Financial

The Travel Scientists’ philosophy is that daring travel adventures are your right, not just a privilege reserved for a wealthy few.  We love to enjoy the company of a diverse cast of fellow travelers, of all different lifestyles & means.

That’s why one of our most important goals is to manage budget requirements and devise low-cost solutions, so we can open the Central Asia Rally and our other events to virtually anyone.  You supply the thirst for adventure, and we’ll make it happen for you!

Registration fees for the Central Asia Rally 2012

 LIMITED PLACES: ONLY 30 TEAMS IN 2012!

 Early bird offers are only available if the team paid the registration fee by the deadline.

Registration will be closed latest on April 15, 2012 or when all the places are taken!

What does registration cover?

First: the right to participate in the Central Asia Rally. This means there’s no hiding your friends in the trunk to avoid an extra registration fee.

• Information about and help in arranging visas and all other paperwork
• Government permits & recommendations, where applicable.
• Essential and hard-to-find maps.
• A custom road book that guides you on all aspects of the journey
• Official rally gear (clothing and accessories)
• Complete coordination of charity events
• Launch party
• Finishers party
• Organization team located in Budapest available to assist with all questions and issues that arise pre-event.

Not covered by the registration fee:

• Accommodation We’ll offer a hotel package for the whole length of the trip. Alternatively you can choose where you wish to spend the night, we try to provide alternatives where possible.
• Visas. 4 in total.
• Fuel, insurance, highway tolls, repairs, everything to get your vehicle move forward.
• Food and drinks. Can be canned food on a camping stove or fancy restaurants or anything in between. Meals are pretty cheap in all countries though.
• Travel insurance. You know if you get one or not.

How much money do I need to do this?

That depends on what you choose for accommodations, the fuel-efficiency of your vehicle, ,what you want to eat and drink along the way and many other things of course.

To help make this less abstract we’ve put together a table of high and low range options for a team of two (see below).

You can make it even cheaper if you want to, a 3rd or 4th team member is a a good solution for cost saving (on petrol, etc).

It’s also important to have some reserve cash in case of emergency, since not all countries are required to save your ass if you can’t pay for it on the spot. We’d ballpark it at around 2,000 Euros for the team.