Race Logistics Visit
- Alyssha Schneider
Wednesday July 5 → Travel day
Thursday July 6 - 8 → at race
Sunday July 9 → Travel home
TOTAL COSTS:
~$600 per person + food
Persons:
Maybes:
- Devon Copeland
- Minghao Ji
- Angela
Location:
Circuit of the Americas
9201 Circuit of the Americas Blvd, Austin, TX 78617, USA
Flight Info:
**Detroit or Toronto are the cheapest options
Direct flight via Air Canada is ~$650 from Pearson International
Direct flight via Delta Airlines is ~$550 from Detroit
1 stop flight via Delta Airlines is ~$850 from Buffalo
No Flights from Waterloo
Driving:
Gas CAN $1.22 / litre
Gas USD $2.5 / gallon → $0.75 / litre
Avg $1 / litre
26 hours driving with no tolls, 2720 km total
Nashville TN is half way
Stopover:
Lots of cheap Nashville hotels/motels (~$200 / night)
Car:
Driving into the U.S. is permitted, however, you will need a copy of your rental agreement and will need to obtain a pass from the Border Guard, at time of entry. Advise counter upon arrival of your intent to cross the U.S. border and return to the renting location.
- Dodge Grand Carivan (Hertz rental company)
- 7 passengers
- 11 km / litre → $ 250 in gas one way
- $834.48 for July 5-10
- $973 for July 4-10
- $1552 for June 30-July 11
- $1412 for June 30 - July 10
Accomodations:
Super 8 Austin Airport South – $106/night/room
- includes free internet and free breakfast
Airbnb Full House – $2011 total
- 1 queen, 2 doubles, 2 singles, and the rest of you can sleep on the floor / couches / sleeping bags
- 6 min by car away from COA (Linda Vista Area) ~4 miles / 6.5 km
- With internet
- https://www.airbnb.ca/rooms/17877283?guests=4&adults=4&location=Circuit%20of%20the%20Americas%2C%20Circuit%20of%20the%20Americas%20Boulevard%2C%20Austin%2C%20TX%2C%20United%20States&check_in=2017-07-05&check_out=2017-07-09&s=oXnE4jmb
Airbnb Full House – $1866