Fly or drive??

I remember reading in one of our union trade journal’s that older people prefer to drive than fly. After I read that, I began looking around the airports and came to the conclusion that the article was correct. I noticed very few older people in the terminal. I also read that older men prefer to drive and will drive twice as many miles as an older woman.

I think older people just prefer not to put up with the confusion at airports. I don’t blame them. I get irritated myself at times, but I just go with the flow.
 

That's right. It seems like it's a younger crowd at airports. Of course everyone is younger than me nowdays, but still, seniors seem under-represented at airports. There are probably a combination of reasons for this.
 
Well, I drove about 1200 miles. Had a car accident the 1st night but car was still drivable. Road construction, no parking in towns. Gas over $5 per gallon, gas pumps which didn't work, restaurants closed or short staffed so no inside seating. 45 min wait for restaurant with broken air conditioning. $262 a night for hotel which advertised brkft which was a granola bar and coffee. Then a deluge of rain in freeway traffic for 20 minutes on the way home.

I am done with traveling for while.
 

funsearcher! said:
Well, I drove about 1200 miles. Had a car accident the 1st night but car was still drivable. Road construction, no parking in towns. Gas over $5 per gallon, gas pumps which didn't work, restaurants closed or short staffed so no inside seating. 45 min wait for restaurant with broken air conditioning. $262 a night for hotel which advertised brkft which was a granola bar and coffee. Then a deluge of rain in freeway traffic for 20 minutes on the way home.

I am done with traveling for while.
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Sounds like you had a grand old time. After that trip, I don’t blame you for wanting to stay at home.
 
Flying somewhere to tour might not be as great as anticipated if watching this documentary on hulu is viewed

‘The Last Tourist’ on Hulu, A Doc Promoting Responsible Tourism Over The Excess And Ignorance Of Travel Today
https://decider.com/2022/06/06/the-last-tourist-hulu-review-stream-it-or-skip-it/

That web site has a trailer that barely includes the cruelty to animals or the depth of poverty caused by "tourism"

With that in mind flying to some tourist attraction not going to happen.

Not going to travel to any off shore locations for a variety of reason so driving for us is the way to go. Keeping in mind what the documentary explained, if we travel we will be more conscious of what we do.
 
funsearcher! said:
How do you make the decision to fly or drive for vacation of late??
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Fly or drive? This how we went on a very special wedding anniversary.

We arrived at London's Waterloo Station, among many onlookers.
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Our train awaits, what a magnificent looking machine it is.
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Difficult to get a clear photo, so many want to see it, up close.
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Our Pullman Carriage, they are all named, our's being, "Vera."
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Happy anniversary darling.
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This is the way to travel. We must do this more often.
 
horseless carriage said:
Fly or drive? This how we went on a very special wedding anniversary.

We arrived at London's Waterloo Station, among many onlookers.
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Our train awaits, what a magnificent looking machine it is.
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Difficult to get a clear photo, so many want to see it, up close.
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Our Pullman Carriage, they are all named, our's being, "Vera."
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Happy anniversary darling.
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This is the way to travel. We must do this more often.
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Thank you for sharing your special trip with us! You both looked fabulous!
 
funsearcher! said:
How do you make the decision to fly or drive for vacation of late??
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Although I would rather fly, since I'm traveling with my cat and all my belongings, it is more convenient to have a car. Also the car makes it possible to go to stores and to parking places to catch commuter trains etc.

But, I really don't like driving -- long or high bridges scare me, long tunnels scare me, other drivers scare me. I don't even like driving on roads that don't have shoulders. Left exits appall me, even just forks in the highway where I need to be in the left lanes stress me.
 
Packerjohn said:
I can't stand the dictatorship at the airports so when I travel I drive. Not going to Europe either. It's too expensive, too hot and too many forest fires. Home, right now, is a lot better. You can keep your tourist traps!
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That's quite a generalisation. Not including dependencies, there are 44 countries in Europe not all of which are too hot, too expensive or have forest fires. Canada, on the other hand, would appear to be very expensive with cost of flights, taxes etc... I think I'll give it a miss.
 
My health prevents me from driving long distances. September 12, flying round trip to Georgia to visit brothers. Had a nasty and expensive experience going through Priceline for reservations. I cancelled original flight because I thought the flight departure was in the AM, turned out it was in the PM so cancelled and rescheduled. Started calling a week later about my refund, Priceline deliberately delayed actions on refunding the cost of reservations until after 6 weeks had passed. When I sought assistance from credit card fraud services investigation into the refund had passed time limit for reporting fraud, so I lost nearly $800.00 because Priceline kept stringing along that my refund was processing. In the future should this happen again I will immediately report issues to credit card fraud services.
 
Planes are okay, but airports can be a nightmare. And depending on the distance, time spent getting to and from the airport, and being in the airport, can make it not worthwhile.

I love driving long distances, although I've developed a fear of winding mountain roads with a sheer dropoff. Where the speed limit is 60 mi/100 km per hour and there's a big truck or RV right behind me.
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Capt Lightning said:
That's quite a generalisation. Not including dependencies, there are 44 countries in Europe not all of which are too hot, too expensive or have forest fires. Canada, on the other hand, would appear to be very expensive with cost of flights, taxes etc... I think I'll give it a miss.
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Canada has always been an expensive country to visit due to it's great size. In addition, right now the largest airport in Canada, Pearson International in Toronto, has been given the "honour" of being upgraded from the world's worst airport to the world's 2nd worst airport due to the constant flight delays and flight cancellations. What an honour, not!
 
Went to Ireland in June and luckily my flights were fine but I was worried. I had to get to the Dublin airport 6 hours in advance because it was such a mess.
 

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