Reno - BRC 22-Aug: Have room for LOTS of people.
Posted: Fri Jul 27, 2018 1:08 pm
Hi All,
Let's ride together on the Striking Sparks bus! (22-Aug Reno-BRC)
I'm a sound tech at Black Rock Travel Agency (BRTA) @ 05:00 and OMG why am I at the fence line corner??? (Airport). Like many of you, I have to be on playa on 22-Aug to start striking sparks to get flames of awesomeness roaring for our fellow burners, yet have not been successful in the chaos of these ride boards. I fly into Reno from Europe on the 17th, and I am not going to take a rental car to the playa. Personally will be carrying 2 bags plus gathered Amazon loot (picked up in Reno when I arrive).
So I have a proposal: Bell Limo service from Reno! They have different sized vehicles, and list Burning Man as an event so I know they are not opposed to driving (and may be on the Org's vendor list already, will check). Really, How is this different than riding BxB, aside from the fact that we can do a shopping stop as needed and get door to camp drop service. Let's share the costs, as we are all willing to do anyway.
Itinerary will be something like "Pickup at 11:00 at ??? in Sparks (seems appropriate)" so we all have plenty of time to pitch camp as well as get our work time in.
I have checked the listed price per hour (source: https://bell-limo.com/fleet) They have a couple of vehicles that look like they would work depending upon level of interest. This will be a fair share cost deal, everyone contributing equally (note, right now all "costs" are estimates only based upon # riders at 75% capacity and estimated charge for 6 hours, and does not include tip (for driver, not me).
This offer closes 2-Aug midnight Reno timezone, so I can call the limo company Friday 3-Aug and start arranging (pleading, cajoling, whimpering, etc), with money xfr via paypal timing dependent upon how much the compay wants in advance. Nothing is guaranteed until then, but until I know the interest level I can't know what to reserve.
This is One Way Only, plan on finding your own way back out! You must have WAP, ticket proof, and be at least this "T" tall to ride this ride, but you knew that already.
Vehicle options
0) 14 seat Hummer Limo (my personal favorite!) 8 Riders, about $128, 10 riders about $110 (I don't know how much luggage trunk space it has...) And just think of all the cycles on the roof!
1) 13 seat van (claims 10 if luggage), 8 riders, $75
2) 21 seat mini bus (We get to ride the SHORT bus!!!) Ala hotel courtesy van style. Website lists price per hour same as van (really!) 16 riders cost is < $40.
3) 29 seat long bus (now this is getting silly), 22 people, < $30.
4) > 22 people... Forget it. Let's charter a plane instead.
Bigger than this I will leave to the Org for this year.
Please post here if you are interested in sharing this ride! If you have interest in the 21st instead, that's a possibility (my WAP is flexible), but it will be going by the 22nd at least and not later, sorry. FYI, No, I am not affiliated with the limo company, nor will I be making any profit on this.
See you in the dust!
Let's ride together on the Striking Sparks bus! (22-Aug Reno-BRC)
I'm a sound tech at Black Rock Travel Agency (BRTA) @ 05:00 and OMG why am I at the fence line corner??? (Airport). Like many of you, I have to be on playa on 22-Aug to start striking sparks to get flames of awesomeness roaring for our fellow burners, yet have not been successful in the chaos of these ride boards. I fly into Reno from Europe on the 17th, and I am not going to take a rental car to the playa. Personally will be carrying 2 bags plus gathered Amazon loot (picked up in Reno when I arrive).
So I have a proposal: Bell Limo service from Reno! They have different sized vehicles, and list Burning Man as an event so I know they are not opposed to driving (and may be on the Org's vendor list already, will check). Really, How is this different than riding BxB, aside from the fact that we can do a shopping stop as needed and get door to camp drop service. Let's share the costs, as we are all willing to do anyway.
Itinerary will be something like "Pickup at 11:00 at ??? in Sparks (seems appropriate)" so we all have plenty of time to pitch camp as well as get our work time in.
I have checked the listed price per hour (source: https://bell-limo.com/fleet) They have a couple of vehicles that look like they would work depending upon level of interest. This will be a fair share cost deal, everyone contributing equally (note, right now all "costs" are estimates only based upon # riders at 75% capacity and estimated charge for 6 hours, and does not include tip (for driver, not me).
This offer closes 2-Aug midnight Reno timezone, so I can call the limo company Friday 3-Aug and start arranging (pleading, cajoling, whimpering, etc), with money xfr via paypal timing dependent upon how much the compay wants in advance. Nothing is guaranteed until then, but until I know the interest level I can't know what to reserve.
This is One Way Only, plan on finding your own way back out! You must have WAP, ticket proof, and be at least this "T" tall to ride this ride, but you knew that already.
Vehicle options
0) 14 seat Hummer Limo (my personal favorite!) 8 Riders, about $128, 10 riders about $110 (I don't know how much luggage trunk space it has...) And just think of all the cycles on the roof!
1) 13 seat van (claims 10 if luggage), 8 riders, $75
2) 21 seat mini bus (We get to ride the SHORT bus!!!) Ala hotel courtesy van style. Website lists price per hour same as van (really!) 16 riders cost is < $40.
3) 29 seat long bus (now this is getting silly), 22 people, < $30.
4) > 22 people... Forget it. Let's charter a plane instead.
Bigger than this I will leave to the Org for this year.
Please post here if you are interested in sharing this ride! If you have interest in the 21st instead, that's a possibility (my WAP is flexible), but it will be going by the 22nd at least and not later, sorry. FYI, No, I am not affiliated with the limo company, nor will I be making any profit on this.
See you in the dust!
