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To book or not to book....
Mar. 5th, 2008 09:11 amI have some travel coming up in April and May. Most of the transportation is booked, but some is still up in the air due to car situation and all that.
I just reserved a rental car for Coronation, because I seriously do not see myself in a new car by April 11.
But the May travel is more problematic. War Practice and the weekend after that (Memorial Day), Balticon.
Right now, I can get JetBlue through Orbitz for $250ish for a round-trip ticket to Pittsburgh for War Practice (Astonishingly, this is about $15 cheaper than purchasing directly on JetBlue's site).
AirTran is having a bit of a fare sale (though not a great one) but I can also get tickets to BWI for Balticon through Orbitz (American Airlines) for about $144 taxes included. I can add a rental car and it's still only about $250--lower if I go with the connecting flight instead of a non-stop.
Thing is, I'm not sure I could drive to Baltimore for much cheaper. I'm less thrilled about the War Practice weekend fares, but Pittsburgh isn't the hub it used to be, and it's way easier to fly for that weekend than drive--since it's about a 10-hour drive each way, which would mean either straight through on Friday and straight back on Sunday or Thursday night to Rochester, Friday the rest of the way, and then all the way back to Boston on Sunday. Either way it means missing Friday's work and a LONG drive on Sunday. Plus, if I fly, I've got a ride to the site and back to the airport (Right,![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
grouchyoldcoot?)
Whereas in Bawlmer I will have to have some ground transportation to get back and forth from crash to site.
But $500 in two weekends? Yikes. And if I do have a new car, driving it to Balto is a good chance to give it a shakedown. But if I don't, then there's no option and I will have to fly and fly/rent.
Hm. Okay I did some math. Math is good! Figuring 4 tanks of gas at about $35 per tank (900 miles round-trip), that comes to about $150 in gas. Tack on another $20 for tolls (Mass, NJ, and NY). So the difference between flying that weekend and driving is about $50 give-or-take, and of course, several hours in the car.
All this wibbling still leaves me really unsure what to do, though. Drive to both? Fly to both? Drive to Baltimore and fly to War Practice?
Nargh.
I just reserved a rental car for Coronation, because I seriously do not see myself in a new car by April 11.
But the May travel is more problematic. War Practice and the weekend after that (Memorial Day), Balticon.
Right now, I can get JetBlue through Orbitz for $250ish for a round-trip ticket to Pittsburgh for War Practice (Astonishingly, this is about $15 cheaper than purchasing directly on JetBlue's site).
AirTran is having a bit of a fare sale (though not a great one) but I can also get tickets to BWI for Balticon through Orbitz (American Airlines) for about $144 taxes included. I can add a rental car and it's still only about $250--lower if I go with the connecting flight instead of a non-stop.
Thing is, I'm not sure I could drive to Baltimore for much cheaper. I'm less thrilled about the War Practice weekend fares, but Pittsburgh isn't the hub it used to be, and it's way easier to fly for that weekend than drive--since it's about a 10-hour drive each way, which would mean either straight through on Friday and straight back on Sunday or Thursday night to Rochester, Friday the rest of the way, and then all the way back to Boston on Sunday. Either way it means missing Friday's work and a LONG drive on Sunday. Plus, if I fly, I've got a ride to the site and back to the airport (Right,
grouchyoldcoot?)Whereas in Bawlmer I will have to have some ground transportation to get back and forth from crash to site.
But $500 in two weekends? Yikes. And if I do have a new car, driving it to Balto is a good chance to give it a shakedown. But if I don't, then there's no option and I will have to fly and fly/rent.
Hm. Okay I did some math. Math is good! Figuring 4 tanks of gas at about $35 per tank (900 miles round-trip), that comes to about $150 in gas. Tack on another $20 for tolls (Mass, NJ, and NY). So the difference between flying that weekend and driving is about $50 give-or-take, and of course, several hours in the car.
All this wibbling still leaves me really unsure what to do, though. Drive to both? Fly to both? Drive to Baltimore and fly to War Practice?
Nargh.
