HH looks awesome, but airfare is outrageous!

[Sammie]

AirTran flys into Savannah with great rates if they fly out of any airport near you.

 

[sueg]

We ALWAYS drive to HH & almost always fly to WDW. Several reasons: I think you really need a car to enjoy HH & we tend to want to bring more STUFF (i.e. boogie bds., fishing pole etc.) that makes packing a car easier than luggage for the plane; we always go to HH in the summer, so we have a little more freedom/time for the trip & therefore, driving doesn't make us feel like we are losing valuable/limited vacation time; we make the drive to HH like a mini pre-vacation, making at least one major stop - usually taking in some history. One of our favorite stops was Richmond, but there are several great Civil War stops along the way. Finally, since we usually go to HH at the end of Aug., the weather is so "iffy" many times under the threat of severe storms (one year they actually discussed evacuation plans w/ us, but the storm missed us.) that we are not as comfortable with flight plans.
Bottom line, HH is worth the effort. We never thought we would like it as much as WDW/OKW, but we have come to love it's different charms, as long as the weather is good. Best of luck in whatever plan you set. SGG

 

[margaretCT]

VMS,

DH and I are thinking about taking the drive from Connecticut to Hilton Head. Can you pm me with some details of your driving route, etc.?

Thanks,

Margaret in CT

 

[tigger2esq]

We will be driving to HHI from Harrisburg PA in September. (with an 18 month old nonetheless! ack!) Our saving grace is my sister who lives near Raleigh. We will be stopping there for an overnight on the way down AND back which will break up the trip nicely.

I have also done the Pittsburgh to Orlando (my sister lived in Charlotte back then and we stopped there on that trip--it was still a LONG time to spend in a car!) we are lucky--nowadays we can find airfare to Orlando for as low as $125-$150 round trip but there seems to be no real easy way to get to HHI.