RAGBRAI® TRANSPORTATION
Registration
Online Registration Forms • Paper
Registration Forms • Add
Extra Items After Initial Registration
Important Dates and
Deadlines • Initial
Deposits • Registration
Limits
Regular
Registration Deadline and Late Registration • Changes,
Cancellations, and Refunds
Only
11 seats remaining for our
2023 RAGBRAI Transportation
Service!
Online Registration Forms
-
Click
Here for our online registration policies and procedures.
- Click
Here for our one way transportation policies.
Paper
Registration Forms
- Click Here to download the paper registration form
for our round trip RAGBRAI transportation service if you do not wish
to pay the additional processing fees charged by RaceRoster or prefer
to pay by check or money order. (in order to assure availability
due to the limited number of seats remaining we are no longer accepting
paper
registrations)
Paper registration will only be available for our round trip RAGBRAI transportation
service. In addition, in order to maintain a current accurate list of available
seats and assure that we receive all of your information and payment in
a timely manner due to laspes in mail service all registrations must be
done online:
- For all initial deposits before our full price schedule is announced
- For all remaining amounts due from an initial deposit after our full
price schedule is announced
- For all one way trips
- Once only ten seats remain on either bus
- After regular registration closes
- Click
Here for our paper registration policies and procedures.
Add
Extra Items After Initial Registration
- Click
Here to add extra service or merchandise items after
you have initially registered. Do not click
on this link if you have not initially registered for the event.
Important
Dates and Deadlines
RAGBRAI
- Nov. 15th, 2022
- RAGBRAI event registration opens
- Jan. 28th, 2023
- RAGBRAI route announcement
- May 15th, 2023
- Deadline for all online RAGBRAI event registrations
- Mid May
- RAGBRAI wristband numbers provided
Our Transportation Service
- Nov. 15th, 2022
- Registration on an initial deposit basis opens to guarantee space
on our RAGBRAI Transportation Service
- Shortly after the RAGBRAI route is announced on Saturday, Jan. 28th,
2023
- We will announce our full price schedule and all new participants
must pay the full
registration amount (initial deposits will no
longer being accepted).
-
March 15th, 2023 March 31st, 2023
(only for 2023)
- Deadline for participants who previously registered on an initial
deposit basis who decide
- TO PARTICIPATE to remit their remaining balance due to us
- NOT TO PARTICIPATE to request a refund
- Deadline for reduced pricing and guaranteed seat availability for
postponed 2020 participants.
- After the RAGBRAI wristband numbers are provided mid May
- RAGBRAI wristband number required for all new registrations.
- All previous registrations must provide us their RAGBRAI
wristband number.
- June 24th, 2023 - 12:00 am CDT
- A late fee of $30.00 each way will be assessed
for all new registrations.
Initial
Deposits
Registration for RAGBRAI is now a first-come, first-served
basis and no longer utilizes a lottery system. Accordingly, before the
RAGBRAI route and our full price schedule is announced we will accept
registrations on an initial deposit basis. This way you can be guaranteed
a spot on our transportation service immediately after you initially register
for RAGBRAI itself and guarantee your personal
plans
as appropriate.
After our Full Price Schedule is Announced
After our full price schedule
is announced, all participants who registered on an initial deposit basis
must remit any remaining amount due and provide the following information
about your Personal Travel and Lodging plans by 11:59
pm CST March 15 March 31st (only for 2023) through our online registration
form:
- Will you park your car in Chicago long term during the week of RAGBRAI
- Will you arrive in Chicago on the Saturday morning before the start
of RAGBRAI on some specific trains
- Where you will give us your bicycle in Chicago before the start of
RAGBRAI
- Your drop off location at the start of RAGBRAI
- Where you will you give us your baggage at the end of RAGBRAI
- Your drop off location in Chicago Saturday evening after the end of
RAGBRAI
- When you want your bicycle in Chicago after the end of RAGBRAI
Or, if you decide that the full price
for our transportation service is more than you are willing to pay, we can
issue you a refund of your registration fees minus an administrative fee
of
$30.00 if you submit your refund request by 11:59 pm CST
March 15 March 31st (only for 2023). Please note that if
we have reached our registration limits and have a waiting list when
you cancel, we will immediately offer your seat to another participant
on our waiting list and another one may not become available in the future.
If you do not remit the remaining
amount due or submit your refund request by 11:59 pm CST
March 15 March 31st (only for 2023) we will cancel your registration and seat reservation
and you will forfeit your entire deposit.
- Click
Here for more information about our waiting list policy.
After our full price schedule is announced all new registrations must
pay the full registration amount and we will no longer accept any more
registrations on a deposit basis.
Registration Limits
Our registration limits for both transportation
services will be in increments of 56 people, the capacity of a standard charter
coach bus.
Once
we reach our registration limits we will maintain a
waiting list and if enough people are on the waiting list
we will charter
an additional
coach bus.
- Click
Here for more information about our waiting list policy.
Regular
Registration Deadline and Late Registration
The regular registration deadline for all RAGBRAI transportation
services will be at 11:59 pm CST, Friday June 23rd,
2023, which is
exactly one month before the start of RAGBRAI.
After the regular registration deadline a late fee of $30.00 each
way for
our transportation service will be assessed.
- Click
Here for more information about registration deadlines
and late registration.
Changes, Cancellations,
and Refunds
WE DO NOT ISSUE ANY REFUNDS
AT ANY TIME FOR ANY REASON
- Click
Here for more information about our refund policy.
- Click
Here for more information about changes and cancellations.
Force Majure
In the event we are completely unable to run an event due to circumstances
beyond our control your registration will be honored as a credit toward any
future Bicycle Illinois and Bike Wisconsin event, service, or merchandise
item that will never expire.
Travel Insurance
If you do not participate and would like a refund you
MUST purchase an individual travel insurance plan, which will reimburse
you according to the plan coverage. Many plans are very reasonably priced.
As part of your initial online registration you will have the option to
purchase an individual travel insurance plan offered through RegShield.
This plan must be purchased as part of your initial online registration
- it cannot be added later.
If do not purchase the RegShield plan online or register using the paper
registration form you can still purchase an individual travel insurance
plan. Click
Here or visit https://www.travelexinsurance.com/ to
get the details and benefits of the plan offered through Travelex Insurance,
get a quote, and purchase coverage. |