Like you said in an earlier post, if there is a bronco (or other cheap bass) available, try and get that instead of risking one of your good basses. Check your local classifieds and see if you can pick up a used squier for about $50 or so. When I first went away to college, the only instrument I took with me was my $100 squier strat, and I actually ended up buying more instruments while at college because I found some good deals from other students who were tired of living off of noodles 
-Ron
-Ron