Austin Trip wrap up
We decided between Austin or San Francisco for this vacation, and two things tipped the balance towards Austin, even though we had a ton more to do in SF.
First, we have considered moving to Austin one day, and I have never spent more then two days there. I am interested in moving downtown, and wanted to experience what it was like. I have already lived 3 months in downtown SF, and Brook has spent a week with me while I was living there, plus a couple trips back. Since the cost of living is so much lower in Austin then in SF, it is much more likely if we ever decide we want to live downtown.
Second, airlines suck. And I mean this in the nicest way, but I fucking hate airlines and airport bullshit.
Now the economics worked out that the Austin trip cost about a fifth of what the SF trip was going to cost, and we were not planning on staying at the Ritz in SF, but this really wasn’t much of a factor. We started planning the trips this summer, before the economic melt down and everyone started counting their pennies. I was counting my pennies long before the meltdown and I always cringe when I look at the vacation budget, but it always seems to be money well spent.
Since I have complained about the Four Seasons previously, the real sticking point is their price. They are the most expensive 4 star hotel downtown by at least 33% and as much as 100%. I would have to get out the calculator, compare actually dollar differences to the value that FS provided and see if it was worth it. We really liked the view, that it might have been worth a couple hundred dollars, which still surprises me to think that I would pay that much for a view for 3 days.
Overall, it doesn’t seem like we did much on our trip. We didn’t. We just had fun hanging out with eat other. It is so easy to have fun when there exist no timelines and no stress that is associated with real life. It was a great vacation.