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Not the car we rented... Our original plan had us arriving on a Saturday in Fort Myers. We'd pick up the rental car at the airport there and return it at the airport in Orlando. Using my go-to service for car rentals, Autoslash.com, I found that SUV rentals were quite expensive but a standard or… Continue reading Florida 2020 – Car Rental Planning
We're going on a "California Road Trip" but we didn't have a car. Since we aren't actually driving from San Francisco to San Diego, we realized we didn't need a car for the San Francisco portion of the trip. Using Lyft and public transportation would be perfect and help us avoid the $60/night parking fees… Continue reading Christmas 2019: Planning – Transportation
My wife's sister lives in Toronto and her father was visiting from Venezuela so we decided to make the trek to Toronto over Labor Day, which is also a holiday in Canada. Flight PlanningThere are several flights from Boston to Canada. Most fly into Toronto's Pearson airport which is the larger of the two airports.… Continue reading Quick Trip: Toronto September 2019 – Planning
With two destinations we'd need two rental cars. One would be for 4 days on the Big Island and the second for 10 days on Maui. Given that we'd have multiple large bags plus several smaller bags, we felt we'd need to get an SUV to make sure we had room for all our stuff.… Continue reading July 2019: Hawaii Car Rental Planning
I had made preliminary plans for a trip to San Francisco, but I had made extra care to make sure they were all ones that I could cancel without penalty. Once I had booked the flights to Los Cabos we knew we weren't going to San Francisco. Fisherman's Wharf HotelFirst up to cancel was the… Continue reading April 2019: Los Cabos Planning – Canceling San Francisco
We were going to need a car. There isn't much in the way of reliable public transport in the area. Taxis seem to be expensive and may be hard to find when you need them. Renting a car seemed like the best option. Searching for RatesI first checked out Hertz.com for rental rates there. I… Continue reading April 2019: Los Cabos Planning – Car Rental
The plan was set. The hotels, golf, and rental car was booked. Everything was ready to go and then I got an email notifying me that our flight itinerary was being updated. The dates were still the same, but instead of arriving in San Francisco (SFO) around noon, we were now arriving in the early… Continue reading Throwback Trip: Pebble Beach 2014 – Itinerary Update
We were going to spend a fair amount of time in the car during the trip. We would also have a lot of stuff including our luggage, our golf bags and the golf bag travel cases. We were definitely looking to save money here. Minivans are normally fairly pricey and it isn't uncommon for them… Continue reading Throwback Trip: Pebble Beach 2014 – Car Rental Planning
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