Cheapest Move ?
Cat ^. .^ ~
iceisit at earthlink.net
Fri Apr 23 13:46:48 EDT 2004
Kent McLean wrote:
>hotel: camping is cheap. Wal-Mart lets RVers park overnight for
> free; pitch your tent there.
That us a GREAT piece of info !!!
>And I bet if she asked the
> list, people would step forward and offer to put her up.
Thanks is very kind, but we don't want to impose. If someone has extra space
that is very kind. But it should be warm enough during the Fall to camp.
>time value: again, depends on what you do with the 4 days you saved.
> If you fly, then do nothing for 4 days, it's a wash. If you
> work those 4 days, well, I'd rather be driving across country
> than working. Heck, keep a journal of your cross country trip
> and sell it to a travel magazine -- you'll make money.
>
>Yeah, the IRS allows $0.35/mile. It's an allowance. Lots of people
>make money driving older cars because of it. People driving new
>luxury cars lose money.
>
>Your flying calculation leaves out how you get to/from the airport.
>If you have friends at both ends of the trip, it's free (but you
>owe them a favor). Or it could be $100 in cab rides, depending on
>how far you live from the airport.
>
>Oh, and the wild card: if she travels with her boyfriend,
>airfare doubles; car expenses don't.
My husband is definitley coming too ;-)
>If someone gave me $300 to get across country, I could probably
>do it in a car. I'm not convinced I could do it in a plane.
>
>Out of curiosity, I checked fares from www.greyhond.com. $109 !!
>7-day advance ticket NYC to Flagstaff. Wow! That's *dirt* cheap.
The problem is our stuff. I would not mind riding a horse across country . . .
but we are going to have to sell more than I thought !
Cheers, Cat
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