Why flying is better than driving

Profound, funny or practical, fathers taught daughters and sons what they could about life, cars and fixing both. Then the driving experience evolved. Alternator charges the battery. So, if I have a weak battery, the alternator should recharge it fully if I drive long enough? Too bad it's dead wrong. In winter, most commuters will hear a sluggish ignition -- if they hear one at all.

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Delays The odds of getting delayed are much less in your car than on an airplane. Space Not only do you have to pay for your checked luggage while flying, but you're also limited in how much you can bring.

Ease It sure is nice to take a nap when traveling through the air, but there are also other things that can impact the ease of travel. My Rentals. My Profile. Create My Profile. Activate My Profile. Connect Avis Account. Log Out of Amazon. Log Out Not You. Enable Location. Toggle navigation Menu 1. Once you complete your profile you'll be able to skip the counter, earn points and more. Your session has expired. Please enter your details and search again.

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Not only does air travel often result in a shorter total travel time, but the time in the air can be used more productively than in the car. In the air you can nap, type, and even work online on many flights. Thankfully none of those events resulted in a wreck, but I was gripping the car on more than one occasion as driving on busy freeways is just plain scary.

I love having special time together with my family on trips, but not so much when we are all strapped in a car with not much to do for hours on end. I fondly remember ski trips to Colorado as a kid where we would drive all night long, and then some time on the second day of driving after the sun rose you would see the mountains for the first time. It was a magical moment on the journey, but since I was a kid, I was asleep through the painful nighttime portion of the drive. As an adult I can easily do the math and see that is 16 hours of solid driving to get from my house to many Colorado ski resorts.

On a plane it is roughly 2. Of course you have to factor in travel time to the airport, boarding times, etc. We actually had a real road trip planned later in the summer, but you can bet I spent the last part of our drive today searching for award options to fly instead. The road trip romantic in me still wants to do a big road trip with my family one day where you stop and enjoy the scenery along the way.

However, if the purpose of driving instead of flying is to just save money or keep the travel process simpler, then I think that some very careful examination of the real costs of both types of travel is warranted. In most cases, flying is better than road trips, at least for us. Especially when you have miles to burn! How does your family decide whether to drive or fly and have you regretted choosing one over the other?

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