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can you please help a Jersey girl who will be visiting?

Hello Ladies!

I'm not sure if this belongs here or on the San Diego boards.  Forgive me if I selected the wrong forum.

When DH was in the Marines he was stationed at Camp Pendleton.  We're coming back for a short visit / reunion in July.

The best deal on flights I could get sends us from Philly to Ontario Calif on a Thursday night  We get in around midnight PST.  After working all day our bodies will think it's 4 am.  We're probably just going to get a cheap hotel at the AP to sleep, then pick up a rental car in the morning to drive to San Diego / Sea World etc. where we will spend the next night in a nice hotel there.  The idea is to go out have a nice dinner & not have to worry about driving.

The reunion is Saturday night so back in the car to Oceanside CA for Sat., Sun & Mon until we leave to fly out of John Wayne.  I guess we'll hang out with his buddies and go to the pier in Oceanside which appears to be all there is to do there.

Am I crazy?  I haven't been to Southern Calif in 20 years.  My friend lived near Anaheim & we'd do long day trips to San Diego. 

Map Quest says its about 110 miles from the Ontario AP to San Diego along I-15  It's about 35 miles from San Diego to Oceanside and finally about 50 miles from Oceanside to John Wayne.   To fly more direct routes like from Newark / NYC to either John Wayne, LAX & or San Diego proper adds about $200 pp to the costs of the flight. 

WWYD?  TIA

Re: can you please help a Jersey girl who will be visiting?

  • Have you tried pricing flights into Long Beach? I don't think it would be as far as a drive as Ontario to San Diego. 
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  • I did price flights into Long Beach. No go. 

    I have been trying all sorts of whacky combos from 4 APs on this end and LAX, SAN, SNA, ONT, Long Beach & Carstad in Calif. 

  • I live in North OC and work near Ontario and I don't think it's crazy to drive from Ontario to San Diego. I would drive to San Diego for weekend trips so I don't think it's that big of a deal. Of course Ontario is further than North OC.
  • I think you'll be OK as long as you try to drive during non-peak hours...but have you priced rental cars?  I know some charge a fee if you return the car at a different location - if they do, I'd look into flying R/T from ontario.
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  • I did price rental cars.  Some do charge for different pick up drop off but I found 3 that don't, at least not at the APs I'm talking about.
  • Hello,

     A quick question. Is your DH retired from or still in the Marines? If so you could look into Space A flights in and out of San Diego. It has been a while but I think you can still do that.

    Good Luck

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