying because a bus would cost about the same as flying apparently. We're going to fly with our principal and our coach is going to probably drive up the trailer

[paleonaps]

We're flying if we make it.

[AustinRHL]

Access to Champaign from Albuquerque by plane is less than stellar, and a bus ride would be far too long, so we're flying to Chicago (Midway) and then getting a bus to the university. So I guess the answer to the first post's question is "both."