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Are you traveling through Reno Airport?

Many attendees of the 2010 Family Nature Summit may be traveling through Reno Airport. The following research was provided by Carl Brown, Logistics Coordinator for the 2010 Summit.

North Lake Tahoe Express  is available to transport Summiteers between Reno Airport and Granlibakken Resort.

The cost for a single passenger is $60 round trip or $30 one way. This reduces to $37.50 each round trip when two passengers make one reservation and pay with one credit card. Three passengers will cost $31.66 per person round trip and four passengers will cost $26.25 each round trip.
 
In order to make a reservation:
The first step is to go to the following web site:
 
http://transit.activitytickets.com/
 
1. Identify the pick up location - should read Reno Airport
2. Select drop off location - should read Granlibakken Conference Center. 
3. Go to the bottom of the page and fill in the three blanks. The Group Code is FNS.
4. Click Search Schedule.
5. Decide whether "one way" or "round trip".
6. Continue with filling in blanks and finalize the reservation.

Reservations must be made 24 hours in advance and the cancellation policy is 24 hours. Passengers wishing to make reservations by telephone can call 1-866-216-5222. Be sure and mention the code "FNS" to obtain the preferred pricing.

Summiteers arriving by way of San Francisco International Airport will also need to make their own arrangements to travel to the Granlibakken Conference Center. We have been told there are trains and buses which arrive regularly into Truckee from San Francisco. Truckee is a 20 to 25 minute drive from the Granlibakken Conference Center. Summiteers could also rent a car in San Francisco and drive to Granlibakken. The driving time from the San Francisco International Airport to Truckee is approximately 3.75 hours/211 miles.

Here is what the North Lake Tahoe Express  website looks like:

When you go to that website, you will click on the picture of the airplane to set your pick up location. Then choose Granlibakken under the Route #1 Red Line for your drop-off location. For your return trip, do this in reverse. Here is what you will see next:

Date of Travel:		If buying a ticket less than 24 hours in advance, please call 866 216 5222 - 7am - 11pm seven days/week.
Passengers:	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21	Please call 1-866-216-5222 for more than 21 passengers traveling together.
Group Code:		Travel reservations using a group code should be handled separately from other reservations. Please only reserve the trip related to the group code when booking.

 
Example: Times of bus departure from Reno Airport on Monday, July 5th:
 
Option #1    Leaving Reno - Tahoe Airport at 09:00 AM

Option #2    Leaving Reno - Tahoe Airport at 10:30 AM

Option #3    Leaving Reno - Tahoe Airport at 12:30 PM

Option #4    Leaving Reno - Tahoe Airport at 02:00 PM

Option #5    Leaving Reno - Tahoe Airport at 04:30 PM

Option #6    Leaving Reno - Tahoe Airport at 08:45 PM

Option #7    Leaving Reno - Tahoe Airport at 11:45 PM

Example: Times of bus departure from Granlibakken Conference Center on Sunday, July 11th:
 
 

Option #1    Leaving Granlibakken Conference Center at 03:30 AM Option #2    Leaving Granlibakken Conference Center at 06:50 AM Option #3    Leaving Granlibakken Conference Center at 10:35 AM Option #4    Leaving Granlibakken Conference Center at 11:50 AM Option #5    Leaving Granlibakken Conference Center at 02:25 PM Option #6    Leaving Granlibakken Conference Center at 06:50 PM Option #7    Leaving Granlibakken Conference Center at 10:05 PM