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1. clacke: inhibited exhausted pixie dream boy 🇸🇪🇭🇰💙💛 (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Tuesday, 19-Dec-2023 12:12:01 EST clacke: inhibited exhausted pixie dream boy 🇸🇪🇭🇰💙💛

   I was reading an otherwise exceedingly useless article about hotel tips, but one thing I .. surprised myself by being surprised by it. I just had never thought about it.

   One tip said something blabla "for your long drive home" and I realized that although I've had a driver's license for 25 years, I have never ever driven to a hotel. I drove to an AirBnB once, and a hostel once, but if I'm staying at a hotel, for me that means a nice proper vacation and not a road trip. Planes and trains, baby. Planes and trains.

   Driving to a vacation destination feels like an extremely US thing to do, or an 80s Swedish thing, something my parents would do.

   1. lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Tuesday, 19-Dec-2023 15:53:01 EST lnxw48a1

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      @clacke Inside the US, airports are inconvenient (especially since the TSA's creation) and airlines are relatively expensive. When feasible, I much prefer to drive instead of flying.
      
      Example: I can drive 6-8 hours to visit my brother in NorCal or I can:
      * drive an hour plus to the nearest airport
      * go through checkin
      * go through TSA and hope they're happy with my crotch scan and don't need to touch me
      * wait another 1-2 hours [1] until boarding and takeoff
      * fly an hour or so
      * get my luggage
      * rent a car
      * drive an hour to get to where he lives
      
      [1] If you're not at least 2 hours early, a busy day at the airport can cause you to miss your flight while you are queued up for airline checkin or #TSA