The ONLY reason to fly is money - the plane tickets are non refundable
and non transferable and we are out about $970 - so I had to decide if
$970 is worth the aggravation of flying.
By aggravation I mean,
the driving to Philly the night before, unpacking the car, staying at a
hotel, getting the shuttle to the airport the next day, waiting in an
airport, being on the plane. Then the return trip home - flight doesn't
leave until 3:40 pm - so that is kinda sucky! Packing and getting to
the airport late in the afternoon, flying home, finding our bags,
finding the shuttle to get back to the hotel to get our car, packing up
the car driving home.
We thought about just driving to the
Philadelphia airport the day of our trip and leaving the car at the
airport's secure parking lot but our flight leaves at 11:44 am so that
means we have to leave the house at like 7 am on a weekday morning and
drive almost 2 hours into Philadelphia - yea, no thank you.
Driving
- we'd leave around 4pm after Olivia gets home from school. Grab a
quick bite to eat (Mcd's or something) and drive straight through. It
will be night time so the kids will sleep. Of course we'll stop for
breaks and such but not at a hotel - we'll drive straight through. That
should put us in Orlando around 11 am or noon - which is PERFECT. Our
first day there, we have nothing planned so DH can rest and we can hang
at the pool if we want.
Coming home - we can leave when we want
- no 'rush' to make it to the airport. We can stop in the evening and
find a hotel if we want to sleep - depends on DH and how he feels -
he'll be doing most of the driving. Yes, we'll get home a day later but
I'd rather get home in the afternoon after a paced trip than late at
night after flying and driving anyway!
Now, what's more of a hassle? 
In
the end, DH just made the decision for me because well, I'm a Libra
and have a hard time making decisions and so he said, "screw it, we're
driving. This isn't the first time we've made an expensive mistake and
I'm sure it won't be the last!"
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