Transportation to Events

[rlowe61]

This can be a sticky situation, which can be handled many different ways. Depending on distance to events, I have participated in carpooling, School Bus, Charter Bus and Planes. For the carpooling ensure your team draws up a permission slip so that the parents/mentors driving feel comfortable taking other students. For the Charter bus and plane, it is more the cost issue.
As for trailer, many teams have trailers and a mentor or two take the trailer while the students and other mentors take buses, planes etc. The School bus is always practicle for local events. I will say, though the charter bus for 10-16 hrs can drain you, it is also quite fun and a great team builder, as the kids really get to know each other during that time.
On a different bit of the topic of students to events, as you grow your team will want to come up with requirements for attending. I know CRyptonite has a minimum of build hrs and non-build hours students must have to travel to events. They do allow all students to attend the Lonestar Regional since it's just downtown and we car pool. But something to think about in the future as you grow.
Good Luck

[hardcopi]

We had been borrowing trailers from parents, mentors, etc until last year. We applied for a local grant and got it. That along with some fund raising let us get our own trailer. A mentor with twins on the team owns a sign shop so he put our logo on it and it makes a lot of difference in team pride and just the ability to get our stuff to the event with as little issue as possible.

As for transportation we are blessed with enough mentors to be able to carpool. There are some full cars but we have been able to make it work for us. The exception is world's and even that could be carpooled. We just wanted the shared experience.

And because we never get to show off our trailer here it is. The picture is dark to show off the letters that glow when headlights (or flash bulbs hit it)