Villagers heading home for summer.
 

Interested in opinions from snowbirds and/or full time Residents, if you had to travel 1000 miles at the end of the month, how would you do it? Air, automobile, other. What would you do, or what are you going to do? Maybe add short rationale.

Dorothy glass slippers or Star Trek advice not needed at this time.

Thanks

I would be afraid to stay at a hotel who knows how well they cleaned since last occupant. Would have to sleep in our car and not something we would want to do at this age.

Waiting for things to be better and will do a road trip out west.

I would not fly that distance except in an extreme emergency. Airports and planes are the problem. I myself need to drive 800 miles in a few weeks, a trip which I normally fly. I used to drive that distance in one day but that was 15 years ago when I was of course much younger. I do not want to be in an accident. I will need to opt for a hotel but I will choose it carefully, take my own pillow, towels and bedroll. It will be a stop where I can walk directly into the room from my car, no lobbies. I want to be careful but not paranoid.

Long drive
 

Drove 975 miles straight through 17 hours. Did not want to stop at motels. Left at 3:00 am arrived at 8:pm traffic was light the whole way back to PA

Have summer home on a lake in Maine .Were Still here for ????..also have class C motor home ..Plan is if and when for now Maine is still shut down
Fill fridge fill water tank..Stop for fuel and sleep where ever

I would not fly anytime soon unless it was absolutely necessary. Being trapped for over three hours in a germ tube, while breathing recirculated air, is a very bad idea. I am very shortly looking at a 2,750 mile round trip drive to/from our Villages home. When we headed up north from our Villages home on February 29th, we expected to return to the Villages in three weeks. For obvious reasons, we did not return. Even though I really don’t want to, I have no choice but to make the drive. Stuff at our home needs to be taken care of. I am sure there are several science projects growing in our refrigerator. I can only imagine what the weeds look like in our garden. Preparations need to be made for the long and hot upcoming summer and hurricane season. Our yard and birdcage needs to be cleared of items that could easily become projectiles in a hurricane and our A/C needs it’s annual maintenance.

I will make the round trip drive in the pick-up truck, with the cap on the back, and an inflatable mattress in the truck bed. I will have lots of good food packed in a big cooler. It will be a two day drive each way with a stop in a Wallmart parking lot to sleep in the back of the truck. Bringing lots of hand sanitizer, face masks, disinfect whips, and a spray bottle of bleach for gas and restroom stops. At least gas is cheap. Plus, after being in isolation for over two months, it will be nice to finally get out and about. I am very much looking forward to spending some time in the Villages. I haven’t swam a lap or played golf for wayyyyyyyyyy toooooooo loooong!

We have a Maine beach house rented for a week in August. Unfortunately, the Governor of Maine has said that out of state visitors are required to self quarantine for 14 days when entering the state. The order is in place through August. So technically, we can’t even go because we are there for less than 14 days. The Maine tourism industry is up in arms over the order, so hopefully it will be reconsidered?

We flew back to Ohio February 23rd, thinking we would return to TV 2 to 3 weeks later. We would always fly except once we brought a car to TV, 13 hour drive straight thru. We will not fly at this time, plan on driving returning early June driving straight thru.

The airlines took all the direct flights away, for now, direct flight was less than 2 hours. Once everything opens including Disney I expect the direct flights will return.

So we rent a car and drive, want to get back!

1000 miles on a direct flight is about 2.5 hours. planes are pretty empty right now, as are airports. They are not serving beverages, so buy a bottle of water after passing security, and have some wipes with you.. For most Village people, 1000 mile car trip is a long haul. At least a two day trip. Sleeping in a car is ludicrous. The few hotels that are open have new sanitized processes in place. Stay in a national brand, not a no tell motel for cheap. You might be overnighting in a state that hasnt opened restaurants yet, so you;ll be doing drive thru's at McDonalds or the like. If you're going straight up north from here, you could consider AutoTrain. My buddy that winters in Ft Myers takes that to Virginia and then drives to Central NY.. But I think thats one overnight in the train, and perhaps one when he gets off in VA. It might get down to whether you have a car in both places and if it makes sense to store one down here .. or if you have one waiting for you up there.. Me, not considering the car situation, wouldnt think twice about flying .. Fastest and safest, IMO. At the same time, I'm a veteran flyer, TSA, CLEAR, and flew throughout my business life. Hope this helps

We had the occasion recently to travel one state over (ESSENTIAL BUSINESS in case you were wondering) and the national brand motel we stayed in was extremely clean. We have stayed at this particular motel before. The scent of disinfectants was in the air and even the remote control to the TV was wrapped in plastic which at least gave the impression that it had been sanitized. The motel was only about 1/3 full. The "free" breakfast buffet had been discontinued for the duration but that probably only upped the cleanliness notch because when you think about it, during the non-pandemic times that would be a major breeding ground for all kinds of germs. I say, use your common sense, wash your hands and travel. Now, I wouldn't want to stay in a NYC hotel, a Detroit hotel, New Orleans might be iffy, etc., but the rest of the US hinterland is bound to be somewhat safe. No sense in hiding or driving when tired because that for sure is a risky behavior.

Leaving home for the summer in our motorhome. We will self-isolate to the same degree we do here except we will be in mountain air.

We're leaving in the morning for....well, I don't know where, for how long or how far... We'll not be staying in any hotels or doing any flying. We have to be in Vegas in late September, so eventually get out that way.

live in bedford nh . and I drive right thru . 1395 miles / no hotel:bigbow: :MOJE_whot:

Oh my! memason,

I saw that picture. Are you a country-western star? That is a gorgeous machine. I never much thought about motorhomes before, but could be that very soon the motorhome market, and all that entails, will be really hot. Have fun! :)

Boomer

Nice!
 

Nice looking rig. Drive safely and have a great trip.