Arranged for my 14 year old to have a paintball party next Saturday with 14 mates - it’s about 12 miles away.
Thought I’d hire a 15 seater Transit type minibus from Europcar ( which I’ve hired vans from at good rates in the past).
Trouble is when you put seats in a van the weekend hire goes up from about £80 to about £270… :w00t:
Okay I know the alternatives are booking a couple of people carrier minicabs (two journeys at least two cabs) But I;d like to avoid the hassel ( I will l be the only adult and it’ll mean sending one minicab full of kids off unsupervised plus I don’t fancy waiting in a windy,possibly wet field with all these kids if the cabs arrive late (or don’t turn up…or it finishes early ) for pickup.
Hiring a coach seems expensive too - I’d rather have the flexibility of driving meself.
Finally none of the other parents are able to help me out with a two way journey on a busy Saturday ( fair enough I don’t know the parents that well)
To be honest, if you are taking 14 kids, I would personally want to have some contact with each and every kids parent - at least having their phone number and so on - in case of emergency. So - send out “invitations” asking for contact details and on that put a note that you would appreciate a couple of people to help with car duties - chances are you are bound to get some help that way - and maybe some help with supervising a bunch of 14 year olds. You may be surprised that some aren’t as “obedient” as you expect - so some help would be a good idea anyway…
If you hire on saturday morning, you don’t have to return it until sunday 8am and you get a key to the yard so you can drop it off at any time (at the wimbledon branch at least)
