Chartering a plane for NE FIRST teams to St. Louis

[BrendanB]

Originally Posted by stinglikeabee

$300 each way doesn't sound cheaper than a charter bus from a reputable company. Did you consider this option as well?

Yes and no. From our findings this year and last year a bus is cheaper but St. Louis falls during a school week in New Hampshire so its an extra day or two out of school and makes the trip much longer which some teams find is worth the extra cost/convenience of keeping the kids in school longer and not having to take a 24 hour+ bus ride.

New England also struggles with the Boston Marathon and school trips to Washington, DC and elsewhere during the month of April really puts a limit on the available buses for teams. Last year there was nothing available and somewhere between 20-30 teams traveled to St. Louis. This year we have 51 teams qualified from New England.