[Ben Martin]

I've done it two ways:
- Everyone buys in to travel at the beginning of the season to help cover hotels and transportation costs for the entire team (I've had anywhere from $200-$550 student contribution depending on the team I was on).
- A laissez-faire, get-yourself-there approach. Transport to competitions is 100% parent vehicles and self-purchased flights, with 0% of hotel/transportation costs passing through the team budget. This option may not be available to some schools.

If you have great parent support, I'm a bigger fan of the second approach, since it requires less admin work, and traveling families save money since they stay in the same hotel rooms as their students--though you need to make sure you cover all your bases with the FIRST Youth Protection Program for unaccompanied students.

Getting the robot/pit equipment to competition is always a concern as well-- you either need somebody with the ability to pull a trailer (and have a trailer) or everything (including the robot) needs to be small enough to travel in whatever vehicles/buses are available.