RAGBRAI® TRANSPORTATION
People and Baggage Transportation Services
People Transportation • Baggage
Transportation
People
Transportation
Participants
will travel aboard a charter coach bus.
We will not be using any long distance public transportation
carriers (Amtrak, Greyhound, MegaBus, etc.) to transport people and you will
not need to purchase any separate bus or train ticket on your own.
All seating on the coach busses is general seating, we will not have any
type of preassigned seating.
All coach busses will travel together - we will not have any type of earlier
or later departure times for any coach bus or designate
any specific coach bus to go to any specific drop off location.
In order to assure the fastest possible departure and arrival time, all
coach busses will depart promptly after all participants and their baggage
have been loaded and we
have completed
our final head count. They will not wait for any
bikes to be
loaded
as part of our premium
bicycle transportation
service.
- Click
Here for more information about our people transportation
means.
- Click
Here for more information about our bicycle transportation
services.
Baggage Transportation
All baggage will be transported
in the compartments underneath the coach busses on the Saturday before the
start and after the end of RAGBRAI and and will be staged and loaded/unloaded
at the Chicago hotel regardless of which bicycle
transportation
service
you will
be using
(standard or premium). This is because there is only enough room on
our bicycle moving trucks to transport bicycles and not any additional baggage.
Not including carry on items, the size of each
participant's baggage must be limited to 5 square feet so
all baggage can fit in the baggage compartments underneath the coach
bus. Based on extensive experience we fully expect this space to be fully
adequate and there will also be additional space inside the bus itself
to store any carry on items. For reference, the dimensions of a big green
army style duffle bag is about 1' x 1' x 3' (3 sq. feet).
If you are planning on using RAGBRAI's free semitruck to transport your
baggage between the stopping towns, Click
Here for more information about their baggage transportation
policies.
If you are planning on using Pork Belly Ventures charter service during
the week to transport your baggage between stopping towns, you will be allowed
two pieces of baggage not to exceed a reasonable weight.
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Here for more information about Pork Belly Ventures charter
service.
If you are planning on using another charter service during the week to
transport your baggage between stopping towns you should make sure your baggage
is in compliance with the baggage policies of that charter service.
We will load all baggage going to the same drop off location as one group
in separate bus compartments so that we can quickly and easily unload them
together. We will have signs posted on each coach bus baggage compartment
door so you know the appropriate place to stow your baggage and these signs
will also be color coded to match the color of the identification tags on
your bicycle.
- Click
Here for more information about our baggage transportation
means.
- Click
Here for more information about our baggage transportation
policies and procedures.
- Click
Here for more information about baggage types and identification.
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