Do you prefer to drive to your vacations or fly?

[katiemack Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close katiemack]

We really don't like to drive any further than a five hour radius....anything further and we prefer to fly if we can get a great deal on fare....how about you?

[wackymother Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close wackymother]

Uch, I hate to fly. But I'll do it if I have to. For a while I was trying to keep things to one flying vacation per year. But the kids don't like it, either, though, so this year it's all driving vacations. We also took the train to Buffalo, NY, last summer, which is an eight-hour ride from NYC. That was ideal--it's much more pleasant to be on a train than strapped into a car or a plane.

[JWC Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close JWC]

We do both driving and flying. We limit our driving trips to no more than 4 hours driving in 1 day. We have all the time in the world so if it takes us several days, so be it. But it really depends on where we are going. In some cases flying is the only viable option such as traveling to Cancun. If the drive is boring such as Southern California to Texas than we will fly. I really do not like flying because of all the waiting around and standing in lines. We do not like to have to adhere to a schedule which you do when you fly. We will probably do less flying in the future and pretty well travel just within California as we have been everywhere that we want to go and there is so much to do and see right here.

[ArtsieAng Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close ArtsieAng]

That's a tough one, because I hate to fly, but like going to places that are too far to drive to, most times.

I usually need to gear myself up for a long flight, and make sure that I have the proper stuff to get me through....A good book, comfortable clothing, munchies, drugs, etc.

I'm sort of like on kid on long flights, asking my DH if we're there yet.

[chriskre Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close chriskre]

Flying after 9/11 is just no fun anymore but the world is still waiting for me to explore it so I do both. I try to buy all my timeshares within 4 hours of my home just in case my circumstances change and I don't lose my "investment" but honestly lately since I live in Miami I actually prefer to cruise and TS rather than do too much flying. Much less hassles, much more fun.

[dougp26364 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close dougp26364]

The nice thing about living in the Midwest is that most places are only 5 to 6 hours away by plane, including layovers. The bad thing about living in the midwest is most drive to vacations we're interested in are 10 to 12 hour drives from home. Needless to say, we fly most of the time.

[Carolinian Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close Carolinian]

Since the most interesting places to vacation are fly-to destinations, I would have to say ''fly''.

[lawren2 Malibu Beach Barbie & A Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close lawren2]

We prefer to fly and go west at least once a year. I would like to drive to more of our vacations but it's so damn difficult to get anything on the beach in summer on the east coast. I have been successful at that but it's no guarantee.

I swore when we drove to OBX that I would not ever consider more than 10 hours in a car, even though it is easier to bring anything you could want from the house including my pillow.

Winter is definately a fly to vacation there is nothing remotely warm enough within driving distance.

[riverdees05 Platinum Contributor Find all posts View Profile Close riverdees05]

Living in the midsouth, most of the time, we will drive if it is 8-10 hours away and if over that will fly. It seems like we end up driving to about 1/4th of our trips and flying the other 3/4th.

[shorts Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close shorts]

We prefer to drive whenever we can up to about 16 hours. We leave the day before check-in and will stop over night along the way. There are just so many things that I like to take with us that makes the drive worth it. Much more than 16 hours though and we look at flying.

[JLB Please excuse me, I'm a Dick. Not a moron just a Dick Find all posts View Profile Close JLB]

Fly.

We usetadrive to FL, with an overnight just passed/past Atlanta.

Now we get on a plane and are there in 2 1/2 hours.

Doing the dollar-and-sense math, it is less expensive to fly and rent a car.

[vintner Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close vintner]

The nice thing about living in the Midwest is that most places are only 5 to 6 hours away by plane, including layovers. The bad thing about living in the midwest is most drive to vacations we're interested in are 10 to 12 hour drives from home. Needless to say, we fly most of the time.

I am with Doug on this one. There are resorts in MN, but when we vacation, we head for warmer weather for the spring break. That usually mean flying to Fl or CA. When we drive, it is usually to CMV or maybe Branson, but even Branson gets to be a 2 day drive.

[JLB Please excuse me, I'm a Dick. Not a moron just a Dick Find all posts View Profile Close JLB]

When we drive, it is usually to CMV or maybe Branson, but even Branson gets to be a 2 day drive.

Sun Country now flies direct from your neck o' the woods to my neck o' the woods. But that leaves a lot of walking once you get here.

[Elan Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Elan]

I prefer to drive, my wife prefers to fly. About 12-15 hours is my limit for driving.

[StressCadet Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close StressCadet]

12, 15, 16 hours in a car? WOW! NO way-I'm in a plane.

It might be different if I lived in an area where you actually got somewhere in 6 or 8 hours. In 7 hours, I'm still in the same state. If I go the other way-I'm in Arizona but still.....I envy those of you on the East coast that can be in several states in several hours.