Singing the New Orleans Sugar Bowl Travel Cost Blues
Hate to put a damper on all the excitement of Utah playing Alabama in the Sugar Bowl.
But have Ute fans investigated just what it's going to cost to get to this game?
The best package deal I found was offered by Morris Murdock travel and was $1,300 for a room shared by four people. It included air fare, three nights lodging and a couple of perks but no game tickets.
I expected the Crimson Club package offered by Anthony Travel to be around $1,000 but it costs $1,815 for double occupancy and did not include tickets to the game either.
Do you want to fly on your own and try to stay with friends or book a less expensive hotel? The news isn't much better. Round trip is $800 on Priceline, $646 on Orbitz and $698 on Cheapoair. Most of Southwest flights were already booked.
Thinking about driving? Mapquest said the distance between Salt Lake City and New Orleans is a mere 1,788 miles. If you were to drive this straight through, it would take almost 28 hours.
How about the magic of the train – the City of New Orleans and all? Taking Amtrak to New Orleans costs $610 but expect a 34-hour and 15-minute one way journey and you still have to find tickets and a place to stay.
Perhaps you want to take the bus. Cost of a round trip Greyhound ticket from Salt Lake City to New Orleans ranges from $366 to $380 depending on what days you leave.
– Tom Wharton
But have Ute fans investigated just what it's going to cost to get to this game?
The best package deal I found was offered by Morris Murdock travel and was $1,300 for a room shared by four people. It included air fare, three nights lodging and a couple of perks but no game tickets.
I expected the Crimson Club package offered by Anthony Travel to be around $1,000 but it costs $1,815 for double occupancy and did not include tickets to the game either.
Do you want to fly on your own and try to stay with friends or book a less expensive hotel? The news isn't much better. Round trip is $800 on Priceline, $646 on Orbitz and $698 on Cheapoair. Most of Southwest flights were already booked.
Thinking about driving? Mapquest said the distance between Salt Lake City and New Orleans is a mere 1,788 miles. If you were to drive this straight through, it would take almost 28 hours.
How about the magic of the train – the City of New Orleans and all? Taking Amtrak to New Orleans costs $610 but expect a 34-hour and 15-minute one way journey and you still have to find tickets and a place to stay.
Perhaps you want to take the bus. Cost of a round trip Greyhound ticket from Salt Lake City to New Orleans ranges from $366 to $380 depending on what days you leave.
– Tom Wharton
posted by Tom @ 11:28 AM |
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