To fly or drive: Which is cheaper?

When comparing times to drive and fly you have to add drive time to the airport, a couple of hours on each end going through strip searches, etc. and another half hour to pick up your bags. Add in the half hour to hour that it takes your plane to actually get airborn after you are locked on board. If you are unlucky, you will lose a bag and spend many frustrating hours trying to resolve the situation. I smoke. Flying is not an option. You can't smoke in the airport or the plane. Any time you have to fly three hundred miles it is less stressful and much faster and cheaper to drive.  In addition to the airfare and multitude of fees that it costs to fly, you have to pay for either a limo to the airport or airport parking neither is cheap. Food at airports is generally lousy quality and baseball park outrageously priced. Add that if you plan on eating or drinking while whiling away the hours waiting for your late plane to arrive. I don't know how much driving saves or costs versus flying. But I do know that the 21 hour drive to Las Vegas from Houston is easier on my constitution than flying. But then, I have an anger issue to deal with. I hate the way that we are treated as mindless lemming and/or terrorists when trying to fly from point A to B. I refuse to yield my privacy to BIG BROTHER.

I travel by myself towing a new 30 ft trailer w/slideout, polar edition with a 3/4 ton chev 440L and just take my time  and

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I'm from the Islands, and I have to take a plane to Florida and we (family of 4 (2) drivers) drive as far as New York where we have family, and it is cheapier to drive.  We stop along the way to these small towns and view/shop along the way.  If your not push for time even stopping to get a hotel room still is cheapier. 

I will be nice to RoadWarrior and not comment on how they eat. But I will comment on his intent that no body can eat at McD's for 4 for $20 Much less $40 each way. You ever hear of the $1 VALVE MENU? There are at least TEN things on it. Here is a sample of what a familiy of four might and CAN do with the $1 menu.

 

Person (A/C)

(2) McDoubles

(1) Mickey D's tea (sweet or unsweet,and you can get soda if your not a moron and be obvious) 32oz foam to go cup and refills at drink station

(1) **** fry

 

Person (B/D)

(2) McChicken sandwishes

(1) Mickey D's Tea (like above too)

(1) **** fry

 

$16 + 7% tax = $17.12 for meal for 4

 

Please note you can substitute TWO chicken nuggets/strips (depends on area and what they offer) for the McDouble's or McChicken's on the $1 menu as well. You can also add to the meal on top of it all or just plain substitute apple pies (2 for $1) for frys.    

 

Add eight pies and you get a $21.40 with tax meal for 4

Add four pies and you get a $19.26 with tax meal for 4

 

Subsitute pies for any frys in any combo version of the meals above and you get a meal for 4 that cost with tax $17.12-$21.40

for 4 that cost with tax, But RoadWarrior tells you it can not be done right? That is alot of food for $21.40! OINK OINK if not to you and yours for the each way road trip meal. Think about it people. With ten items on the $1 menu you can mix and match and make something work. This was but ONE version and idea for it. Eat all McDoubles or all McChickens. Or all Chicken nuggets/strips. Eat no pies and eat the ice cream. Still for $17.12-$21.40! 

It's all about what you are driving and how many people are in it.  2 folks in a midsize?  Fly if the deals are decent.  4-5 folks in a high-mileage car (compact hybrid, modern diesel, or something like an Aveo), drive if you have time.  If you can get 7 or 8 into something that is not so efficient, you can still make it work.