Fort Myers
5/17/13 – 5/18/13 Miles MPG Average Speed 458 44 49 Driving listening: 5/17/13 – 5/18/13 Priceline Retail $ Savings % Savings Crowne Plaza Fort Myers (3.5 star) $68.81($58 bid) $104.16($93 base rate) $35.35 34% Friday I…
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Prius & Priceline: A Year in Review
So it’s been a year since I got the Prius (April 2012), and I thought I’d review some statistics … because I like numbers and have geeky friends. First off the numbers for the last twelve months for Priceline (source…
“In the cherry blossom’s shade there’s no such thing as a stranger.” — Kobayashi Issa
4/10/2013 – 4/14/2013 Miles MPG Average Speed 1810 48 60 A Note About Mileage: I ran a little experiment on this trip. Usually I drive a bit over the speed limit – so around 74 MPH on…
Fain would I climb, yet fear I to fall.–Sir Walter Raleigh
4/4/2013 – 4/7/2013 Miles MPG Average Speed Raleigh-Durham, NC 1416 44 56 Driving listening: 4/4/2013 – 4/7/2013 Priceline Retail $ Savings % Savings Radisson Hotel Research Triangle Park (3.5 star) $51.96 (inc. tax & fees)Bid: $41 + $10…
Once I went to bed in Orlando and I woke up in Atlanta. I have no idea how that happened.–A. J. McLean
Miles MPG Average Speed 1138 44 55 Driving listening: 3/14/2013 – 3/17/2013 Priceline Retail $ Savings % Savings The Westin Atlanta Airport (4-star) $50.96$40 bid + $10 bonus cash $88.48 ($79) $37.52 43% I spent a…
Rocky Mountain High
Priceline Retail $ Savings % Savings Delta – Melbourne to Colorado Springs $280$230 bid$50 tx&fee $339$309 base$30 tx&fee $59 17% Alamo Compact Car $14.64 / day $19.53 $4.89 25% Courtyard by Marriott (3-star) $42.20 / day $61.60 $19.40 31%…
Saint Petersburg–Don’t Eat the Chicken
Miles MPG Average Speed 248 39.2 56 Mileage dropped for this trip because I had a 14’ kayak on top of the car. But still superior mileage to what I’d get with the same boat on…
Laissez Les Bons Temps Rouler
Miles MPG Avg. Speed 1326.8 42.1 60 Priceline* Hotel* $ Savings % Savings New Orleans Downtown Marriott At The Convention Center (4-star) $73.46 ($61) $178.08 ($159) $104.62 59% * New hotel data format. Priceline amount includes all…
They Shoot, They Score
January 11, 2013 – 1900 miles – no mileage data Priceline* Hotel* $ Savings % Savings Hyatt Place Greenville/Haywood (3-star) $55.95 ($46) $99.68 ($89) $43.73 44% Crowne Plaza Hotel Dulles Airport (3.5-star) $61.77 ($49) $151.20($135) $89.43 60% Wyndham Virginia…
Interlude–San Francisco Hotels
If the Vegas hotel question bothered me, San Francisco worried me to the point of denial and not wanting to think about it. I’ve been watching the rates for weeks and they’ve kept going up – but I couldn’t book…