On such short notice, I can't come up with the moolah for a flight AND the hotel. So here's the deal:
If I can get 2 other canucks to come with me, we can get to this conference together.
Here's the conditions:
- everyone splits the fare (gas and hotel, essentially) 3 ways. doesn't matter if you're in Toronto, Winnipeg or Edmonton. If the total gas price for the ENTIRE trip is $600, it's $200 a pop.
- I need two other people to do this.
- You have to be 18.
- You have to be a Canadian citizen so we don't have trouble at the border.
- No backing out...I've only got 2 extra seats (once you pack computers and clothes) and can't afford to have someone bail.
- You have to have a valid Canadian driver's licence and be ready to do a power road trip.
- Please shower before the trip. And before we come home, too.
Here's some more information:
I'm leaving from Calgary, AB, and not going W/N/S for as long as possible. If you'd like to come and can get on the trans-canada east of calgary...that would really be best.
The trip will take two days of straight driving to get there, about 40 hours including pee-breaks and McDonalds. We'd have to leave on November 6, first thing in the morning (from CGY). This would mean that we'd be there late thursday night
The trip is going to be 8500 Kms round trip . I'll pay for the oil change when we get there. Based on my fuel economy, that's about 18-19 tanks of gas. If prices aren't all over the map, we should be able to do the whole trip for about $600-$700 (gas wise).
We'll need a hotel room thursday, friday, saturday and sunday nights. We'll leave first thing on monday am, so everyone should be home by tuesday late night. thursday night and sunday night we can crash at some cheap motel. When we get there, we'll know the exact price of the whole trip (because we're 1/2 way) and money is due then.
It'll be a tough 7 days, but we can do it. Here's hopin' Guy gives us a break on the conference fees...
Side note:
If you're in northern USA enroute to MASS then we can take you too, provided everything else is met (ie. you're 18, driver's licence, and you pay the full 1/3)
-= i only do what my rice krispies tell me to do =-
