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[abd_chem]

OK, so I'm flying to dream rural state later this month to interview LAC-1.  LAC-2 in another part of the state asked me to extend my trip and interview there earlier in the week.

Changing the airfare to fly to somewhat close gateway city 1 to somewhat close gateway city 2 was no problem, and total airfare/2 is much less then 2 trips.

BUT, rental car from gateway city 1 to gateway city 2 is outrageous.

How should I get the 2 schools to split the expenses of this trip?

Is it fair to ask 2nd school to incur all the additional costs since they are the ones extending the trip?

Round trip back to one airport adds about 6+ hours of driving after 2 interviews in a week, and thus isn't an ideal solution.  Airfare between the 2 cities is a long and tortured process that equals the cost of the rental car and exceeds 2 individual trips.

Ideas?

[case_insensitive]

Is it fair to ask 2nd school to incur all the additional costs since they are the ones extending the trip?

Yes, unless of course the additional costs are more than a separate trip would cost.  They asked you to extend, so they should foot the bill.  School #1 should only pay for what they expected to pay when they invited you.

[nailman]

Yes, unless of course the additional costs are more than a separate trip would cost.  They asked you to extend, so they should foot the bill.  School #1 should only pay for what they expected to pay when they invited you.

I agree.

[artsearch]

Yes, the extending school pays all the extending expenses. I think there is more leeway in how you handle the airfare; I did this 3-leg trip when I got my last job, and I think I ended up splitting the flight cost evenly between the 2 schools--who were of course glad to economize.

What's nice is that, in discussing the above with the schools, you'll get to inform them that you have other hot prospects.

[case_insensitive]

Try to get two copies of any receipts for something like the flight.  Colleges are horrible at trying to work out weird receipt situations for reimbursement.

[notaprof]

And hang on to your boarding passes.  With etickets the norm, our business office requires the actual boarding pass to reimburse for a ticket.