Travel pool

Is there any interest?

If you have any interest in creating a travel pool along these ideas, please contact Brian Chabot at brian@acswiki.com

Goals

• Shared travel info
  • Road Conditions
  • Border Crossing
  • Travel Security
  • Travel Tips
• Group Rates on
  • Hotels
  • Air Fare
  • Car rentals
• Shared Group Equipment for large events
  • What is a large event?
  • Arming Tents
  • Barracks Tents
  • Cots
  • Some way to transport these things
• Carpool

Story Time - A narrative on how it might play out

Chris is an armored fighter. Chris fights with ABCD organisation. Chris joins the Knight Flight Club (KFC) for the year. Come May, Chris wants to travel to the IMCF in Timbuktu. KFC looks into freight costs and publishes estimated pricing for different numbers. KFC polls its members and gets 12 fighters who want to go to the event in Timbuktu. KFC prices out freight costs for a tent or tents big enough for 12 members. KFC pings the airlines and car rental companies for the best deal they can get for 12 people. KFC then gets back to the members with the pricing. A small "safety factor" is included in all the calculations to reflect the possibility of people deciding not to participate. If the safety factor is not needed, it goes into the general fund to cover potential future catastrophes. Chris and 11 other people pay their share. KFC ships out the pallet(s).

At Timbuktu, the 12 people work together to unpack and set up the tent and 12 cots. After the event, they work together to pack it back up and wrap the pallet, ready for pickup. In the process, they inventory everything and make note of anything that needs to be repaired or replaced.

KFC gets the gear back and inspects it before the next event, replacing or repairing items as necessary.