re: Let's Overanalyze "Home Alone" and "Home Alone 2"

Why didn't the mom just rent a vehicle when landed in scranton? John Candy offered her a ride and she accepted so driving wasn't out of the question.

Also let's break down her timeline:
1. The family had to wait 2 days until Friday
2. She trades tickets with an elderly couple - two tickets for Friday which, btw, would have been her husband's too so how did he get back?
3. That's an 8 hour flight from Paris to Scranton
4. She drives from there to Chicago. It was an 11 hour drive.

That's 19 total hours.

The family and the dad, with no ticket, board Friday and get home at the same time as the mom. Friday morning/midday it seems, when they arrive.

9 total hours.

That means, at best, she only left 10 hours before everyone else and was on standby in the airport 38 hours while the dad and family chilled at the hotel.