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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.

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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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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.

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