We are starting our European vacation flying from Orlando to London then next day to Gothenburg for $1,387.16 total.
We (4 adults) find ourselves on the last leg of our vacation in Paris on July 21st. We need to end up in Tallahassee, Florida (travel by rental car) preferably on Saturday, July 22nd or Sunday, July 23rd. Flying into Tallahassee is cost-prohibitive so arriving at Ft. Lauderdale (FLL), Orlando (ORL) or even Miami International (MIA) and getting a rental car is our best option.
Here are some of the options we've considered (price per person):
- Travel straight from Paris to Orlando - $890 .50 (14h 15m) - total $3,562
- Travel straight from Paris to Ft. Lauderdale - $1,148 .66 (16h 51m) - total $4,594.64
- Travel straight from Paris to Miami - $1,047 .80 (12h 40m) - total $4,191.2
- Travel to Stockholm ($135.60) on 7/21 (stay in a hotel ~$250) then to Ft. Lauderdale- $477 .26 (10h 5m) - total $2,701.44
- Travel straight from Paris to Atlanta- $649.16 (17h 35m) - total $2,596.64
- Travel straight from Paris to Jacksonville - $771.96 (17h 2m) - total $3,087.84
I was hoping that there was some way to go from Paris in the morning on 7/22 to Stockholm and continue to Orlando, but can't find a connection to make. There is only one airline (Aer Lingus) that has the $890.50 rate, the next airline is nearly $1,600.
It's a tough pill to swallow paying nearly two to three times as much to come home as it was to get to Europe. Any helpful tips or advice would be appreciated. If the advice is "that's just the way it is... grin and bear it," I will do so.