coach vs motels

[Ryan Wright]

On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 12:05 PM, Dorn Hetzel wrote:
>
> Hmm, with my wife and four kids there aren't a lot of places I can buy six
> airplane tickets to for the cost of driving there in my bird

Well, I don't have four kids. Everyone's situation is different.

Still, if you were flying cross country - from my location in
Washington State, to get to Disney World, United is $285/person round
trip. So, $1710 worth of airfare. Driving would be 2,925 miles
according to Google Maps. My PT-40 gets 5mpg on a good day, but I'll
bet your FC gets 8, so we'll use 8. So you'll eat 366 gallons of fuel.
At $4/gal that's $1,464 each way ($2928 round trip), plus meals for a
week's worth of driving, campgrounds (if you use them), etc. Lodging
wise, you'd spend $75/night to park the coach in a campground near the
resort, or $200 night for your average hotel. On a 7 day stay the
hotel will cost you an extra $875 vs. your coach - still not enough to
make up for the fuel.

So, even your 6 member family would still be ahead, financially
speaking, to fly, given a cross-country vacation. Still, I'd much
rather spend the extra money and take the coach.

-Ryan
'86 PT-40 8V92