Does anybody happen to know how much it generally costs per mile to charter a school bus? Yes, I can call some bus companies, but I am not going to waste my time if the estimated cost is way higher than our group could afford.

Some of the leaders in our scout troop seem to think with high gas prices that a school bus will be a cheaper way to get 31 scouts to summer camp. The camp is 460 miles round trip.

We have approximately $900 budgeted for transportation. A school bus would have to be $2 a mile or less to be cost effective. I am 99% sure that it would cost more than $2 a mile especially since the bus would have to make two trips or the bus company would have to send a car and driver along to take the driver home.

We only reimburse parents for gas, but we can make 8 round trips for $920 based on average 18 MPG and $4.50 a gallon.