Re: [CODE4LIB] Transport options from Charlotte to Asheville for c4l2010

2009-11-12 Thread Jodi Schneider
Nearby searches will typically pick up Greenville and Tri Cities (How is Tri Cities to get to?). Kayak allows you to customize the 'nearby airport' search using airport codes. Recommended 'from' search: AVL, GSP, CLT, TYS at http://kayak.com/ -Jodi On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 3:06 AM, Ross Singer

Re: [CODE4LIB] Transport options from Charlotte to Asheville for c4l2010

2009-11-12 Thread John Fereira
Ross Singer wrote: Likewise, Knoxville is also ~1.5 hours from Asheville. Between Greenville, Charlotte and Knoxville you might be able to catch a special deal. A bit closer is the Tri-Cities airport (Johnson City, Bristol, Kingsport). I've flown in there a couple of times when my in-laws

Re: [CODE4LIB] Transport options from Charlotte to Asheville for c4l2010

2009-11-12 Thread Bridger Dyson-Smith
Hello - an FYI: if you're planning on flying into Knoxville and making a drive to Asheville via I-40, be advised that there has been a rather large rockslide and 40 is closed. Here's a link to the official update -- http://www.ncdot.org/traffictravel/. Safe travels to all. cheers, Bridger --

Re: [CODE4LIB] Transport options from Charlotte to Asheville for c4l2010

2009-11-10 Thread Jay Luker
FYI, on my previous visits to Asheville I've flown into/out of Greenville, SC. It's only about 1 hr driving time, so could be worth comparing vs. Charlotte shuttles. --jay On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 11:58 AM, Kevin S. Clarke kscla...@gmail.com wrote: I wonder how many folks would be interested in

Re: [CODE4LIB] Transport options from Charlotte to Asheville for c4l2010

2009-11-10 Thread Kevin S. Clarke
I wonder how many folks would be interested in this? It might be possible to use one of the university vans to make trips. I'll look into this. Kevin On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 1:32 AM, Mark A. Matienzo m...@matienzo.org wrote: Charlotte to Asheville shuttles are not cheap - one

[CODE4LIB] Transport options from Charlotte to Asheville for c4l2010

2009-11-09 Thread Mark Jordan
Hi, Can anyone recommend transportation options to get from Charlotte International Airport to Asheville? From my neck of the woods airfare to Charlotte appears to be a ~ $200 cheaper than to Asheville. TIA, Mark

Re: [CODE4LIB] Transport options from Charlotte to Asheville for c4l2010

2009-11-09 Thread Mark A. Matienzo
Charlotte to Asheville shuttles are not cheap - one Asheville-based company is advertising a $170 one-way rate. Obviously, if you were to split that, it would be cheaper. It's my understanding that Charlotte to Asheville driving time is about 2.5 hours - you may just want to get a group together