travel

Has anyone used a sports travel group to plan/organize a travel meet?

We have a few meets coming up that are 2-3 hours away. The times for these meets would allow us to drive in and out the same day. Saving the hotel stay. Yes it would be early (7:00 a.m. or getting home at midnight), but a can do. My questions is do you think it hurts a gymnasts meet if she rides...

After a controversy between the parents' association and the coaches, I've been asked to do a little research on how much other gyms compensate their coaches for travel, meals, hotels, etc.? What per mile rate do you use? Do you pay actual hotel costs, meals, or a per diem. Any help or...

Well...we are home after a total of about 20 hours in the car over a 3 day period! I am glad we only have one big long travel meet a year for right now! It was a beautiful drive though, lots of fall colors and mountains. Older DD competed Saturday morning. She was super excited to stay in a...

Will write more later...but... 36.7AA! Moving to level 5 after state meet!!!! Thanks for all the good wishes!!

Hi all- Well, there is one more day until we leave for our big "travel" meet this season. It is DD's 2nd level 4 meet this season and it is 9 hours away! Only certain girls were allowed to go to this meet based on their progress through September so it is an honor for DD to be going. She...

Hi Everyone, I am just curious as to what all the other parents or coached thoughts are on this. My daughter is an 11 year old (just turned 11) level 9. We travel with the team for meets and have since level 6. Now that she is going to training camps and other things, her coach seems to think...

We are scheduled to do a couple travel meets this year. One is clear up in Boston, a 6-hour drive for us, in January. My ds's birthday is Thurs. January 14th and it looks like Olivia is tetatively scheduled to compete on Friday the 15th. We'll have to leave home, taking her out of school...

We have a meet that requires a flight and stay over this year:eek:. I'm having a hard time justifying this meet for a level 4 girl. I can see when she is a higher level, but so young and so early is it really worth it? How far will you travel for a meet?

Anyone gotten inklings of where they might be going next year for meets? Our team usually does two travel meets a year--this year was Florida (Tampa) and Iowa (Chow's Rising Stars). Next year the rumor is our HC is looking at California and going back to the Chicago Style meet (we all love...

DD team usually does 1 travel meet a year in January or February. We are in MN and have gone to meets in the Milwaukee area of WI so far. I usually pull together the meet info for DD's coach in the summer so he can look over it all and decide which meets to do( I am Team Rep for Booster...

Okay, I just stumbled on the website of my kids' gym's booster clubs (they have two -- one for girls, one for boys). And in it was the meet schedule of the teams for the entire year. As my eyes scanned down the list of locations, I couldn't believe what I was reading at first. I expected...

Just out of curiosity... what are some of the meets that you guys have to travel for? Our big one this year is the Presidential Classic in Orlando. Anyone going? The All-Star resort at Disney World looks AWESOME! Our other big travel meet is the Pink Invitational, which is at AJS...

What do you guys bring when you go to travel meets? I bring my Ipod, cellphone, leg warmers, uggs, hairspray, three hair ribbons, an emergency kit (band-aids, neosporin, etc.), an extra pair of shirt and pants (for afterwards) and a mondo hairbrush... :D, a swimsuit, a camara, and a video...

Would anyone like to share any great fundraising ideas a girls team can do to help defray coaches travel expenses. Levels 2 to 8. Anythinhg besides hosting a meet, that is not an option. Thanks!

I found a couple of email address for the USOC. I think we ought to email them regarding their policy of sending only one coach and no family support with each of our athletes. I think that is just wrong. The two addresses I found are: [email protected] [email protected] This is the email that I...

I ran across this ad that Shayla Worley's mom had posted. Their family is trying to raise funds for a trip to Beijing if Shayla makes the Olympic team. Shayla is not one of my personal faves to go - although I think she is a wonderful gymnast - but I was moved by how the fam was trying to...