Originally Posted by
iahphx
It's not very time or cost efficient to get to the PHL airport from the DC area any way other than by car (your own or a rental). I recall there are some buses from DC to Philly that I suppose you could take, and then get on that R1 train line. Amtrak also works, but as noted above, Amtrak is overpriced and not terribly convenient once you have to switch to the Septa train.
Thank you for reminding me why I have never started a MR from other than home base (WAS), and was only prepared to fly ex-PHL for the Priceline break of a couple of hundred or so because the trip was to be for 6 days or so and I would have the wife along. I would really like to jump on some of the ex-PHL opportunities like this one that just aren't there ex-WAS, but in the end they usually don't compute. A minimum of an extra 4 hours of driving, 2 on the front end and 2 on the return, plus the expense of driving that distance up 95 and back, makes it not a very appealing proposition.