Travel advice needed for school breaks....

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Hi, Do any of you experienced Elon people have advice on purchasing plane tickets for holidays and breaks?

Do you usually book flights for the day AFTER the last final exam date? How far in advance do you recommend buying tickets? Should we always buy refundable tickets because exam schedules might change?

Would love to hear ideas on how to handle the whole travel thing…

Thanks!

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I buy them for evening of the last day of finals (or the last day of classes in the case of Thanksgiving or spring break)). (Though D has never come home for spring break) Usually D is done with finals before then but it’s the safest option. Southwest allows you to change without a change fee so we go with them. I buy them several months in advance, especially Thanksgiving because that gets really expensive.

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Has anyone used a cab service to RDU or GSO outside of school breaks that you can recommend?

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Haven’t needed to use a cab service, but these two have been recommended:
RDU Yellow Taxi, 919-667-0000
Prompt Transportation, 336-210-5990, 888-336-0132
Could also try Uber, or Elon Rideshare (type “rideshare” into the search bar on Elon’s website to find it).

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The school has a van service to GSO & RDU that he has used a couple of times, much cheaper than the car services
http://www.elon.edu/e-web/students/campuscenter/shuttle.xhtml

I would recommend buying your plane tickets as soon as possible - the exam schedule is pretty set n stone (has not changed in 2 years).

the day after the last final usually the kids have to be out of the dorm by 10:00am the next morning.

A last minute option is also Amtrak that goes through Burlington. He took it once said it was fine, 12 hours to NYC. He said he slept 10 of them and it was much more comfortable than a plane

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Thanks! It’s hard since we don’t have his class schedule yet. But I guess I can just play it safe and have him go for the evening of the last day of testing.