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Sponsor Tips:
The following is a listing of a few tips we have come up
with as we have been hosting cruises. If you other tips that
would be helpful to fellow cruisers, please forward the info
to the
Cruiser Chairperson
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Planning your Cruise.
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Cruising is more fun on the smaller highways, avoid
Interstates if possible. The smaller highways are
usually more scenic and many times have more curves
to enjoy our Vettes
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Cruise Length Suggestions:
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Day Cruises - no more than 2-3 hour drive times,
closer to 2 is better based on feedback from
cruisers.
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Weekend Cruises - 5 hours seems to be a long
enough drive day for most; there are exceptions
though
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The Cruise must have a minimum of 5 cruiser
points to be considered a club sponsored cruise;
if it does not, then it only qualifies as a
member sponsored social - doesn't get listed on
the Cruiser Schedule or Calendars.
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The Cruise SHOULD NOT be planned on a weekend
that opposes any Cowtown 100%er event; nor any
event that is revenue generating for the club.
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Run your route as close to the date of
your cruise as possible; same day and time if possible.
For overnight / weekend cruises this is not practical.
Examples:
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If you plan to depart at 9am on Saturday, try to run
the route starting at 9am on a Saturday. This
lets you see how the traffic will be and will give
you an accurate timeline for arrival at
destinations.
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Don't run the route too far ahead of the cruise -
road construction can pop up in a matter of weeks
and sometimes even days.
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Routes - Lights: avoid driving thru towns with lots of stop
lights if at all possible - larger the group the tougher
this is. If those are unavoidable and there are
two traffic lanes, advise the cruisers to double-up in
both lanes at red lights - then to move back to a single
lane afterwards.
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Stops:
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AVOID stopping on the side of Interstates and major
highways - it is dangerous and a photo of a sign isn't
worth the risk. All cities & towns have many roads
leading into them, get off the busy highway and take a
smaller road out to the edge of the city or town and
you'll find another sign, usually in a safer setting.
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