TxCat
04-26-2014, 12:16 AM
One of DH's very favorite bands is Steely Dan. He's only seen them once live and I know he'd live to see them again. He missed them when they were in our city last summer because the concert was the weekend after DD2 was born. They are going on tour again this summer and I would love to surprise him with tickets. I think he would be really surprised and blown away by this (especially since I don't share his love for the band). Of course, they are not coming to Texas at all this tour, just my luck.
Here are my options, that I need some help thinking through.
1) get tickets for the Oklahoma City show. It's a 1hr 15 min plane trip on Southwest. Show is Monday night. Right now, I think I'd plan for us to fly in that morning/afternoon, then fly out the next day in the late morning.
Pros: my dad and his wife live there, so we could stay with them, and it's the closest big city location for the tour, easy travel, etc. Cons: my dad and his wife live there, so there would be pressure to extend the visit, bring the girls, etc. This would take away from making the trip a fun, relaxing surprise for DH. Also, the date of this show is in July, and that's already a bad month for us travel-wise and would make it difficult for me to extend the visit due to work issues.
2) get tickets for the Boston show in September. It's a 4 hr plane ride, but the tix on United (if I purchase them now) are only $30 more than Southwest to OKC. Concert is a Saturday night, so we'd probably fly in either Friday night or Saturday morning, and then return late Sunday afternoon or early evening. Pros: we have good friends in Boston that we could see for lunch or brunch, we know the area well and like it (DH went to grad school there), and I could splurge and book a really nice hotel for us. Cons: long plane ride for a short trip, date is the sane weekend as a professional conference I was thinking of attending locally to network for jobs in the future.
3) forget the whole plan and hope they tour again in Texas in the next couple of years.
Anyone want to weigh in. I don't know what it is, but I'm having the hardest time making a decision here.
Eta: all of the dates of the tour the first two weeks of July won't work for us since DH has a work conference in England starting July 6th, and none of the other locations seemed like good options for us.
Here are my options, that I need some help thinking through.
1) get tickets for the Oklahoma City show. It's a 1hr 15 min plane trip on Southwest. Show is Monday night. Right now, I think I'd plan for us to fly in that morning/afternoon, then fly out the next day in the late morning.
Pros: my dad and his wife live there, so we could stay with them, and it's the closest big city location for the tour, easy travel, etc. Cons: my dad and his wife live there, so there would be pressure to extend the visit, bring the girls, etc. This would take away from making the trip a fun, relaxing surprise for DH. Also, the date of this show is in July, and that's already a bad month for us travel-wise and would make it difficult for me to extend the visit due to work issues.
2) get tickets for the Boston show in September. It's a 4 hr plane ride, but the tix on United (if I purchase them now) are only $30 more than Southwest to OKC. Concert is a Saturday night, so we'd probably fly in either Friday night or Saturday morning, and then return late Sunday afternoon or early evening. Pros: we have good friends in Boston that we could see for lunch or brunch, we know the area well and like it (DH went to grad school there), and I could splurge and book a really nice hotel for us. Cons: long plane ride for a short trip, date is the sane weekend as a professional conference I was thinking of attending locally to network for jobs in the future.
3) forget the whole plan and hope they tour again in Texas in the next couple of years.
Anyone want to weigh in. I don't know what it is, but I'm having the hardest time making a decision here.
Eta: all of the dates of the tour the first two weeks of July won't work for us since DH has a work conference in England starting July 6th, and none of the other locations seemed like good options for us.