<p>S is an accepted student at Duke. What would be the recommended mode of transportation that a student would use to get back home for holidays and breaks to the Central PA area (other than car)? Would it be flying from raleigh / durham to BWI? What could one expect to pay for the flight portion? Anyone take trains?</p>
<p>Well I live in DE so I guess I'm somewhat in your area. </p>
<p>Modes of transportation:</p>
<p>1). Plane: RDU to either BWI or PHL (for me). Cost: if it's not busy holiday then I think $100 for roundtrip is reasonable if you can plan it out and order the tickets a month beforehand. $130 for 2 weeks before sounds about right. Thxgiving is mad expensive. Either plan way ahead or drive. Friday is usually also more expensive, esp the afternoon. </p>
<p>2). Drive: I don't think you need any info on that. (6-7 hrs) Terrible traffic through DC, etc etc. </p>
<p>3). Idk, never tried that before.</p>