Drive or fly from NoVa to U Michigan in winter?
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Anonymous
| Go Blue! And fly if you can!!!! |
Anonymous
| Drive for sure. |
Anonymous
| We are also going that weekend—flying DCA to Detroit. I want everything to be as easy as possible, and an eight-hour drive each way for essentially a one-day visit sounds miserable. |
Anonymous
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DC at UMich and DH family in Mich.
Our first consideration is cost. Second consideration is weather. We fly if tickets are about $200, drive if like $500. Try to avoid driving on the winter. PA Turnpike is miserable in the winter |
Anonymous
| It’s a pretty easy drive as far as 8 he dries go, mostly turnpike set the cruise control type of driving. |
Anonymous
| We are in Bethesda w kid at UMich and we always drive when we go out to visit. It’s about 7-8 hours and an “easy” drive. Flying takes ~5.5-6 hours all told including travel to the airport, car rental, and driving from Detroit to AA. I guess both options kind of suck haha but driving really isn’t that bad. |
Anonymous
For me, in DC with a kid a U Mich, it depends. A benefit of flying is that I can usually still do a day of work (and not take a leave day) as I can work at the airport and on the plane (for my role not workable in a car with someone or, of course, while driving). If I'm driving our with my DH, though, it's a nice time for (very) long chats. So for me really depends on how best to spend the time. If driving realistically results in another hotel night or a leave day, I tend to fly. |
Anonymous
| Native Michigander here. For that time of year, I would definitely recommend flying. Storm systems can come in quickly and you don't want to find yourself in the middle of a white out in Ohio. Just fly and make it easy on your self. In other seasons, it's perfectly fine to drive. |
Anonymous
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Decided to fly. Fingers crossed no snow delays. Thanks, everyone!
Now where are the best places to eat/see college scene |
Anonymous
| What weekend? |
Anonymous
| February 26-28 |