Can’t Take My Eyes Off These Blogs # 20-I’d Rather Drive Edition
After two really horrible days of plane travel, we’re back from our family trip to Kentucky. I remember the days when air travel was kind of luxurious, but now it seem that livestock gets slightly better treatment during transport. At least on the departing flight, we received $600 in travel vouchers due to cancelled flights. On the return trip, we got an apology from United Airlines for packing us into a plane to sit for two hours because there weren’t enough baggage handlers to load luggage. Oh well, at least we made it safe and sound. It certainly makes road travel seem more appealing.
I plan to get back into the blogger mindset this week. I barely turned on the computer while we were out of town. It was a nice break, and my husband and I took advantage of having a Grandma around, as we got to go out to dinner and to see two movies that didn’t have any animated characters!
I had some great guest posters this past week. Thanks to Mrs. PoP from Planting Our Pennies and Kyle from Rather be Shopping for picking up my slack. I think they did a fabulous job.
I appreciate the mentions this week. I’d give you some fried chicken and biscuits if I could.
Beginning of 2013 Favorite Blog Posts at Modest Money
Canadian Budget Binder-Personal Finance Weekly Reading List #1 at Canadian Budget Binder
Friday Recap, a loving turkey, and a big check at Reach Financial Independence
Welcome Back to Work! Did you Notice Your Paycheck is Lower? at My Money Design
Personal Finance Week in Review #45 at Work Save Live
Weekly Wrap Ups, Mentions, and Good Reads #26 at I Heart Budgets
Frugal Friday: Posts that Ruled This Week, It’s 2013 Edition at Frugal Rules
Weekly Personal Finance Roundup 1/4/2013 at Debt Roundup
Fearless Men’s Weekly Round Up January 3, 2013 at Fearless Men
And I Couldn’t Take My Eyes Off These Posts…
How Being Responsible and Managing Finances Go Hand in Hand at Modest Money.
13 Money Resolutions for 2013: #1 Start Somewhere at Reach Financial Independence
Personal Finance Week in Review for December 29,2013 at One Smart Dollar
Online Coupons: Great Tool to Avoid Shopping Debt in 2013 at Rather Be Shopping
Finances in the New Year + New Budget =Success Formula at Canadian Budget Binder
Catchy Tune; Video, Polls, Mic Tests. Free at 33 Enters the Digital Age at Free at 33.
Our Long Term Financial Goals and How We’ll Meet Them in the New Year at My Money Design
How We Make Money Taking Surveys Online at Work Save Live
How to Vet a Charity at One Smart Dollar
5 Reasons to Start a Budget for 2013 at I Heart Budgets
Easy DIY-Get Rid of Fluorescent Lighting at Planting Our Pennies
Why I Don’t Believe in New Year’s Resolutions at Frugal Rules
How Are Your Retirement Savings Shaping Up? at Debt Roundup
Abraham Lincoln- 13th Amendment at Fearless Men
Why I Write Here-The Frugal Portland Way at Frugal Portland
2013-This is the Year You Will Succeed at Free at 33.
Would you rather drive or fly?
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Thanks for including me this week! Flying used to be luxurious? You’d never know that now …
I love chicken and biscuits! 🙂 I was watching the playoffs today and they kept showing that 40 pc chicken nugget for 8.99. What to do….what to do?! Thanks for the mention too!
It was my pleasure guest posting, thanks for the opp. Glad you are home safe, with a great travel voucher to boot!
Thanks so much for a great post!
I’d fly any chance I get, especially for long distances.
It does usually make more sense, although when you have no control of the situation, it can be upsetting.
$600 is pretty good! Glad you’re home safe. Have a great rest of the weekend.
It should come in handy for our summer trip.
Thanks for both mentions Kim. I appreciate it. I would accept fried chicken and biscuits, but am a large fan of fried chicken and waffles. They are awesome! I don’t even want to get started about plane travel. I am not a fan….
I’ve never had the chicken and waffle combo, but I bet it’s delicious.
I would much rather fly than drive. We just drove from Denver back to Iowa and it’s just long when you have small kids.
Travel with babies is hard regardless, but they turn into great little travelers if you start them young.
I wish I had $600 every time my flight is delayed!! I always dream of a day sipping cocktail in a huge hotel room waiting for the next day’s flight but must be doing something wrong as I have always enjoy delays just short enough to get nothing or ”out of the company’s control”… glad you made it back safe, I’d love some fried chicken but will pass on biscuits! Thanks for the mention.
We got the voucher for the cancelled flight that was due to the crew not having enough time off. I guess you can only fly so much before you have to take a break. I get that, but why would you not have a backup crew available during holiday travel season? I guess that’s why they just gave everyone some comps. The funny thing is that we had a $70 meal voucher also, but our flight the next day was delayed as well so we ended up with only 10 minutes to eat. We had to use our voucher at McDonalds!
Thanks for the mention Kim. Glad you’re back safely and had a nice break. I enjoyed my unplugged time as well. I feel your pain on air travel…especially with United. We’ve had several very bad experiences with them and choose to fly Southwest as much as we can. It’s a toss up for me because the air travel generally is much quicker, but anything with three young ones is a hassle. If I had to choose it would probably be drive as pretty much anywhere we’d go as a family would require us to rent a car anyway.
If we can get there in a day or less, we always drive. Over that is six of one, half dozen of the other.
Fried chicken and biscuits… hmm never had that combination before lol. Glad you made it home safe and you are right flying is starting to feel like the new subdivisions they are putting in (no breathing room)Thanks for the mention Kim! Mr.CBB
Obviously you have never visited the Southern US. My Mom makes incredible fried chicken and a warm biscuit with honey is just divine. I can’t eat it too much or I wouldn’t fit through the door.