Travel costs/ books

_rentof2
Fri, 04 Apr 2008 03:32:10 +0000

Hamman, when you say it costs $250 each time to come home, is that the cost for a round-trip ticket? If it is, then the $700 they factored into your COA is about right, in fact it’s a little generous.

My son will travel from one coast to the other for college, and it’ll take three flights to do it each time. The school estimated $1300 for his travel. From here it’s about $500 round-trip/$300 one-way, so if he flies out (one-way ticket) in the fall, then buys a round-trip ticket for Christmas break, and then flies home for the summer (would buy a round-trip ticket for this, I suppose, with the return flight in August when he needs to go back), that comes to exactly $1300. They got it just about right – and in fact it’s a little extra because the summer trip home will include the cost of his trip back for the following fall term.

Are you thinking there should be more flights home than just Christmas and summer? Because I don’t think the college will factor in your costs for that. My son will definitely not be coming home for thanksgiving or spring break - but the school keeps the dorms open over those holidays.

But swimcatsmom is right… can’t hurt to ask.