OSUcowboyinSPFD
Contributor
The airfare in out of St. Louis, Kansas City, and Tulsa has been high ever since we got home from Coz in late April. This is still going to be the year we turn two trips, but we are pricing different hotel options to compensate for the higher airfare. My experience has been that prices in Coz for diving, hotel, and food have remained relatively stable (slight inflation, but not too bad), but the airfare has spiked significantly.
To top this off, we live in an area where we have to drive to the airport and overnight there before leaving. The incidental expense associated with this has risen dramatically. A night at the Sleep Inn in KC is almost $100, the gas to get there and back is $100, and a meal on the way is $50. I used points and an Applebee's gift card someone gave me to offset, but that is basically 2-3 days of diving for one person.
The saddest part of this -- we have a regional airport in Springfield, Missouri, 7 miles from my house. However, the airfare is astronomical out of there. It would add, easily, 450-500 dollars to travel out of Springfield.
I have done my complaining. I do intend to go back to Coz in December even if I have to get there in a rowboat and stay in a pup tent.
To top this off, we live in an area where we have to drive to the airport and overnight there before leaving. The incidental expense associated with this has risen dramatically. A night at the Sleep Inn in KC is almost $100, the gas to get there and back is $100, and a meal on the way is $50. I used points and an Applebee's gift card someone gave me to offset, but that is basically 2-3 days of diving for one person.
The saddest part of this -- we have a regional airport in Springfield, Missouri, 7 miles from my house. However, the airfare is astronomical out of there. It would add, easily, 450-500 dollars to travel out of Springfield.
I have done my complaining. I do intend to go back to Coz in December even if I have to get there in a rowboat and stay in a pup tent.