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2008-2009 Outbound Service 

Holiday Departs Walla Walla Arrives in SeaTac Arrives in Portland (Lloyd Center) Arrives in Portland (Portland Airport)
Thanksgiving Break 5:00 PM Friday, Nov. 21st
approx. 10:00 PM approx. 9:30 PM -----
  5:00 AM Saturday, Nov. 22nd ----- ----- approx. 9:30 AM
Winter Break 5:00 PM Friday, Dec. 19th approx. 10:00 PM approx. 9:30 PM -----
  5:00 AM Saturday, Dec. 20th ----- ----- approx. 9:30 AM
Spring Break (Only if reservations warrant service 5:00 PM Friday, Mar. 13th approx. 10:00 PM approx. 9:30 PM -----
(No Saturday morning bus at Spring Break) ----- ----- ----- -----

2008-2009 Return Service

Holiday Departs SeaTac (Tyee H.S. location)
Departs Portland (All Portland buses depart from the Lloyd Center location)
Thanksgiving Break 3:00 PM
Sunday, November 30th
3:00 PM
Sunday, November 30th
Winter Break 3:00 PM
Sunday, January 18th
3:00 PM
Sunday, January 18th
**Spring Break
(If reservations warrant service)
3:00 PM
Sunday, March 29th
3:00 PM
Sunday, March 29th

Drop off/Pick up locations

  • Whitman - In front of the Reid Campus Center
  • SeaTac - Tyee High School parking lot - 4424 S.188th St., SeaTac, WA. Going either north-bound or south-bound on I-5 take exit #152 (S. 188th St.), go west to the high school which is located on the corner of 46th Ave. S. and S. 188th St. - right next to I-5. This site is less than one mile from SeaTac International Airport. *
  • Portland - The Lloyd Center - east of the Sears parking lot on the corner of 16th Avenue and Multnomah Street. This site is a block from the Lloyd Center stop on the MAX rail line that runs directly to Portland International Airport approximately every 20 minutes until 10:50 PM.
  • Pick up locations for the return trips to Whitman will be the Tyee High School location for SeaTac passengers and the Lloyd Center location for all Portland passengers.

Bus reservations and Payments

  • The round-trip cost is $95.00.
  • Make checks payable to "Whitman College".
  • The fare is non-refundable.
  • Only round-trip fares are available.
  • A student may sell the full fare or half fare to another student, but the bus service coordinator must be notified and will not be responsible for reselling.
  • No tickets are issued - receipts of payment will put a student's name on a list that the bus driver will use for boarding.
  • You may pay in advance for one or all trips.
  • Whether there is service to either SeaTac or to Portland at Spring Break will be determined by ridership. If there are not enough PAID reservations by February 13, 2009, the Spring Break bus will be cancelled. No "unpaid reservations" will be held for passengers for the Spring Break bus. Only "paid reservations" will be accepted. If the bus is canceled due to lack of ridership on February 13th, paid reservations will be refunded.
  • Be sure to notify those meeting you as to WHEN and WHERE to meet you.
  • Reservations will not be guaranteed until payments are received. Payments will be accepted until all seats are sold (with the exception of the Spring Break payment deadline).
  • Bus tickets may be purchased at the Campus Center Director's Office or by mailing payment to: Paul Dennis, Reid Campus Center, 280 Boyer Ave., Walla Walla, WA. 99362