Originally Posted by
aztimm
Who are you renting from to get that rate? My corporate rate, which I can use for personal travel as well, is $29/day (plus tax) for a mid-size at Hertz. The all-in rate is usually $35-40/day, depending on airport fees (and the weekly rate is $180). There's a few exceptions, such as NYC, but that rate is even solid for Hawaii. I'd suggest you check some of the rental car forums and/or use Autoslash for something better.
Where is your hotel? The closer you get to Waco (peak) the more expensive the properties will be, if they even have rooms. There are several properties in Round Rock and Georgetown that still have mostly normal rates (possibly Temple as well).
I was home for the eclipse in October, and it was pretty wild. We weren't in the peak area (I think it was Waco for that one too), but it was enough to know what was happening.
I am coming to Texas for the solar eclipse. I booked at a hotel in Waco from Sat. 04.06 to Tuesday 04.09.24
It's a Hampton Inn @ about $400 per night. I made the reservation for the hotel over a month ago. Prices have gone up since then.
Baylor University has an observatory and is having a big festival that day. I am from Los Angeles, our hometown observatory at Griffith Park
is taking a group to Baylor. I am pretty excited. I had planned to fly into to DFW and drive to Waco. It looks to be about 90 miles.
Now I am wondering if flying into Houston may be better. Dallas to Waco & Houston to Waco are of similar distance.
I note that Houston also has 2 airports. What would be the better drive? Any advice would be much appreciated!!
Patricia