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Re: Charter Bus teams, how do you handle them?

We've done it both ways, had the bus stay with us so we could use it to get around town, and booked separate drop-off and pick-up.

If the bus stays we pay for the driver's time, food and lodging, but this has been a fairly expensive option unless you're trying to go a lot of places, or are going far.

Generally, for the three days of competition it's been cheaper for us to send the bus back on trips of 3-6 hours. We try for a hotel withing walking distance, but have also looked for a hotel with shuttle service (and an attached or nearby restaurant).
Even if the hotel has shuttle service it is sometimes only one small bus and we've had to make several trips to get the whole team back and forth.
For hotels without shuttles there have been local shuttle rentals, but they can also be expensive, and we have rented vans locally and resigned ourselves to several trips to move the whole group.

This is where a tenacious NEM comes in very handy.
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