ROLEPLAYERS PARTY EXPRESS VAN

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dragonfire8974

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some of us are thinking about renting a huge 15 person van or something like that for the drive to Ohio for nationals. Who is interested in doing this?
 
Hello.
Depending on price i would be interested.
I was thinking about going but the only drawback is in getting there.
Let me know how much it is and i will probably go.
Thanks much.
Al
 
I have 4 years experience driving 15 and 12 passenger vans. For my school I drove a shuttle service and for Girl Scout camp I also drove.

I'd like to join the van-capades. And offer to be another driver.
 
I'm going to give a tentative yes to this. If all goes well, I'd love to partyvan it up!
 
well its not the daily rental that's the problem it's the gas... we would need an accurate calulator. -dawson
 
There is a chance I might participate in this, though I am not sure.
 
quick estimate on gas;

MPG: 20
Distance: 1,640 mi (round trip from Mpls)
Price per gallon: about 2.85

1,640/20= 82

Gallons needed: 82

82x2.85= $233.70

people: 10 (low to be safe)

233.70/10= 23.37

So about 25$ for gas if 10 people come.

Math is fun! :D
 
I'm in for sure.
 
oooooo oooo ooooo
Since its a harbor's far Idea we should draw a turtle on it
 
Unfortunately, some good friends of mine are getting married that weekend. I just wanted to chime in and say you could get one of those big car magnets for like $20 with harbor's far logo made :P
 
Totally wanna come
 
I hope this works out for you guys!

Just thought I'd mention something from experience with larp trips and 15 passengers. You will probably get 3 benches of 3 and 1 bench of 4, and most likely with all the gear people will have you will want to AT LEAST take out the most rear bench of 4. So you probably can only take 11 people maximum with room for gear, and even at that you'll need to all pack pretty light, like 1 or 2 suitcases per person so as not to exceed your luggage capacity. I'd love to see ya'll there! :)
 
we could rent a u-haul trailer for the gear. also im in i have plenty of of experience driving larger vehicles from the army. -dawson
 
I'm a maybe on this. I'd have to check on the travel schedule and see how many stops we'd be making and when we would expect to return.

-Crystal
 
So, the ideal way would be to rent the van from the 2nd to the 7th. We would ether meet up or pick up people and head out on the 2nd and stop somewhere along the way for the night. A good pick might be Cleveland because the site is only about an hour and a half away. That means we could all sleep in and relax and even check out the city a little before heading over.

Now the trip from the Cities to Cleveland is about 14 hours nonstop, so that might be a bit much even though it would be kinda nice the fallowing day so another option would be to stop in Chicago. Now this could work out well because we could pick up any stragglers from there and finish up with about an 8 hour drive the fallowing day.

Ether way, we could be heading through Chicago so we could try and fill up the last few seats. Also, we would probably stop ever few hours just to stand up and move around, as well as getting gas.

Then on the way back, we could once again go half way and stop for the night, or just have a couple drivers take turns and push all the way though the day. We would get back sometime around 4am that way though, so not sure how people feel about that.

If you take the fuel ($300), the rental ($100 - $200), the trailer ($50), and getting a couple cheep rooms ($100 - $120) the trip is going to be spendy, it will be cheaper then flying out or driving by your self though.
 
Okay, so I'm still a maybe on this but if I do go I'd suggest looking into renting a campsite instead- hotels are not cheap for 10 people. I have a tent and we can probably fit 8 comfortably (it says it sleeps 10). If anyone else is bringing theirs we could easily fit everyone between the two.

Also, I have a AAA membership and Happenings book so that might help with discounts. Keep in mind that more drivers = higher cost (sucks, I know).
 
Kitty and I might be up for it, as well as Courtney (all three of us live in St. Cloud). I'm not sure if we have classes on Monday (I don't think so- is it Labor Day?) so we'd need to be back sometime Monday or so. However, I have a license and could drive as well, if someone could give me instructions on any differences of a van from a car. I'd be totally willing to push through the night.
 
Remember the game will run until mid-monday, and it's a looong drive back, plan accordingly!

(I wish I could come along, but I have to fly out early for the owners meeting)
 
You can add me to the list tentatively. It's been ages since I traveled with a group anywhere, I'm thinking the trip alone should be fun. ^_^
 
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