Transportation .... of Stuff

Deine Mudda would have half a van probably, transport on the Friday.

Hi All....So, I've been collecting and playing with numbers to figure out the cheapest way to transport stuff with a rented van from Berlin up to the site. So far I've spoken with Robbens and Enterprise.
I have LOTS of number-crunching examples to "prove" my findings, which I can post later (in beautiful grid forms :) ) but for now, I'd like to ask all interested people--->>> Which day would you like to drive your stuff up in a van? Possibilities are vast: starting Thursday night (14th) basically through the end of the festival. (Yes, believe it or not, the numbers I've crunched so far show that it is the same price to keep a van for 12 days or to rent it 3 days for Build and then 2 days for Strike....) The van size I've looked at is 4 x 2 x 2. (Maybe we could go one size smaller as well.) So, let me know which day you want to take your stuff and, if possible, if you want the whole van for yourself or are interested in splitting it with another camp and how much of the van you guess-timate you'll need. Thanks! More to come once I've heard from interested parties. <3

Hi Lindsey. Last year we've rented the vans from buchbinder.de. Back then, they offered the best deal (also with unlimited km!). Maybe you want to check with them as well. Thanks for your great help!!!

@lindseye Hey Lindsey, We talked at the group discussion. Im really on the fringe here unfortunately. What numbers do you have thus far? Hypothetically? Again, our camp is very small and might be able to even do it with a car or 2. Thanks for looking into this!

Im surprised more people havent commented on this though - its a great idea!

Hi Dylan, so it looks like we are 3 out of 4 right now. Driving down on Thursday night (Pyjamcakes), Friday during the day (Deine Mudder) and Saturday sometime (Dangerous Spacerazzi). If you found a camp or two, who wanted to split a van-full with you on Sunday or Monday...it would be all YOURS! :) ... and I'd go reserve it tomorrow, to ensure we get this price.

Hey Lindsey,
I talked to my group and we were able to find a smaller van for the week. Its a more elegant solution for us because we have a lot of little pickup stops to make in berlin before hand, and generally we dont require that much space. Thanks again Lindsey and good luck with everything! Its hard work getting people together, you're doing a great job :)

People - if you haven't joined Drivy.de yet I urge you to do it.. vans, transporters all owned by local Berlin people..
There are vans available as of today (I checked on the train) for the entire build and strike duration for as little as 150 euros.

Hi Bandit, could you send me a link for an example of this? That would be great. I registered and checked them out. But when I added in extra kilometres and gas it really added up. Also, do you happen to know how many people can be insured/how much it costs to insure per person with them? Thanks!

TRANSPORT---->>> yes, so in short I have found this offer: van size 4 x 2 x 2 (16m3) for 12 days (meaning no one has to go to Berlin to pick up a van on Sunday for Strike, return date: Tuesday 26th afternoon) including 2400km (= 5 roundtrips plus 200km for local storage runs and movement within Berlin for pickups), 5 insured drivers and a 100 euro deductible insurance policy (lowest I've seen), including diesel calculations for 4 van loads from Berlin and 2 loads back to Berlin (5 roundtrips), total 1400 euros. Divided by 4 camps = 350 euros/each, all included.

Pyjamcakes wants Thursday night/Friday morning.

And then each of the 4 camps which takes responsibility for 1/4 of the cost can divide up their use of it with other camps however they like. Or if a 5th trip from Berlin gets organised, it becomes 1400/5 => 300 euros each (including diesel and extra km).

What do you say? Ideas? Counter-offers?
This is a time-sensitive price (it gets more expensive the closer to the rental date we reserve it).

(Driver details = class B, >25 years old, with drivers license for 2 years)

Thanks Lindsey for doing the groundwork! Dangerous Spacerazzi wants to share. Our dates are flexible, but we're thinking of Saturday the 16th. Ich habe ein Füherschein.