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Originally Posted by Kleiman

It cost $2 per student to take the subway to the event downtown. No bus rental, and the robot goes in my car. A rush hour drive to Mississauga, Hamilton or Oshawa to arrive by 8am is well over an hour each way. You are correct though, it may be possible to avoid the need for a hotel, but I have not looked into these details yet. It is likely more expensive to go out of town and certainly more complicated logistically. I did not intend to overexaggerate the added burden of the new model for us. The most prohibitive part is the added cost of registration without a doubt.

In the US, the team registration cost is the same for teams in the regional and district system ($5000 USD). It is possible that your woes are due to the weak Canadian dollar and TDSB reallocating where their contribution goes.