Well, almost. I'll be on Cape Cod the last week of August but I'll be
in Las Vegas (Henderson, actually) from 8/2 to 8/9. Remember me when
you're having a cold one with Mike and Bob. :-)
Chuck Norcutt
Moose wrote:
> Ken Norton wrote:
>> In looking back at our spending on the trip, we blew the budget by about
>> $500, but still spent a fraction of what most families of four spend
>> visiting Orlando.
>
> I'm getting excited now. We bought air tickets, reserved a car and
> reserved a place for the four nights in Brooklyn. Already blew
> provisional budget by booking a place larger and better located in
> Brooklyn. At least it has a kitchen, so we may save on a couple of
> breakfasts and maybe a dinner.
>
> The car rental business is weird. We thought about doing without a car
> in NY until heading north, but a rental for 3 weeks and 2-3 days is
> significantly MORE expensive than renting for 28 days or more, which
> gets the monthly rate. So it's cheaper to take a car in NY, even if we
> were to just park it for four days.
>
> I've read that air fares are going up this fall, but not so far. All in
> cost for two of us, on non-stops SFO to JFK and BOS to SFO is $578 on
> Virgin, including bag check charges. At $15 per bag, but with a 70#
> limit, we're going to be checking two very heavy bags each way, with a
> couple of smaller bags inside them, and full carry-ons. At least the big
> bags have wheels. :-) I don't understand how anybody can make any
> money that way, but I'm not complaining.
>
> Off to NY for four nights Sept 8th. Then on up through the Boston area,
> up through various places in Maine and back down to Boston for our
> return flight, Oct 8th. Two years ago, we could fly into Portland, ME,
> rent a car and drop it at JFK for a reasonable cost. This year, the
> JFK-Portland route is unreasonable. Travel is really in flux.
>
> We plan to visit with Mike and Marnie and hope for a Whitmire sighting.
> Anybody else along that corridor up for maybe a meal, beer, or some such
> meeting?
>
> Moose
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