okay as some of you know i am driving to the wcc from maryland, about 2700 one way. i would like to know which gas stations are cheaper, how much is gas, cigarettes, and stuff.
one reason i ask is i dont use credit so i will be doing things like prepaid gas cards, that way i cant spend all the cash and not have cash to get home. and if cigarettes are way more expensive i might bring some extras ( hint ) i can get name brands for 22 bucks a carton, and i could sell them in new york for 50, but i am not going to new york so how much in kali .
Gas will vary by state according to taxes. Cigarettes? Don't know and don't care!! Which way are ya going?
Just make sure you have enough smokes to get you back out of California. They are pricey here. $32.00 a carton or so for name brands. Gas is around $2.30 for regular.
i'll take a carton of merit light, box. i bet you need $500 for gas, minimum. depends on your route, there are a few interesting things to see along the way. Mesa Verde is real cool and not that far out of the way. I-70 looks like a pretty straight shot for you. I-40 for the ride home mix things up a bit. is this your honeymoon? you don't want to be selling nontax stamp cigarettes unless you are considering an extended stay.
k
Most gas stations take debit cards....
Stop at the "big rig" truck stops they have the least expensive fuel, the least expensive provisions, showers, good food ( well ok food)
and take plastic
when your on the interstates you will pick up the pattern, there is a truck stop every few hours
QUOTE (scott thacher @ Mar 21 2005, 04:34 PM) |
okay as some of you know i am driving to the wcc from maryland, about 2700 one way. i would like to know which gas stations are cheaper, how much is gas, cigarettes, and stuff. one reason i ask is i dont use credit so i will be doing things like prepaid gas cards, that way i cant spend all the cash and not have cash to get home. and if cigarettes are way more expensive i might bring some extras ( hint ) i can get name brands for 22 bucks a carton, and i could sell them in new york for 50, but i am not going to new york so how much in kali . |
Tim nailed it. Travel America, Pilot, Flying J...those places are like heaven on a cross-country trip! (that's what you'll look like after the drive!)
Take the long way and drive through Canada. You'll love the scenery and the people, plus we don't have too many highways so it would be hard to get lost. You might lose a little bit on the smokes (sin taxes are brutal in Canada), but you could make up for it big time on the exchange rate (25% or better)! It might take you a bit longer, but think of the stories you could tell at the WCC. You might even see a moose!
If you take I-70, make sure to fill up on the front range, before you get into the mountains. Gas can climb $.10 to $.20 more per gallon once you get past the foothills. BTW gas is currently $2.07 (average) on the front range and expected to climb.
well my route is a very leasurly one, heading southwest to texas, then to new mexico ( 914rs's house ) then to vegas, to the wcc, return trip is even worse back to nm, to texas to baton rouge back to maryland, i am figureing on being out of maryland for 2.5 to 3 weeks.
i do have debit but its one of those things that i have had a problem with cards getting lost, scratched and just not working. as well as when i do trips i do cash, and prepaid stuff ( gas cards and travelers checks ) . that way i always know what i have left.
i do have a habit of coming home broke, therfore the prepaid stuff. i took teri florida 2 years ago, blew 1700 over the weekend including plane tickets, came home with 17 dollars to my name to pay parking.
i am setting aside 400 just for gas, with 300 in emergency cash, you know the emergency stuff like when the wife/gf says i need that little trinket that makes no sense that she will loose in a month. my total money planned for this trip is 1500 plus emergency.
before you all say fly, the cheapest tickets i could find where 900 rt
break down
400 gas
400 food ( we eat cheap and food at familys and friends thanks 914 rs )
150 wcc money
300 hotel ( only need hotels in kali, all other stays are family )
200 blow it money ( raffle )
Watching the US news channel tonight they said gas in CA was up to $3.00 per gal. Current oil price is $50 a barrel and could hit $80.
Plan on a tad more for gas....
you don't need money for the raffle. it's included in the track fees. if you take I-70, western nebraska, well everything west of lincoln, is like 3 day pass to disneyland. except no thrills. how many travel days do you figure heading west?
k
QUOTE (rhodyguy @ Mar 22 2005, 05:56 AM) |
how many travel days do you figure heading west? k |
tell her she will be able to "see" all she needs of LA when we're up in the hills. you're doing some serious driving.
k
$900?? Wow, there are air fares sales on now. $230 to the east coast from Seattle right now. Got to be something cheap coming the other way?
Look on TravelZoo.......
Geoff
remember we are talking 2 people round trip, this is southwest's prices
Depart BWI-BNA-LAX $194.42 each with taxes and extras both are $455.80
Return LAX-LAS-BWI $194.42 each with taxes and extras both are $458.80
Total $388.84 each rt tax and extras each $41.96 $26.50 total for everything $914.60
plus no car or a rental at 50 a day is another 200, unless someone would loan me a 914 for 4 days so i can race it, and have a car to use for 4 days, plus then i dont get to see family in texas and in baton rouge
southwest . their prices SEEM swell. lots of stops, usually. the landing/departure fees are not included in the "low cost" fares. last time i flew i found nw was less exspensive after everything was added in. my cousin that lives in buffalo few out west. buf to newark, to st louis(?), to houston, to seattle, or something like that. more than 13 hours with a missed connector in newark on the way home. not everyone enjoys following the 914 pack in a neon rental.
k
that price is just the advance purchase price
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