Plane Trips are Porthole to Porthole Travel Tip

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Plane Trips are Porthole to Porthole Travel Tip
Never get yourself confused, when the travel agent tells you a plane trip is three hours, the trip is really about six, this is your actual travel time, not the three hours in the air.

1 hour to get to the airport.
2 hours to wait for the plane to depart
3 hours of air time
1 hour to get to the Hotel
--- 7 hours, porthole to porthole.

A bus can beat a plane porthole to porthole easily.

A bus can get from hotel to hotel quicker than a plane on short trips.

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Orland, Indiana USA
February 15, 2009
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When a bus trip is over six hours, this is when I start thinking a plane is a better form of transportation.

You need to measure the time from the Hotel to the next Hotel, do not get confused, a plane trip of three hours is not you travel time, it the plane trip.

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ClearlyEnlight, said on Monday February 16th, 2009 12:45:00 AM

This is the main reason I stay on the ground. I did fly to Israel and back to Greece, but there was no choice. I left the Hostel in Tel Aviv at 4 AM, arrived at the Hostel in Athens 12 pm.Eight hours travel time, 2 1/2 hours in the air.I should be on the ground for the next few years in Eastern Europe, at sometime cross Russia to Asia. I find it totally more expensive to fly, too.

letstravel said on Monday February 16th, 2009 02:55:00 AM

True indeed its better to travel by land if its only in a short distance journey but its more comfortable in the air if its a long distance.

Lupinacci Family said on Monday February 16th, 2009 03:02:00 PM

I know that precise English is not your goal, nor should it be, however just for the record, its "portal to portal." Not to take away from your point, which is quite correct as most travelers know.

Flyerist said on Monday February 16th, 2009 07:53:00 PM

Three hours by air is about 1500 statute miles. I defy you to find any form of transportation that can cover that amount of distance. You have a real point about that if the trip is under 500 miles though. I recently flew 466 miles in 4 hours door-to-door, and this is with a toddler and checked bags. Everything had to happen perfectly thought for that to happen, but we do it about every 2-3 months.Flying is expensive, but only if your time is worth nothing. I roughly budget my time at $30 per hour, so a 10 hour bus ride "costs" me $300 of my time (any time you are doing one thing while wanting to do something else). That 10 hour bus ride is about 5 hours door-to-door, or a $150 savings of "wasted" time.(I base the cost of my time on about 80% of my salary).

Andy HoboTraveler.com said on Tuesday February 17th, 2009 08:10:00 AM

If I do everything perfect than air travel is great. I can make 1000's of mistakes with a bus trip and still keep in budget.Wages, if a person is making over 25 dollars per hour and is self employed, then planes become better. I am not sure which is more comfortable, I am always more beat after 24 hours of plane than 24 hours of bus.