<p>Do most out-of-staters (and I mean more than a day trip) drive to school every year? My parents want to take me there and pick me up every year since I am bringing a lot. However, this trip takes about two days when we're rushing (as in, arriving at hotels in the AM, leaving only a few hours later) and I feel like it's a huge inconvienence. Do most students just pack their belongings in storage, and is storage expensive...?</p>
<p>I heard that many people on their first time moving into the college will have their parents drive out with them to help move in. I think that it would be a great advantage to have your parents come the first time. They would be able to buy you things and you could take everything you needed in the vehicle.</p>
<p>I might be going by myself or with my dad, but we're flying. We're taking the maximum that we can onto the plane, and the rest, we're going to ship to my dorm by UPS.</p>
<p>I would say drive down at first, then fly back and forth after that. Some colleges offer On-campus summer storage, and private storage isn't really that expensive (~$50/month)</p>
<p>I flew out and flew back for my first year. It worked out all right. We went Southwest, so you can bring three suitcases each instead of two. Both of my parents flew out with me, and we bought my bedding and stuff out there. This year, though, I'm going to drive out with my dad because I'm going to have my own car. My dad's going to fly back after he gets there.</p>
<p>Either way. I drove a van full of stuff down for S and will do the same for D. Both will have their cars on campus. We look for and use storage places at each place. It is fairly inexpensive to store for summer months (around $100) and overall easier than driving back down and packing it up again. With your two days of driving and gas prices, it's got to be cheaper to store in college town.</p>
<p>Make local friends with people there. Saves on storage costs.</p>
<p>My mom is flying up with me and we're going shopping around Boston to get everything... all I'm bringing with me is clothes. I'm at an advantage there though because all of my extended family lives in northeastern Mass or southeastern NH so I can store my stuff there and get tax free shopping in NH.</p>
<p>It's going to be a bit more difficult if I get a car because there's no way I'm driving back and forth between GA and Massachusetts.</p>
<p>I'm driving with my Dad. It's a 7-8 hour drive through the boonies, but I'd much have my Dad there to help me move in.</p>
<p>i flew southwest and my sister came with me so i could check 6 suitcases which was enough. just be sure you can carry it all! also flying tends to be cheaper than driving...believe it or not (i flew chicago to LA)</p>
<p>Flying can't be cheaper than driving unless you factor in the opportunity costs.</p>
<p>I'm flying out to college cause its pretty far from where I live (going to school in madison wisconsin, live in boston mass). I will send my things up and have it stored for a couple days. It's not that hard and flying is almost cheaper considering gas costs these days.</p>
<p>We drive (13 hrs) and (without D) do business calls & visit friends on the way back and forth. Will ship some boxes ahead of time. D really didn't have anything to "store" at school. Her rommate stored blankets, sheets, winter clothes, etc but I wanted to clean everything (sheets in a box all summer?) & she wanted to be able to sort it out for next fall. I suppose it depends on what works for each family...</p>
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<p>not true--a cross country flight from CA to NY, you can get a one way ticket for about $200. The gas alone would be more than that, then factor in 4 nights in a hotel, plus 4 or 5 days worth of food. It's much cheaper to fly.</p>
<p>Flying can be more expensive than driving if you don't live close to a hub and have to factor in connecting flights. For instance, round trip from LA to Indianpolis for national FFA will be less than $200, but when my shop teacher flew up to alaska from montana, it was $800 round trip, and he ended up driving.</p>
<p>But for going to school, I'll be driving down with a parent from northern montana to LA, as I won't have a car at first. Will fly home between semesters, and will probably fly home for summers so someone doesn't have to come get me, unless perhaps I find a car in LA, but I'll probably buy one in Montana (cheeper used cars)</p>
<p>I'm shipping my stuff about a week before I arrive so it wont be in storage all summer.</p>
<p>yes, flying absolutly can be more expensive, but it is wrong to say that it CAN'T be cheaper, as it deffinetly can. Or you could always fly from a major hub to another hub, and then rent a car to drive the rest of the way, as I did when I went to school for the first time. We flew from San Francisco to Philadelphia, then rented a car and did last minute shopping and drove out to lewisburg (about a 2.5 hour drive). That was MUCH cheaper than it would've been to drive out, and then have my mom drive back.</p>
<p>It cost me well over 100 dollars to drive to philadelphia when plan tickets were selling for about 60 bucks.</p>
<p>$60??? If it's a $40 difference I might say re-consider, because you'll have to pay for getting from the airport to wherever your going, and if there are any taxes or fees on the plane tickets, that will add on. Also if you have an extra baggage fees.</p>
<p>they were actually 39 dollar tickets, with parking and all that other stuff it was about 60.</p>