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Originally Posted by tophcfa
This is obviously a question for non-Frogs, or part time/seasonal residents. As part time residents, we have been, and plan to continue spending about the same amount of time at our Villages home as we did before Covid. The big difference for us is that before Covid we flew to Florida several times throughout the year and our stays were relatively short (always way shorter than I would prefer). Since we are not comfortable flying during the pandemic, driving to Florida is currently our only option to get to our Villages home. To make the long round trip drive worth our effort, we stay at our Villages home for longer periods of time each trip (again not nearly as long as I would prefer).
We are making our third drive this year to Florida in September and hope to make a fourth late in the year. We are putting lots of miles on the truck, but it’s worth it to be able to get to our second home. We can’t wait until we feel safe flying again, but I don’t expect that will be anytime soon. In the mean time, here is hoping that both Southwest and Jet Blue don’t file for bankruptcy. We have enough flight credits and travel points to fly back and forth to the Villages at least 15 times.
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We have been driving from New England to Florida for nearly 20 years and staying for 6 months. This year I believe we will fly since we feel that 2 1/2 days of driving and 2 nights in motels and stopping for gas and food present more of a risk than a 5 hour flight. I posted a question earlier this summer asking if people had flown recently. The overwhelming responses were positive and in checking the safety precautions on the airline we use (United) I am feeling safer flying than driving and that long drive is getting to be more than we want to suffer with this year.