What is cheaper for a family of six, to go from texas to california, driving or taking a plane?

were going to california soon and were drving. but is driving and paying for all that gas cheaper then paying for 6 plane tickets? btw were leaving from texas. also i cant do all the math right now to fiugure it out so please help, thanks.What is cheaper for a family of six, to go from texas to california, driving or taking a plane?DRIVING is way, way cheaper, but you have to decide if losing 2 to 4 days of your trip due to driving time is worth the expense of flying. I couldn't drive that distance without an overnight break in the middle and I personally would not be willing to lose 4 days of my vacation. We will only drive up to 10 hours, which we can do in one day, before giving it up and paying to fly! There are 6 of us, also.What is cheaper for a family of six, to go from texas to california, driving or taking a plane?
driving. The breakeven is 2 airline ticketsWhat is cheaper for a family of six, to go from texas to california, driving or taking a plane?driving is cheaper. you figure gas is $3 a gallon. and depending on where it is its around 1500 miles.What is cheaper for a family of six, to go from texas to california, driving or taking a plane?
There comes a point where the dollar advantages changes to driving I think that it may be around 4 people

The math

HOU%26gt;LAX 1600mi x2 =3200mi @25 mpg=128 gal@ $3.00gal= $ 384.00

8 guest nights in Motel 6 @ $ 40.00 per night =$ 320.00

How did i get the 8 guest nite #

You need 2 rooms per night and you are going to spend 2 nights in motels on both your EB %26amp; WB legs

Subtotal $ 704 .00

Then comes the food expense

I don't think that it would be unreasonable to use a figure of $ 20.00 per person per day as ball park number

So 2.5 days EB +2.5 days WB = 5 days @ $ 120.00 per day = $ 600.00+ 704 =$ 1304

You can obviously save some money by reducing the number of days on the road But realistically speaking large numbers of people don't make it easy to drive 800-900 miles a day two days in a row

Another thing that can and does save you money on flights is what airports you fly into and out of

So if you gotta drive a couple of hundred miles to DFW or HOU it may be worth it in the long runWhat is cheaper for a family of six, to go from texas to california, driving or taking a plane?Depends on where your going. Buy far enough in advance and its $49 one way. Driving will still be less but whats your sanity and time worth.