Poll of the Day > Your preferred method of travel

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I am no fan of airplanes period.

As long as I am not the one driving I don't mind any. I've taken bus and plane, but I'm missing train and cruise. Although, I do enjoy boats, so I think I would enjoy a cruise.

Walking.

Hiking and camping really are my forms of escape.

I've only done one of those so

Bicycle.

I mean, it kinda depends on how far I'm going, right?

Anyways, I live in MN and - while I like it here - there's not a ton in the states immediately surrounding us. I would drive to Chicago, or the Black Hills, or St Louis, or maybe Denver (although that's borderline). Anything further than that and I want a plane. All I see on the drive is corn unless I drive north to lake country so I don't feel I'm missing anything.

My agency has a small 6-seat commuter plane, and I happily use that to fly to meetings in the northern part of the state when available, too: I don't need two 5-hour drives.

Cruises are fine, but I don't like the 'organized fun' they try to force on you.

Cruise

put together a big plate of food and eat it in my cabin, then take a nap. Only way to travel

I tried to drive to London but Google Maps was giving me confusing directions

Where's feet and bicycle?
If I can walk, I do so.

If it's less than an 8 hour drive, I'd drive. Otherwise I'd fly.

faramir77 posted...

If it's less than an 8 hour drive, I'd drive. Otherwise I'd fly.

That's more or less what mine boils down to, although I'd drive a little further if it's somewhere I'm planning on staying for a while and would want a car (i.e. the Rocky Mts).

Teleportation

Train, I haven't done it since being a kid from Jersey to NY. I miss that.

I like going on cruises

Short distance: Bike or walk
Long distance (from across the other side of the country): Airplane
Others: Being a passenger in a car

Driving is more dangerous than flying in terms of actual numbers of accidents/deaths

teddy241 posted...

Driving is more dangerous than flying in terms of actual numbers of accidents/deaths

On the flip side, youre more likely to survive a car crash than a plane crash.

train by far

Flying Nimbus. When that isn't available, I'd rather take a train... but because the US's train system is the shits, I have to take an airplane.

I generally avoid travel, especially these days.

The delorian from back to the future.https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/0/0/1/AAdHsuAADfoh.jpg

The most unrealistic thing about Back to the Future was a DeLorean that could reach 88 miles per hour.

For me, it's driving or trains because I have severe motion sickness. For cars, I have to be the driver, not the passenger. Driving is also more convenient for me.

teleportation

Train but the US absolutely hates them. Where's my high-speed rail Las Vegas - Los Angeles train?

Private transportation.

I'd say train, but Canada's train infrastructure (especially out east) is even worse than America's, so that generally means paying as much as I would to fly to take 10-15 times longer (Halifax to Montreal is a 1.5-hour flight, a 12-hour drive, or a 23-hour train ride). Conceptually, I like trains much better than flying, just because flying is such a miserable experience (the actual experience of being in the air is fine, but the seats are rarely comfortable, planes tend to be ridiculously crowded, security delays and overbookings make actually getting to the plane a stressful hassle, and I'm pretty much constantly worried about any checked baggage), but the infrastructure just isn't there to treat them as a viable alternative to even driving, let alone flying.

Boats are kind of a special case. I like taking ferries well enough and will gladly do so to give me a break if the price/comfort/convenience factor is right, but they're generally an intermediate step in a longer car trip, rather than being the primary mode of travelling. Cruises are different, of course (which is what you actually asked), but I've never taken a cruise and therefore don't really have a frame of reference for that except a general dislike of cruise ship people. That's perhaps based on an unfair, biased sample consisting of the many clueless tourists I've seen living in a city with a major harbour for most of my life (and my girlfriend's worked in several museums and faced the real brunt of their idiocy, so she's got it even worse), but it's all I've got.

Driving by reason that I can go shopping at thematic stores, order at a novel restaurant, or go at a pace where I adore every minute of the lands. I like fast travel through places unsettled but I save those for work wherein I must hit the city not a minute late, for I won't regret missing out.

I've never had to fly in a plane before, and I'm grateful for that. Mainly, I like how I'm in full control of my cargo when I drive in my car, as opposed to entrusting it to other people.

duck

I hate driving but enjoy travelling by car 'cause you get to see a lot as you go. So I imagine going somewhere by train would be pretty nifty. I've been in a plane once (well like four different planes between flying there and then back) and it's pretty cool. I enjoyed the experience but the whole rigmarole before and between flights is not fun.

And a cruise seems dumb. It's a big floating hotel where all you can see is water.

AndyReklaw posted...

And a cruise seems dumb. It's a big floating hotel where all you can see is water.

If you pick the right one you stop in some interesting spots that you likely wouldn't have gone to otherwise: I enjoyed the 'shore excursions' on my Alaskan cruise.

That said, the big organized-fun, germ-spreading party boat thing isn't for me. Trips to the Dominican/etc are cheap: just go to a nice/gated all-inclusive there if you want to sit around in the sun.

Tails_64 posted...

I've never had to fly in a plane before, and I'm grateful for that. Mainly, I like how I'm in full control of my cargo when I drive in my car, as opposed to entrusting it to other people.

don't need more than one duffle bag.

that can be a carry-on

Train from the list. Walking not on the list.

Teleportation, obvs.

Walking and bicycling for shorter distances. Train for longer ones.

Flying for sure

An hour and a half in the air vs 12 hours on a bus? Sold

Entity13 posted...

Walking and bicycling for shorter distances.

Also this, especially cycling (though not so much these days because I'm recovering from a broken elbow). Heck, I'd gladly cycle longer distances on a regular basis if the infrastructure were there to do it without having to trust speeding cars to not hit me, but North America is owned by oil lobbyists, so everything's designed around cars and the best I can do is use trails if I want to go more than a few km.

yeah walking is my main day to day way