Do you all remember when I posted about my upcoming travel plans? Over the past week we’ve made a little progress and while you’d assume we’ve booked our Chicago trip since it’s only 3 weeks away, you’d be wrong.
Yesterday I booked us two roundtrip tickets to Washington DC for $430.60. What’s that you say? Washington DC isn’t included in our travel plans? Before all you DC PF bloggers get excited that Bird and I are flying out to join you for one of those infamous PF blogging happy hours…let me burst your bubble by telling you that it’s actually our late-September NC trip that we booked.
The plan is to attend Bird’s homecoming in NC, but we saved over $200 by flying into DC versus Raleigh. It just so happens that Bird has a college roommate (M) who lives in DC but is also attending homecoming. We’ll stay with her on Thursday night and on Friday the three of us will follow in MPP’s footsteps and head from DC to NC.
Now, it also just so happens that M has grandparents that live in Durham which means free lodging for the duration of our stay!
We’ll take in all the events of homecoming weekend. I’ll hear all kinds of college stories about my wife and meet all kinds of people whose names I will instantly forget (hate that). It’ll probably be a blast. Full recap in a few monthsso check back then – haha.
On Sunday, we’ll drive back to DC to catch a flight home to MSP.
Expected Costs
- 2 Plane Tickets: $430.60 – I tried to use a promo code but no matter what code I tried, I could only get $3 off.
- Gas money for M: $100?
- Food: $200?
- Entertainment: $100?
The numbers are a crapshoot at this point, but let’s just say I’ll budget about a grand for the trip. Doh, I forgot those pesky luggage fees. I’m sure other things will add up as well. As for now, I’ve transferred $430 out of the ING Travel Fund so I can pay the CC which leaves the Travel Fund sitting at $1,000 for now.
Of course, our Chicago trip in July will take a bite out of that so we’ll have to find a way to refill it before September…especially considering we still want to make it to London a few weeks before we go to NC!
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That’s funny that the code only took off $3 – guess the airline decided to graciously give you the cost of peanuts and soft drinks (for one of you, ha ha!). At least the round trip fare is fairly reasonable, and joining forces with the classmate is really neat, but, of course, that’s what a class reunion is all about.
Lots of good travel coming up – that’s great! I love Chicago, and I hope to get back to London one of these days.