[leeivyca]

Team 766 will be coming from the west coast so a bus is not an option for us, we are all buying plane tickets. I agree that rental cars are not really essential, if you try and book a hotel that is within a mile of the Dome you can either walk or take the Metro everywhere.

The expenses mentioned by the other responders look pretty accurate, although our team asks the individual team members and parents to pay for their own travel and food expenses, then the team budget pays for teacher/mentor travel, robot shipping, and registration.

If you tell your sponsors "we have been selected to go to the Championships in St. Louis" sometimes they will give you extra $$ just to cover the extra costs.