"When are you leaving?" "I thought you were supposed to be gone already." "Are you headed there soon?" "Why are you still here?!?! Leave already!"
Well, wonder no more! We bought plane tickets a few days ago! Our departure date is August 2nd. We will fly from Charlotte to Miami to La Romana, Dominican Republic. “But Trenita, according to your post about dry erase boards, your apartment lease ends on July 9th!” (you say) Well, this is true. However, I will add my husband and kids to my student health insurance during the open enrollment period, and their coverage doesn’t begin until August 1st. Therefore, we’ve got some time to hang out before we go. We will be living with my in-laws (who are very wonderful, I might add) for a few weeks until we leave the country.
Well, wonder no more! We bought plane tickets a few days ago! Our departure date is August 2nd. We will fly from Charlotte to Miami to La Romana, Dominican Republic. “But Trenita, according to your post about dry erase boards, your apartment lease ends on July 9th!” (you say) Well, this is true. However, I will add my husband and kids to my student health insurance during the open enrollment period, and their coverage doesn’t begin until August 1st. Therefore, we’ve got some time to hang out before we go. We will be living with my in-laws (who are very wonderful, I might add) for a few weeks until we leave the country.
Each one-way
ticket to the DR costs $385.30. We need
three tickets (the baby flies semi-free) so the total cost for three tickets is
$1155.90. The semi-free baby isn’t free
for international flights. We have to
pay 10% of the cost of a ticket for him, even though he will be sitting in a
lap and not a seat. I’m not sure why the
10% exists for international flights, but I’m not complaining. It’s only $38.
The cost of
checking baggage is something I will complain
about. I flew to the D.R. in March of
last year and I don’t remember any baggage fees. Since April 8th of this year, you
pay $25 for the first checked bag and $40 for the second checked bag. Since we are 3 ticketed passengers, we will
have up to 6 checked bags. That adds up
to $195 in baggage fees. Some child
items don’t count (like strollers or car seats), but others do (like the “Pack
and Play” – it’s like a traveling crib). We could have chosen to fly into Santo
Domingo (first bag is free for this city) or upgrade to business class for $100
per ticket (each ticketed person gets 3 free bags). BUT, Santo Domingo is 2
hours from La Romana (you couldn’t pay me to add one more step to this trip!)
and I don’t think I can keep up with 9 bags anyway.
I think we’ll
have plenty of space…famous last words…I feel a blog post about packing anxiety
coming on!
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