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Since there's a lot of road warriors here, I figured I can get some help for my trip.
I'm moving to Fort Lauderdale, FL on April 1st, and am debating car vs plane. Right now just so I can take my bike and guitar, I'm leaning with car.
According to Jet Blue, I can book a one-way ticket for less then $100. But when I looked up car rental companies, all I'm getting is daily rates of $140+, making the 2 day trip cost around $300-400. Except for Dollar car rental, @ $56/day, but they charge $150 for returning it in Florida and not in NYC.
I feel I'm doing something wrong here. Anyone know any specific companies with better rates, or a strategy, like certain days of the week with better rates??
I really don't want to leave behind my bike, guitar, hookah, and other stuff that I don't want to check at the airport. I'll pay a premium for the car, but not 3-4x.
Theres probably a car rental thread in the depths of the board, but are you using orbitz, travelocity, expedia, priceline, hotwire....or are you using the car rental website theirselves? And if you are only taking the car one way its gonna be alot more to rent it. How much is that stuff really worth to you is the question?
I did both, the individual and group sites, got mostly the same results.
I mean, yeh I don't need my guitar and bike, but there's $500 in $ value, and a lot more sentimental value. I didn't realize one-way car rentals were so much
Unfortunately, if you're under 25, you'll be paying a premium to rent a car no matter how you look at it. I think you'd be best off flying down with a couple suitcases of essentials and finding some company to ship down the rest of your boxes ASAP.
yeh, i'm leaning towards flying right now. jet blue said i can buy 2 tickets, $198, put my guitar on 1 seat, and bring 2 carry ons. and i can check my bike for a $50 fee. so $250 total, i bring everything; except the hookah for obvious resin issues and airport security.
Flying is probably going to be your best option. But it may be worthwhile to look into Amtrak. It would be a long train ride, but the baggage restrictions are not as strict as the airlines.
Flying is probably going to be your best option. But it may be worthwhile to look into Amtrak. It would be a long train ride, but the baggage restrictions are not as strict as the airlines.
Amtrak it is. They have a special bike rack on the train, and I can bring 2 carry-ons, 1 being my guitar, and 3 checked bags. And its cheaper then 2 jetblue tickets. But it is 25 hours....
Thanks for the suggestion, I think this might be the best way
