From: Donald S. Roberts (don@hummellawfirm.com)
Date: Mon Jul 22 2002 - 10:42:59 CDT
When I was doing this very thing, a budget from So. Cal. to Philmont for a
crew, figuring about 10 people, I came to somewhere between $800-$1000 per
person for the total bill. I got a lot of help, with some real detailed
budgets from other crews that have gone recently, and those look like pretty
reliable numbers.
Don't count out using a train (do you really think Congress will let Amtrak
belly up *this* time?), it can be pretty durn economical compared to
airport-airport plus shuttle rental, and not that much more time, given all
the factors. While I was at PTC, I was informed by Mark Anderson that the
train is reliably 5-7 hours late from the east, and 4-7 hours late from the
west. It was once 12 hours late, and once on time (the Philstaff threw a
party). So the 23 hour train ride from LA turns into about 30 hours. Fare
comes to $190/per person at the moment on www.amtrak.com, but timing is
everything, I've gotten quotes as low as $140 per person. Compare that to
air plus parking plus rental.
Regards
Don Roberts
ASM T1201
Fullerton, CA
Eagle class of 73
PTC 2002
Philtrek 2003
> | From: "Larry Tuck"<larry_tuck@earthlink.net>
> | Date: Sun, 21 Jul 2002 13:54:57 -0700
> |
> | I'm working on the budget for our trek next year. If any
> of you can give me
> | a rough idea of the cost of shuttles or charter buses from
> Albuquerque to
> | Philmont, I'd greatly appreciate it. We'll have 20 to 24 people.
> |
> | Larry Tuck
> | SM, Troop 761
> | Thousand Oaks, CA
> | Advisor, 2001 Philmont Crew 723D, 2003 Crew 810D
>
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