I see his point on this one… When I lived in Philly I literally took two “long weekend” trips to London. 6 hour red eye – paid less than $300 for the ticket – spent 3 days/night there – flew back on the 4th day. I’d keep an eye on airfare sales and do low cost vacations. The other trip was for Thanksgiving weekend – met friends in Italy and spent 5 days touring, drinking, wine, etc.
Now that I’m on the west coast – the travel time alone is a killer – add at least 8 hours to the start airport to end airport travel time (because there’s always at least one layover somewhere: Chicago/Atlanta/east coast. I used to go to Europe at least once a year – now I go every 4-5 years.
That said – Hawaii and Japan are more convenient from the West coast.
