{"items": [{"author": "Ruthan", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/938568848382?comment_id=938576887272", "anchor": "fb-938576887272", "service": "fb", "text": "How many people do you expect on the school bus?", "timestamp": "1524452514"}, {"author": "Jeff&nbsp;Kaufman", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/938568848382?comment_id=938576887272&reply_comment_id=938604796342", "anchor": "fb-938576887272_938604796342", "service": "fb", "text": "&rarr;&nbsp;$20 was figuring a full bus.  If I was going to do it I'd sell tickets kickstarter + dutch auction style.  I'd probably have each person specify the maximum amount they'd be willing to pay, and then go ahead with reserving the bus at cost $X once we had N people willing to pay $X/N.", "timestamp": "1524485726"}, {"author": "Ruthan", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/938568848382?comment_id=938576887272&reply_comment_id=938606043842", "anchor": "fb-938576887272_938606043842", "service": "fb", "text": "&rarr;&nbsp;:O Renting school buses is more expensive than I realized!", "timestamp": "1524487017"}, {"author": "Jeff&nbsp;Kaufman", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/938568848382?comment_id=938576887272&reply_comment_id=938606238452", "anchor": "fb-938576887272_938606238452", "service": "fb", "text": "&rarr;&nbsp;Ruthan: I didn't go and get quotes; I'm figuring from a site that said $500 minimum and doubled that since we have two trips 12hr apart.", "timestamp": "1524487271"}, {"author": "Jeff&nbsp;Kaufman", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/938568848382?comment_id=938576887272&reply_comment_id=938645943882", "anchor": "fb-938576887272_938645943882", "service": "fb", "text": "&rarr;&nbsp;Calling a bus company and getting an actual quote would be the right way to do this.  Two one hour 40mi trips, twelve hours apart.", "timestamp": "1524506959"}, {"author": "Mac", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/938568848382?comment_id=938639771252", "anchor": "fb-938639771252", "service": "fb", "text": "Once this thread is played out, it needs to move to some CDSS archive.  Valuable understanding.", "timestamp": "1524503420"}, {"author": "Peter", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/938568848382?comment_id=938673768122", "anchor": "fb-938673768122", "service": "fb", "text": "I tried living without a car for 6 months in your neighborhood. I had monthly long trips for which I rented a car. Liability insurance really cut into the savings.", "timestamp": "1524522537"}, {"author": "Rachel", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/938568848382?comment_id=938673768122&reply_comment_id=938695998572", "anchor": "fb-938673768122_938695998572", "service": "fb", "text": "&rarr;&nbsp;I like zipcar for this reason - the insurance and gas are included. I don't own a car, live in Somerville, and have regular long trips - but get mileage reimbursement from work, which means a lot less out of pocket for me.", "timestamp": "1524531739"}, {"author": "Jeff&nbsp;Kaufman", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/938568848382?comment_id=938673768122&reply_comment_id=938696128312", "anchor": "fb-938673768122_938696128312", "service": "fb", "text": "&rarr;&nbsp;I've found that for anything more than ~3 hours zipcar is more expensive than a traditional daily rental.<br><br>I did once take a zipcar to Ithaca for the weekend, but that was because I had promotional credits that were expiring faster than I could use them.", "timestamp": "1524531844"}, {"author": "Peter", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/938568848382?comment_id=938673768122&reply_comment_id=938703094352", "anchor": "fb-938673768122_938703094352", "service": "fb", "text": "&rarr;&nbsp;Rachel As I understood it, Zipcar provided only statutory minimum liability insurance which is way too low for me. I purchased $1M in liability coverage from Avis or Turo.", "timestamp": "1524535023"}, {"author": "Andrew", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/938568848382?comment_id=938673768122&reply_comment_id=938710998512", "anchor": "fb-938673768122_938710998512", "service": "fb", "text": "&rarr;&nbsp;If you rent more than a few x per year, a non-owner policy is cheaper than buying the rental firms' ripoff liability policies.  It's basically liability insurance without an actual car on the policy, but still covers other cars that you drive.", "timestamp": "1524539875"}, {"author": "Peter", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/938568848382?comment_id=938673768122&reply_comment_id=938711467572", "anchor": "fb-938673768122_938711467572", "service": "fb", "text": "&rarr;&nbsp;Andrew I got a quote for that\u2014$1200. Avis only wanted $15/day.", "timestamp": "1524540191"}, {"author": "Andrew", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/938568848382?comment_id=938673768122&reply_comment_id=938711742022", "anchor": "fb-938673768122_938711742022", "service": "fb", "text": "&rarr;&nbsp;Peter -- get more quotes.  Or get a small motorcycle and add it to your policy.", "timestamp": "1524540527"}]}