My brother is getting married in Minneapolis. Flying has never really been an option as it is too cost prohibitive flying between DTW and MSP because both are main NWA hubs. I toyed with the idea of the train, but too long and too spendy. Renting a car and driving isn't all that bad an option, but still up there with the spendy. The front-running option at this point is the MegaBus. I can get all three of us there and back for less than $300, but the bus out of Minneapolis leaves at 7:00 am. Which means being up around 5:00 am the morning after my brother's wedding. Which, can I say, UGH??? But, my sister and her hubby are supposed to take the trip with us. The only other option that is cheaper is to either ride with my parents or ride with my sister and her hubby. Which ... neither is appealing, really.
Is it too costly if you stayed one extra day after the wedding, so you can sleep in the day after?
The bus sounds like the way to go.
Rent the car with your Sis and her hub.
It's a lot of togetherness, true, but you can stop and get the eff away from one another now and again.
It seems like the bad part of the bus i the time-- and everything else seems bad.
Is it too costly if you stayed one extra day after the wedding, so you can sleep in the day after?
It is in that we'd have to have another night at the hotel and I'd miss another day of work and Joe would miss another day of school (Wedding is Sunday, we are leaving on Monday).
Renting the car isn't a bad idea except that we are also sharing a hotel room with Sis and Hub once in Minneapolis. That might be a bit more togetherness than I really need with my sister considering that she's been getting on my nerves lately.
I might be holding back on the bus because I am feeling/being snobbish.
Flying has never really been an option as it is too cost prohibitive flying between DTW and MSP because both are main NWA hubs
I would think that should make it cheaper not more expensive! (SWA is about $140 each way which isn't too bad, I think, but not if you're flying 3 people)
It seems like you'd be able to rent a car for less than $300 if, as I'm guessing, this would be for a long weekend?
Bus travel is ardous at best in my experience. I'd rather spend the time with my sister in a rental car.
Though I always met the most interesting people on my trips from Roanoke, Va. to Newark, N.J. and back. Lots of parolees, the odd professional racist...
How long is the drive? 8 or 9 hours, depending on traffic around Chicago?
Whichever way you go, I assume having a small child with you means you'll need regular rest stops. Which seems an argument against the bus. You know better than I whether your family can handle that part of it. And you can always get a breather from the family at a rest stop.
It seems like you'd be able to rent a car for less than $300
I've priced it out and we can, but fuel prices are pretty high out here and July tends to be the high point for gas prices.
MegaBus is $202.50. It's dumb of me to waver.
I might be holding back on the bus because I am feeling/being snobbish.
It's totally the thing to do when getting between metropoliseses on the East coast.
