Mike753
August 13th, 2013, 06:30 PM
Hi guys,
Me and my girlfriend have been in a (rather long distance) relationship for around half a year now. We both live in the United States (Texas -> Pennsylvania) but live about 1,000 miles apart (5 hour flight/22 hour drive). I'm trying to go visit her for about a week however there's some issues I've ran into...
My first option was to purchase a vehicle (finance). I have about $1.5-2K at the moment to spend. Getting a vehicle is no problem, new Camry is like $220/m. The issue is the insurance.. which would cost about $1K upfront then $1K the next 6 months. I can't do that.
My second option was to fly there. Which is the only option really now. The issue is, I'm 19 -- most car rental companies only do rental deals with people 20-21 years of age or older. I haven't found a car rental company that will let me rent a car. If I fly, I'd need to drive about an hour and a half to actually get to the place I need to be. I can't get a taxi, bus, etc.
Any suggestions? I only have about two weeks to do this since her mom is out of work for vacation, so she has free time to spend. It's really a bummer there's so many problems being only 19, not being able to freely travel due to restrictions.. If you've been in a long distance relationship, you should know actually visiting and seeing that person face to face is the real thing that makes you say "this is real", or basically showing that you're actually going through with your relationship despite the distance being hard; which is why I'm trying to travel thus far.
Me and my girlfriend have been in a (rather long distance) relationship for around half a year now. We both live in the United States (Texas -> Pennsylvania) but live about 1,000 miles apart (5 hour flight/22 hour drive). I'm trying to go visit her for about a week however there's some issues I've ran into...
My first option was to purchase a vehicle (finance). I have about $1.5-2K at the moment to spend. Getting a vehicle is no problem, new Camry is like $220/m. The issue is the insurance.. which would cost about $1K upfront then $1K the next 6 months. I can't do that.
My second option was to fly there. Which is the only option really now. The issue is, I'm 19 -- most car rental companies only do rental deals with people 20-21 years of age or older. I haven't found a car rental company that will let me rent a car. If I fly, I'd need to drive about an hour and a half to actually get to the place I need to be. I can't get a taxi, bus, etc.
Any suggestions? I only have about two weeks to do this since her mom is out of work for vacation, so she has free time to spend. It's really a bummer there's so many problems being only 19, not being able to freely travel due to restrictions.. If you've been in a long distance relationship, you should know actually visiting and seeing that person face to face is the real thing that makes you say "this is real", or basically showing that you're actually going through with your relationship despite the distance being hard; which is why I'm trying to travel thus far.