Thanksgiving
We celebrate a pretty quiet Thanksgiving. I like it. I am not looking to add drama into my life. But sometime when I look around the dinner table and I give thanks for the 7 of us being together (my parents, Rob, me, and the kids), I think, we should be celebrating somewhere else. Somewhere warm. Somewhere fabulous.
Arizona sounds like it would be a nice place to spend Thanksgiving weekend. And while the price tag is high, it isn’t ridiculously high.
Phoenix, AZ Flight + Hotel Package Summary, via Priceline.
A thank you to Priceline for not being completely freaked out by having more than a nuclear family. Taking the grandparent along should be good business. And it seems that 3rd child of ours, in addition to ruining the neat seating of rides at Disney, also makes it hard to find a hotel. In the real world in which I call business by phone, the third kid is not that big of a deal. But online, having a party of 5 may as well be a request to bring a lion along. There is no way to do that. Does not compute and assorted other robot jokes. Priceline let me input 4 adults, 2 kids and 1 infant riding in a seat. Not on my lap. I remember pricing fares when Henry was wee. The rumor mill suggests that airline would like babies to ride in car seats on planes, as demonstrated by usually offering a reduced fare for infant seats. The NHTSA doesn’t require seats for infants because the cost would push some people to drive, driving is more dangerous than flying, statistically, and then more children would die. I was pleased to see nearly every airline’s website able to sell me an infant-in-a-seat seat. Of course, it is really hard for me to tell if that infant seat was cheaper than a regular seat. Win some, lose some.
Back to the travel window shopping:
Per Person Price: $394
Total Price for 7 people: $2,761
Millennium Resort Scottsdale Mccormick Ranch
3-star Scottsdale, Arizona
Check-In: Thu, November 26
Check-Out: Sun, November 29
Nights: 3 Nights
Rooms: 2 RoomsBeyond our front doors awaits an escape that will soothe and refresh your spirit. Scottsdale’s only lakeside boutique resort, the Millennium McCormick Ranch offers a relaxing and intimate atmosphere…
The pictures are beautiful. Only getting 3 stars means I don’t think I would be completely embarrassed to have my children running around.
Your Flight Details
Departing Flight Information – Thursday, Nov 26, 2009
AirTran Airways, Flight 490
From Milwaukee – General Mitchell Intl (MKE)
Departs: 8:40 AMTo Phoenix – Sky Harbor Intl (PHX) Phoenix, AZ
Arrives: 11:30 AM
Trip Duration 3hr 50mn, 1457 miReturning Flight Information – Sunday, Nov 29, 2009
AirTran Airways
Flight 548
From Phoenix – Sky Harbor Intl (PHX)
Departs: 12:45 AM
To Milwaukee – General Mitchell Intl (MKE)
Arrives: 5:05 AM
This flight is so far from optimal I can’t even express it. But it would give us all day to recuperate. I think I’d have to play around with no needing a hotel room the last night.
Rental Car
Minivan Room for – 6 adults, 1 child and 4 suitcases (3 large, 1 small)
Included
Nice touch, Priceline, getting the minivan as the default.
Total Price for 7 people: $2,761
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