We are from Philly. Things to plan as OOS:
- Leave a $ cushion. Son's flight back to school this semester was cancelled. He had to take a next day flight. This meant his ride from the airport could no longer get him. Wound up on a shared ride with Crown Limo at a fee of $65.
- Plan for summer storage. My son was able to share a unit and paid $85 for the summer.
- Bama is FANTASTIC to ship things to. Even if you don't pay a fee to rent a mailbox, all UA students are given a mail address for packages. At move in, they even helped students get the packages from the central mail location to the individual dorms. The logistics of move-in was super easy...
My son is in his second year. He has driven to move in, flown home at breaks and year end, driven to Washington, D.C., taken the train to D.C. and his girlfriend has taken a Greyhound down. His preferred method is to fly.