No, I'm not doing all 30 stadiums in 30 days. I'm going to do it in a season plus, with 7 games last year and probably a few next year. I have no interest in doing it in 30 days. The point is to go to all the stadiums, not do it as fast as possible. I don't want to be away for consecutive days and there's all that work stuff that can get in the way of doing that anyway. My objective is to do it as much on weekends and holidays as possible. I also try to minimize the cost, doing as few flights and hotels as possible.
I did 7 stadiums last year. Five of those games were on weekends or holidays. I ended up spending 3 nights in hotels and took a grand total of 3 flights. I did take an extra day to fly on a Wednesday but I was staying with friends. That's part of the fun of travel! Right now, I'm definite on going to 13 stadiums from April through July. I'll spend a maximum of 6 nights in hotels and there will be 10 flights. Only 5 of the games will be on weekdays and that's only because I want to go to Angel and Dodger stadiums on the same day and can only do that on a Thursday.
His hotel and airfare expenses are huge. It's weird that he's spending $200-$300 to fly, cab, and stay in a hotel but decides to get the cheapest seats possible. Why do that? You want good seats at each game. That's what I've done. Yes, it helped when my friends in Cincinnati got those great seats. Thanks, Michael and Janet!
He's criss crossing the country like crazy. Why spend so much time on planes? My Midwest trip was to five cities that were relatively close. I was able to drive from Chicago to Milwaukee and back and then from Detroit to Cleveland to Cincinnati. That was fun and much easier. This year I'll be going to two games on the same day in New York and Los Angeles and games in San Francisco and Oakland on back-to-back days. That sounds like more fun than flying two hours to get to each game.
As people in the comments section point out, he's not planning each city well. I'll take light rail to Safeco in Seattle and the BART from the airport to the hotel to AT&T to the O.com Coliseum and to the other airport in the Bay area. I chose a hotel in Arlington, Texas that not only has a shuttle to and from the airport but also one to and from the Ballpark. Cabs are expensive, can be hard to find, and did I mention expensive?
I'm not sure about his costs. His plane tickets all seem to be sale prices, his hotel rooms fairly low rates, and he's buying all his tickets from the teams (without service fees, apparently). You can't always get sale prices, some nights the hotel rates aren't that low, and good luck getting decent seats with some of these teams that sell out. I've gotten some flights at sale prices but there have been a couple where the flight was pricey that I used airline miles.
He's using my April east coast trip! Almost. He's in each city a different day than I am from four of the games, although his trip is in Washington on April 26 and Philadelphia on April 29. I am, of course, staying with family for many of those nights. Why would you include the one weekend both New York teams are home on your trip and not try to go to two games in one day?
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