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Alright so I’ve been saving up to go on a trip this winter with my friend. I want to surprise her as a birthday/Christmas gift to go somewhere.
This would be January 6th-9th. We are both 21. I have a budget of spending $700 total on the both of us. (She will pay for food and activities)
We live in the Midwest where the weather especially in winter is unpredictable snow wise. Meaning the forecast could say no snow or like a thin coating and it could be a huge ice/snow storm.

Idea 1 - we both love going to the airport and looking around and planes. They have this airplane service at our local airport called southern airways express which is small planes and it’s cheap to fly. They are regional flights though (less than an hour). I was thinking we could take one to Baltimore (it makes two stops before it gets there) but total flight time with stops is less than 3 hours. And we could stay in the inner harbor for 2 nights and fly back. Less than $100 per night to stay in Baltimore at a nice hotel.

2nd option is - take a train to DC (9 hour train ride) and stay in DC for 3 nights. Again, SUPER cheap for a nice hotel. Train tickets are cheaper than flights to DC.

3rd option - drive 7 hours to a huge indoor waterpark/ski resort in the mountains and stay 2 nights. Food and arcade credits included in the package deal with 6 free snow tubing passes and admission to waterpark.

4th option would be to fly to Orlando Florida on spirit airlines (super cheap) hotels are kinda expensive and the amusement parks are expensive af so I have no idea what we would do.

Last option would be to take a train to NYC (12 hour train ride) cheap Amtrak tickets but hotels are kinda pricey and we would spent 2 nights there and travel back.