Comments on: Heads up: Cost constructing travel http://www.sixpica.com/blog/2008/05/05/heads-up-cost-constructing-travel/ Getting the most out of your Foreign Service Career Fri, 11 Feb 2011 14:43:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: scottyk http://www.sixpica.com/blog/2008/05/05/heads-up-cost-constructing-travel/comment-page-1/#comment-23 scottyk Wed, 28 Jan 2009 08:06:21 +0000 http://www.sixpica.com/blog/?p=22#comment-23 Hi, thought people would be interested to know that on my most recent R&R to Boston, I flew to NY and then rented a car round trip. Since we are a family of 4, the cost construct for the two week rental came in under the comprable airfare, for a full size rental car. Cost was about $550. I hadn't realized this before, but since we have family in NY and wanted to visit there anyway, it worked out perfectly, sicne we would have had to rent a car in either case. I justified the larger car using the 1 suitcase per person allowance for domestic travel. Rental car companies have the suitcase capacities for each car size. My controller also permitted the use of taxi fares saved as part of the cost construct calculation. Hi, thought people would be interested to know that on my most recent R&R to Boston, I flew to NY and then rented a car round trip. Since we are a family of 4, the cost construct for the two week rental came in under the comprable airfare, for a full size rental car. Cost was about $550.

I hadn’t realized this before, but since we have family in NY and wanted to visit there anyway, it worked out perfectly, sicne we would have had to rent a car in either case.

I justified the larger car using the 1 suitcase per person allowance for domestic travel. Rental car companies have the suitcase capacities for each car size. My controller also permitted the use of taxi fares saved as part of the cost construct calculation.

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