I drove down here to the US with my boyfriend - well actually he drove down and I came along with him. Strangely enough no problems at the border (they didn't even look at my id, just wanted to know when I'd be returning to Canada). This balances out some of the times that they've looked through my bags when I've crossed.

Anyways, now I'm down here I have to get home. We looked at flights on the weekend and two stops from PIT to YYZ would run about $220, one way. Lets not even go into how that would route me via miami or orlando. Flights as of yesterday, one way, were $320 and involved a full day and creative routing. A straight "normal" non stop is running over $400 one way - OUCH.

Needless to say flying is out of the question with that sort of pricing.

So we went and looked into rental cars. I can get a rental car for well under $200 (including gas and insurance) and be home in less time than it takes to fly .. YEAH! The driving doesn't thrill me but dang it, I do it all the time.

Oh and I called my insurance company to see if I needed to purchase the car rental insurance or if my coverage covered that. It doesn't but they are going to add it and that will cause my insurance to reduce by $12 this year. Yes I typed that right. Something about a package? I'm pleased but a bit miffed they never told me that before. First time I've ever had my insurance go down because I added a service enhancement.