Draag tour recovery fund

We really hoped it wouldn’t come to this, but it happened. Our van unexpectedly broke down in Canada a little outside of Montreal, and we have to leave it there to get fixed (unfortunately it’s the transmission) which we were told would take weeks, if not more. We ended up having to rent a two passenger U-Haul for our gear for the remainder of tour and drove it down to NY. Everyone else had to fly from Montreal to NY. Now we’ve also needed to additionally rent a minivan to transport the rest of us til the end of tour (there were no vans available the size we needed, so we had no choice but to rent 2 separate vehicles).

This is burning a big hole through our pockets and we just want to be able to finish this tour. We are asking for your help to recoup the big financial loss we’re taking trying to make it to each show.

Here is the breakdown of the major expenses we’ve had to make just in the past 48 hours:

First Tow: $440 CAD

Emergency motel: $353 CAD

Second Tow: $206 CAD

Ubers to mechanic: $250 CAD

Mechanic inspection: $200 CAD

U-Haul to NY: $1,140 CAD

= $2,589 CAD / $1,893 US

Eric Flight: $233

Ray Flight: $242

Transport to NY rooms: $137

Jess and Adrian Flight: $460

U-Haul rental from Brooklyn to LA: $3,115

Minivan rental from Brooklyn to LA: $2,460

= $6,647

Expected estimate for fixing the van including labor: $3,500

Transporting the van from Montreal back home to LA : $500+

(either Adrian flies back to Montreal and drives the van back or it gets delivered back to us safely somehow)

= ~$4,000

Total cost = $12,540

Just to even out from this our goal is $12,500