re: Travel tipping point. Flying vs drive

I’ll fly for big vacations. We’re going to Spain this fall. I have no choice on that one. That’s about it.

I’m retiring in two years. I’m buying a new 2500 Ram and an Airstream. I’ll never fly again unless it’s to another continent.

Generally 7 hours is the cutoff.
New Orleans to Houston is the exception. I will just fly rather than deal with the bullshite of that trip on the interstate.

I would fly more often if I lived within an hour of a major airport. In Laws live outside Tulsa and can get cheap flights to some pretty good locations.

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I will just fly rather than deal with the bullshite of that trip on the interstate.

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Stay off the interstate, I understand if you are driving with a purposed destination, but while on a 3 week NW camping trip on a back road in a maybe 500 person town in CO I found this:



I always thought Smokey was something made up, but he was a real bear cub rescued during a forest fire and lived with his rescuer while recovering and then lived out life in the national zoo in DC.

Six hours or less, I’m driving. Takes me an hour to get to the airport, an hour to get to the gate (doesn’t usually take me that long but will about twice a year), another two hours to fly there (including being on the jetway), and then I have to leave the airport and get a rental car. That’s five hours right there, so what’s another hour with that pain in the arse? Plus I can dictate my own schedule unlike a flight.

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Flying is a pain in the arse

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Is it though? Maybe with kids. I can drive to MSY in 90 minutes, have a Bloody Mary or two, board the plane, take a nap, then arrive at my destination like zero time has passed. Flying is amazing.

Depends on if I need a vehicle or not when I get there. Most times I drive regardless of distance and fly the wife (no pics)/kids depending on who's on the trip. Omaha this year, I drove, they flew one way up and we all drove home.

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That is retarded

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No more so than fifteen fricking hours. frick that shite

For my wife and I, the tipping point is around six hours. If we have a good reason to drive (usually because there’s no other way to get around at our destination), we’ll drive up to about 8 hours. Any longer than that is always a flight. On the other end, anything below four hours is always a drive. Four to six hours is just based on how we’re feeling.

I’m normally a fly if it’s over a 5 or 6 hour drive.

I had to bring several fragile items to the DC area and return with several others items.

I went up last week and stopped in Asheville overnight at a relatives.

I drove back yesterday from DC, left there at 4:15 am local time, stopped for gas & to piss just south of Knoxville and got to NOLA at 6:30 pm.

1,085 miles in 15.25 hours with one stop.

So I CAN drive distances efficiently but I normally choose to fly if it’s over 400 miles away.