OK, so at the last minute my consulting client decided I should go down to South Carolina for a conference next week. I started looking up airfares (on Southwest) last night, but I didn't get final approval until this afternoon. When I booked the tickets just now, it turns out that the fare I ended up paying is about $200 cheaper than the fare I was quoted last night. Not that I'm complaining, but this is a little nuts. Also, when I tried to book a rental car, all of the agencies at the airport were sold out. I finally found something at an off-airport location, but they won't pick me up or drop me off because I guess that would be competing with their branch at the airport. Thus, I'm on the hook for 2 taxicab or Uber rides between the airport and the rental car location, but it's only 2 miles away, so it shouldn't be too much.
By the way, I did check out Amtrak, but aside from the fact that the absence of the Silver Meteor makes an overnight trip impossible, the coach fare on the Palmetto was about $50 more than the airline fare. Almost $300, coach, Baltimore to Charleston, wow! (I know that if I booked earlier, the far would have been a lot less.) I'll bet that Palmetto is packed in like sardines.
By the way, I did check out Amtrak, but aside from the fact that the absence of the Silver Meteor makes an overnight trip impossible, the coach fare on the Palmetto was about $50 more than the airline fare. Almost $300, coach, Baltimore to Charleston, wow! (I know that if I booked earlier, the far would have been a lot less.) I'll bet that Palmetto is packed in like sardines.
WOW, who woulda thought so many people would want to go to South Carolina on the Train??!!!
