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Ok, I'm flying to Long Beach, CA tomorrow for a conference because I am a devoted NYRA indentured servant (upgraded from my status for 6 years as NYRA slave), and since my friends/housemates out here all suck, and since Dulles airport in Virginia is much cheaper for this flight than the far more convenient Reagan National, I'm facing a dilema.
Do I:
A. Take bus and metro the whole way?
B. Drive?
C. Get a taxi or supershuttle?
A. The cheapest option, and the one I was originally considering. But looking at how long it'll take I'm no longer sure. The timetable on this would involve me walking to the nearest bus station and then riding that bus to the metro station (about 30 minutes), then metroing to Roslyn, VA (about an hour), then getting another bus from there to Dulles Airport (another hour).
So this option would involve 2.5 hours of travel TO the airport, then about 2 hours at the airport, and 5 hours flying to California. Then whatever time from that airport to my hotel. LONG day. Transportation cost though would probably be around $5.
On the way back, my flight gets in at 5 am, and the first bus out of Dulles leaves at 6.30, so I'd have to wait around for 1.5 hours, then hour of bus, hour of metro, and then I'd have to walk 1-2 miles back from the metro station cause the last bus doesn't run on Sundays. Another LONG day. But probably only another $5.
B. Or, perhaps I could drive. It'd probably only take me a little over an hour to travel to the airport (as opposed to 2.5 hours). Plus I wouldn't have to time any buses or wait for their schedules, so less waiting time. So this is MUCH better time wise. And much better on the way back since I can just go home right away, I don't need to wait for any bus.
Problem is cost though, cause I'm damn poor. Parking at Dulles is $9 a day for the economy lot. So it'd probably be like $36 or so for parking. Plus maybe $5 in gas each way (conservative estimate with my car...). So $50ish dollars compared to like $10 with option A..... $40 is a lot of money for me.
C. This option probably isn't happening. One way trip to Dulles is like $26 for the Supershuttle. No doubt like $50 for a taxi. So the shuttle would cost me as much as driving, and it wouldn't be as fast since we'd have to pick up/drop off other people.
Ugh.... traveling can be a pain in the ass sometimes....
Do I:
A. Take bus and metro the whole way?
B. Drive?
C. Get a taxi or supershuttle?
A. The cheapest option, and the one I was originally considering. But looking at how long it'll take I'm no longer sure. The timetable on this would involve me walking to the nearest bus station and then riding that bus to the metro station (about 30 minutes), then metroing to Roslyn, VA (about an hour), then getting another bus from there to Dulles Airport (another hour).
So this option would involve 2.5 hours of travel TO the airport, then about 2 hours at the airport, and 5 hours flying to California. Then whatever time from that airport to my hotel. LONG day. Transportation cost though would probably be around $5.
On the way back, my flight gets in at 5 am, and the first bus out of Dulles leaves at 6.30, so I'd have to wait around for 1.5 hours, then hour of bus, hour of metro, and then I'd have to walk 1-2 miles back from the metro station cause the last bus doesn't run on Sundays. Another LONG day. But probably only another $5.
B. Or, perhaps I could drive. It'd probably only take me a little over an hour to travel to the airport (as opposed to 2.5 hours). Plus I wouldn't have to time any buses or wait for their schedules, so less waiting time. So this is MUCH better time wise. And much better on the way back since I can just go home right away, I don't need to wait for any bus.
Problem is cost though, cause I'm damn poor. Parking at Dulles is $9 a day for the economy lot. So it'd probably be like $36 or so for parking. Plus maybe $5 in gas each way (conservative estimate with my car...). So $50ish dollars compared to like $10 with option A..... $40 is a lot of money for me.
C. This option probably isn't happening. One way trip to Dulles is like $26 for the Supershuttle. No doubt like $50 for a taxi. So the shuttle would cost me as much as driving, and it wouldn't be as fast since we'd have to pick up/drop off other people.
Ugh.... traveling can be a pain in the ass sometimes....
URSooooFkd! We're supposed to have major bad weather, including thunder storms. 
I sure hope you live.
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