Q. A friend of mine is wanting to come and get me with a rental car and bring me back to seattle to stay with him for a week since i have never been there :) he is also wanting to bring me back to missouri and drive back home with the rental car when it is time for me to come home so with your BEST guess about how much do you think all of this will cost gass and what not.
A. since there are too many variables missing from your equation I'll give you the tools to figure it out. You plug in your specifics and bam, there's your answer -
What type of rental car is it?
How many miles per gallon (MPG) does the rental car get on the highway?
How much is the rental car per day?
How big is the gas tank in the rental car?
Where at in Missouri? You don't say but I guessed Springfield.
Seattle to Springfield is 2,041 miles one way or 33 hours without stopping.
Take the distance between Seattle and Springfield (or your town) and divide by the MPG for the rental car. This will give you the number of gallons required to get you from point A to point B one-way. Take that number and multiply it by the price per gallon for regular unleaded in Seattle and then again by the price per gallon in Springfield. Those will be your gas prices to and from for picking you up and taking you to Seattle. Then you need to figure in food, a hotel for at least a night going and coming back and don't forget the cost of the rental car for those days. Since he plans to make the trip twice then once you get the total, multiply by 2 and you will see, its an incredibly expensive trip to the point that it would be cheaper if he bought you a plane ticket.
Lets say the car gets 30 MPG on the highway.
2041 / 30 = 68 gallons of gas required for a one-way trip.
68 x $3.69 = $250.92 just in gas 1 way but he's doing it 4 times
$250.92 x 4 = $1,003.68 just in gas
4 nights of hotel rooms 1 going, 1 coming, 1 going, 1 coming at $60.00 = $240.00
$50 per trip in food = $200 for a total of $1,443.68
That's before the $26 per day use of the rental car but you are already way over the cost of a 1st Class ticket round-trip.
What type of rental car is it?
How many miles per gallon (MPG) does the rental car get on the highway?
How much is the rental car per day?
How big is the gas tank in the rental car?
Where at in Missouri? You don't say but I guessed Springfield.
Seattle to Springfield is 2,041 miles one way or 33 hours without stopping.
Take the distance between Seattle and Springfield (or your town) and divide by the MPG for the rental car. This will give you the number of gallons required to get you from point A to point B one-way. Take that number and multiply it by the price per gallon for regular unleaded in Seattle and then again by the price per gallon in Springfield. Those will be your gas prices to and from for picking you up and taking you to Seattle. Then you need to figure in food, a hotel for at least a night going and coming back and don't forget the cost of the rental car for those days. Since he plans to make the trip twice then once you get the total, multiply by 2 and you will see, its an incredibly expensive trip to the point that it would be cheaper if he bought you a plane ticket.
Lets say the car gets 30 MPG on the highway.
2041 / 30 = 68 gallons of gas required for a one-way trip.
68 x $3.69 = $250.92 just in gas 1 way but he's doing it 4 times
$250.92 x 4 = $1,003.68 just in gas
4 nights of hotel rooms 1 going, 1 coming, 1 going, 1 coming at $60.00 = $240.00
$50 per trip in food = $200 for a total of $1,443.68
That's before the $26 per day use of the rental car but you are already way over the cost of a 1st Class ticket round-trip.
What are the transportation options for a group of 10 from the Seattle Airport to Downtown Seattle?
Q. A group of 10 are flying to Seattle Washington for a cruise in August, 2011. We are spending 2 nights downtown Seattle so we can tour the city before boarding. We are going to need transportation to the motel and then from the motel to the port. We will also have to have transportation from the port directly to the airpost when we dock. What would be our best options to use while we are there? Thanks, Lynn SC
A. Most of the time I recommend taking link light rail from the airport to downtown. It's easy, convenient and cheap at only 2.50 per person.
With a group of 10, it might be worth it to hire a van to take everyone door to door instead.
Try looking at something like Shuttle Express, which could be arranged for all points of your journey:
Seatac to Hotel
Hotel to Cruise
Cruise back to Hotel
http://shuttleexpress.com/seatac-airport/exclusive-service
That said, you should also check into what might be available from your hotel to the dock - many downtown hotels offer a free shuttle service to the cruise docks.
With a group of 10, it might be worth it to hire a van to take everyone door to door instead.
Try looking at something like Shuttle Express, which could be arranged for all points of your journey:
Seatac to Hotel
Hotel to Cruise
Cruise back to Hotel
http://shuttleexpress.com/seatac-airport/exclusive-service
That said, you should also check into what might be available from your hotel to the dock - many downtown hotels offer a free shuttle service to the cruise docks.
where is a good place to park all day in downtown Seattle?
Q. My friends and I are taking a road trip to Seattle on the 28th, a Sunday. We we're wanting a low cost place to park and then bus around for the rest of the day. Space should be in or near downtown Seattle. Anybody have any recommendations?
A. Parking in Downtown it a mess. Its always hard to find parking and its not cheap. I always preffered to get a hotel and pay for parking at the hotel so I did not have to worry about parking that way. You can try to park on Alaska Way underneith the overpass at parking meters. There is also alot of parking garages to park at but alot of times everything is full unless you get there early. Good luck and have fun.
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