Travel

Normally we have each individual make their own travel arrangements. Prices for even the same flights can vary wildly, even day by day. Group fares have the advantage of being able to substitute volunteers up to the last few days although they can cost a little more. Volunteers have taken advantage of booking their own flights to add an extra night or two or even a week to expand their trip. An extra 24 hours in New Orleans gives a volunteer a good chance to see New Orleans. This trip we have two volunteers who are returning to New Orleans for a week to work on a project there.


For those not staying extra time, we recommend that they arrive as early on Sunday as possible. We then group them and send them down to Jackson Square in the French Quarter. They then have three to five hours to eat lunch and visit the most famous part of the city. At four p.m. we meet at a river boat landing behind Jackson Square on the Mississippi, fill the vehicles and head to Vancleave-140 miles to the east.