I also started looking at Priceline, and found that if I fly out of other airports, it'd be cheaper. It's usually like that, but rarely with such a gap as this. A whole vacation package (flight, hotel and rental car for 2 days during a weekend) came out to this:
Not too bad, honestly. One of the cheapest, but closest hotels, a rental car for 2 days and flying from a different airport at decent times (if we can call 11:40pm arrival a decent time). I kept looking, and today I looked again. Same package, same place, same price.
For the heck of it, I tried it with a different browser and went InPrivate (so no cookies read or stored), and this came up:
Wow, talk about a difference in amounts!
I refreshed the old one, but it kept showing the higher rate. I decided this may be as cheap as it gets and bought it, $370 after taxes and all. If we want to consider the real cost of this... I used 9% cashback (~$30), plus 1% (~$3) from my credit card, then not having to drive for 22+hrs AND not having to use up a vacation day or take an unpaid day at work, and this may be the best I could do with such a short notice. It will all be paid for from my vacation fund, which still had $400 leftover from last year. Time to start working on that fund to get it up to $800, which was my target increase for 2014.
I also get to drive a rental car. Woo hoo! I've been wanting to do that for a while. That's one less thing on my list for the month.
Dang girl, roundtrip flight to SC, 2 nights lodgings and a rental car for 2 days for that price is great!!!
ReplyDeleteBut you know, I'd have driven down with you if you had to go by car....... ;-)
That's a good price? Maybe I was being too cheap and thought I should cover it all with $300... glad it's a good deal! Good enough for me, that's for sure.
DeleteFunny how they can up the prices... I've heard people that search with a Mac pay more on average...
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I've heard that too! My first search (expensive one) was in Firefox, the other one was InPrivate through Internet Explorer. Hum indeed... makes you wonder what sort of games are at play with these things.
DeleteI'd never heard of InPrivate before. I'm going to have to test it out the next time I am planning a trip!
ReplyDeleteWow, that's an awesome deal! And not driving for 22 hours - priceless!
ReplyDeleteDitto on the InPrivate browsing.. never heard of it! I need to check it google it. You got a great price!
ReplyDeleteAwesome Deal, Great Job! I'm already itching to start planning another trip. Been checking out all the travel sites, but it'll be awhile. Just something to think about.
ReplyDeleteThat's a great deal! I've never heard that people pay different prices depending on what computer they are using.
ReplyDeleteYou made a great decision. Good homework, Tanner!!!
ReplyDeletePeace <3
Jay