Airport Shuttle Service - Beginning and End of School Year
Shuttle service between the Des Moines (DSM) International Airport and Grinnell College is provided. The fall shuttle from the airport to the College is scheduled by Facilities Management. Information regarding this service is mailed to new students in June. This service is also advertised to returning students in the Campus Memo in April and May for the following August. Arrangements may be made by calling Facilities Management at 641-269-3300.
Spring shuttles to the Des Moines International Airport, at the end of the school year, are also scheduled by Facilities Management. Information regarding these shuttles will be mailed to all students over the summer months.
A year-end shuttle to the Des Moines International Airport is provided by Hamilton Travel on the Saturday after finals conclude. (Further information is provided on the Student Affairs website.)

Airport Shuttle Service - College Breaks
Hamilton Travel of Grinnell provides shuttle service to and from the College at the beginning and end of college break periods. This service is provided to the Des Moines and Minneapolis (MSP) International Airports and the Chicagoland area. Students and parents should consult the shuttle schedules and book airline tickets around the shuttle schedule. Shuttle schedules will operate as published and no additional arrangements will be made for flights that arrive after the last shuttle has departed. The College will not provide transportation outside of the scheduled shuttles at these break times.

Student Travel - Other
The College car pool may be used for approved student transportation if cars are available. Arrangements for a car and driver are made through Facilities Management, 641-269-3300.
Students who have made a car pool reservation and do not show up for the ride will be charged a minimum of two hours of drive time and mileage. If a student does not show up for her/his reservation on two occasions, then he/she/zi will not be allowed to reserve a car and driver.

Student use of car pool transportation is permitted for:

• 1. Students who need transportation for college-related reasons during the academic year may reserve a car and driver. Mileage and driver costs are billed at the regular College rates to the department sponsoring the event, SGA, or the student requesting the service, depending on the circumstances. The reasons include:
• a. College-related appointments
• b. Internships sponsored by the Career Development Office
• c. Community service sponsored by the Division of Student Affairs
• d. GRE, LSAT, MCAT, etc., sponsored by the Career Development Office
• e. Job interviews/graduate school interviews sponsored by the Career Development Office
• f. Medical appointments out of town arranged by the Health Center
• g. Student organizations traveling to a College sponsored activity (e.g., conference, meets, tournaments, etc. -not for personal use).
• 2. Transportation to the Des Moines or Cedar Rapids Airports for travel due to a family emergency, job interview, etc., is permitted and charged at the minimum rate of $0.445 per mile plus driver and other miscellaneous expenses to the student's account.
• 3. International or US global nomad students may reserve a car and driver to pick-up parents and siblings from the Des Moines or Cedar Rapids Airports. The student's account is billed the minimum rate of $0.445 per mile plus driver and other miscellaneous expenses.
• 4. If a college car is already traveling to the airport, a student and/or guest may ride along on a "space available" basis. The student's account is billed a minimum of $30 each way per person.
• 5. Procedure:
• a. Call Facilities Management, 641-269-3300, give name and ID number.
• b. Student's account will be billed for finding a driver, driver wage, and car costs.
• c. No-shows in Grinnell will be billed $20.
• d. No-shows elsewhere will be billed driver and travel cost.
• e. No transportation will be arranged without an ID number or account number.

Student use of car pool transportation is not permitted for:

• 1. Transportation of friends or family from the Des Moines or Cedar Rapids airport/train stations
• 2. Non-College related events
• 3. Personal use/enjoyment
• 4. Transportation to/from airports other than Des Moines or Cedar Rapids (see #2 & 3 above)
• 5. Transportation to/from the Des Moines International Airport when Des Moines shuttles are available.

Cab Information from Des Moines:
Yellow Cab 515-243-1111
Capital Cab 515-282-8111
Jewell Cab 641-236-4411

For more information check our website at . For a detailed schedule of both the college shuttles and the Hamilton Travel shuttles see Shuttle Schedule-2008-2009.