travel thread

[Phil Titola]

My favorite NYC is to wander around neighborhoods on foot . Transit museum in Brooklyn is kind of cool for a touristy thing

[SdK]

I agree with Phil. Been to NYC several times and haven't once done a tourist thing.

[420seriouscat69]

In two weeks, i'm going to a vendor fair at Southern Illinois. Work wants me to drive there and back in the same day ----> . Anyways, they gave me the choice of renting a car or using my own and getting mileage for it. Boss says you can make more $ by taking your own car, but I don't want the mileage on my new car. What would you do?

[michigancat]

In two weeks, i'm going to a vendor fair at Southern Illinois. Work wants me to drive there and back in the same day ----> . Anyways, they gave me the choice of renting a car or using my own and getting mileage for it. Boss says you can make more $ by taking your own car, but I don't want the mileage on my new car. What would you do?

rent a car and demand a hotel

[Mikeyis4dcats]

In two weeks, i'm going to a vendor fair at Southern Illinois. Work wants me to drive there and back in the same day ----> . Anyways, they gave me the choice of renting a car or using my own and getting mileage for it. Boss says you can make more $ by taking your own car, but I don't want the mileage on my new car. What would you do?

Choose mileage option.    Rent car on your dime.   Pay for it with mileage check.   Profit.

[michigancat]

In two weeks, i'm going to a vendor fair at Southern Illinois. Work wants me to drive there and back in the same day ----> . Anyways, they gave me the choice of renting a car or using my own and getting mileage for it. Boss says you can make more $ by taking your own car, but I don't want the mileage on my new car. What would you do?

Choose mileage option.    Rent car on your dime.   Pay for it with mileage check.   Profit.

hmm now this is an interesting twist.

[michigancat]

I'm going to an all-inclusive at Playa del Carmen next week. Should I leave the resort?

[IPA4Me]

Eight hours of driving plus the vendor day. eff that.

[IPA4Me]

In two weeks, i'm going to a vendor fair at Southern Illinois. Work wants me to drive there and back in the same day ----> . Anyways, they gave me the choice of renting a car or using my own and getting mileage for it. Boss says you can make more $ by taking your own car, but I don't want the mileage on my new car. What would you do?

Choose mileage option.    Rent car on your dime.   Pay for it with mileage check.   Profit.

This.

[420seriouscat69]

Great tidbits, definitely demanding a hotel, that's just silly.

[Mikeyis4dcats]

I'm going to an all-inclusive at Playa del Carmen next week. Should I leave the resort?

yeah.   take a collectivo into PDC, wander the strip, have some beers, buy some souveniers.

Also, look up All-Tournative tours and take the tour that includes a cenote, a Mayan village tour, and the Coba ruins.  Largest pyramid in Mexico.

[mocat]

Choose mileage option.    Rent car on your dime.   Pay for it with mileage check.   Profit.

 

[yoga-like_abana]

if you guys are ever in southern Colorado, Manitou springs is a totes adorbs town. the penny arcade there(yeah I know who wants to go to an arcade when you're in Colorado) was a blast and they have a very good brew. also did hiking and all of that stuff.

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[Dr Rick Daris]

I'm going to an all-inclusive at Playa del Carmen next week. Should I leave the resort?

you should at least consider it. there are some pretty neat cenotes close by and yal-ku lagoon which was pretty great. you don't need to pay for a tour operator to take you to any of those places. rent a car for a day and go on your own. I wouldn't bother with playa del carmen the town though. like why bother? leave the nice all inclusive so you can go to the dumpy town and pay for drinks and food? uh, no thanks.

https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attractions-g499445-Activities-Akumal_Yucatan_Peninsula.html

[Mikeyis4dcats]

I'm going to an all-inclusive at Playa del Carmen next week. Should I leave the resort?

you should at least consider it. there are some pretty neat cenotes close by and yal-ku lagoon which was pretty great. you don't need to pay for a tour of these places. rent a car for a day and go on your own. I wouldn't bother with playa del carmen the town though. like why bother? leave the nice all inclusive so you can go to the dumpy town and pay for drinks and food? uh, no thanks.

https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attractions-g499445-Activities-Akumal_Yucatan_Peninsula.html

PDC is a fun little toruist strip.   Also some tasty local eats.   There'a fab chicken place, but I forget the name.

Anywhoo, if he's going to rent a car in Mexico, he better do some research and know what he's getting into.   (Mandatory insurance- yours won't cover you, "propinas", funky left turns, that accidents are a criminal matter not civil, and that they will put you in jail until you pay for the damage up front.)   Not saying don't do it, just make sure you understand the laws.

[Tobias]

In two weeks, i'm going to a vendor fair at Southern Illinois. Work wants me to drive there and back in the same day ----> .

what in the flying eff

[420seriouscat69]

In two weeks, i'm going to a vendor fair at Southern Illinois. Work wants me to drive there and back in the same day ----> .

what in the flying eff

They always treat me right when I travel, but this is the first vendor fair I've done by myself, and I don't think they understand it's 5 and a half hours away! This will be fixed.

[420seriouscat69]

Looks like the dental school is actually in St. Louis on the Illinois side, so only 4 hours, but still.

[Dugout DickStone]

Looks like the dental school is actually in St. Louis on the Illinois side, so only 4 hours, but still.

That's a cheap AF flight, tell them to stop being so small time

[pissclams]

In two weeks, i'm going to a vendor fair at Southern Illinois. Work wants me to drive there and back in the same day ----> . Anyways, they gave me the choice of renting a car or using my own and getting mileage for it. Boss says you can make more $ by taking your own car, but I don't want the mileage on my new car. What would you do?

Choose mileage option.    Rent car on your dime.   Pay for it with mileage check.   Profit.

This.

this is the way to go if your company will let you, smart ones won't though

[michigancat]

In two weeks, i'm going to a vendor fair at Southern Illinois. Work wants me to drive there and back in the same day ----> . Anyways, they gave me the choice of renting a car or using my own and getting mileage for it. Boss says you can make more $ by taking your own car, but I don't want the mileage on my new car. What would you do?

Choose mileage option.    Rent car on your dime.   Pay for it with mileage check.   Profit.

This.

this is the way to go if your company will let you, smart ones won't though

His company wants an employee to drive for 8 hours AND attend a conference in the same day. Do they sound smart?

[Mikeyis4dcats]

Looks like the dental school is actually in St. Louis on the Illinois side, so only 4 hours, but still.

That's a cheap AF flight, tell them to stop being so small time

this is true.  I interviewed with a company in Belleville out of school.   Flew over in the morning, flew back by dinner.

[Mikeyis4dcats]

In two weeks, i'm going to a vendor fair at Southern Illinois. Work wants me to drive there and back in the same day ----> . Anyways, they gave me the choice of renting a car or using my own and getting mileage for it. Boss says you can make more $ by taking your own car, but I don't want the mileage on my new car. What would you do?

Choose mileage option.    Rent car on your dime.   Pay for it with mileage check.   Profit.

This.

this is the way to go if your company will let you, smart ones won't though

don't see why they'd have a say.  He has the option to take mileage or have a company paid rental.   The IRS doesn't even care if you claim mileage on a rental vs. your own vehicle.

[420seriouscat69]

-A round trip flight is about $200-225, plus uber, and parking, right?

-$45 rental, gas, food, etc. Drive back. How much $ are they saving really?

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Zap their asses wackycat08