Starting points. Lansing requests most often begin in Downtown Lansing, Old Town, REO Town and Eastside. Name the building and the entrance. Staging space and approach angle decide the pickup more than the postcode does.
Common destinations. Destinations named for Lansing include Michigan State Capitol, Breslin Center (MSU, East Lansing), Spartan Stadium (MSU), Lansing Center and The Avenue Café. Loading rules vary by venue. Pick a meeting corner up front so nobody is hunting for the bus at the end of the night.
Dates that fill first. Local calendars around Common Ground Music Festival, Michigan State Spartans football & basketball, East Lansing Art Festival and Old Town Scrapfest concentrate demand into a handful of weekends. Those weekends go early. Worth pricing as soon as your date is fixed.
Itineraries groups ask about. Old Town to REO Town bar crawl; Lansing to East Lansing MSU gameday shuttle; LAN Airport to MSU campus; Downtown Lansing to Capitol loop. Give us the full sequence rather than the highlights; the last stop is usually the one that moves the number.
Airport groups. Lansing trips connect to LAN. Send flight numbers and bag counts; the meeting point is the commercial-vehicle zone, not the passenger curb.
Beyond Lansing. Trips that continue into Detroit, Grand Rapids, Warren or Sterling Heights are quoted as one itinerary; see the Michigan guide.