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lostinrates

inspector_monkfish wrote: »

I hate all these Americanism's !! In my day, mum or dad just dropped me off at the school disco!!!

....but if anyone has any advice I will happily take it on board.

Don't do it. .

You don't like it ( I don't either personally ) come up with a better suggestion and explain why. And suggest a more enduring /enticing use the money could be put to. Would she rather save for her own car? A crass car for a small part of one evening, or the start of a savings fund for her own, or fund for a week intensive driving course.

inspector_monkfish

I don't really have a choice LR!
Her and friends are going to the Prom, the whole of her year are. It's a question of how do they get there!!

It's not really about the cost, between 11 of them it won't work out expensive each.

It's more about choosing the correct car and firm :-/

inspector_monkfish

Your not wrong PN!!
Life was so much simpler back then, lol!!

PasturesNew

inspector_monkfish wrote: »

It's more about choosing the correct car and firm :-/

You need our resident car hire expert to organise one for you
He's probably got 2-3 on his driveway.

PasturesNew

inspector_monkfish wrote: »

Your not wrong PN!!
Life was so much simpler back then, lol!!

Yes ... those golden years when parents said "No". And if you queried it you could cry all you liked, but you had to judge when to stop that else you'd get a spank.

PasturesNew

I would say "at least nobody's in Paris" as there are now TWO separate sieges underway and more dead.

... but "they" could pop up anywhere. The miracle of the Internet telling their sheep "go out and do stuff where you live".

Nutters. No time for them.

lostinrates

inspector_monkfish wrote: »

I don't really have a choice LR!
Her and friends are going to the Prom, the whole of her year are. It's a question of how do they get there!!

It's not really about the cost, between 11 of them it won't work out expensive each.

It's more about choosing the correct car and firm :-/

In their parents cars . The only thing different nowadays is more parents have cars, or second cars!

GDB2222

inspector_monkfish wrote: »

I don't really have a choice LR!
Her and friends are going to the Prom, the whole of her year are. It's a question of how do they get there!!

It's not really about the cost, between 11 of them it won't work out expensive each.

It's more about choosing the correct car and firm :-/

IIRC, *none* of these stretch limos meet UK safety requirements.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7751462.stm

silvercar

PasturesNew wrote: »

I would say "at least nobody's in Paris" as there are now TWO separate sieges underway and more dead.

... but "they" could pop up anywhere. The miracle of the Internet telling their sheep "go out and do stuff where you live".

Nutters. No time for them.

Scary times!

silvercar

michaels wrote: »

Had xray, will find out later if I am to experience the joys of flying 12 hours with pneumonia tomorrow. Insurance are suggesting they will only cover for me to extend my trip and the others will have to travel anyway should I be unfit

Standard policy is to allow one adult to stay with you if you aren't fit to fly. In your case that would mean letting the little ones fly as unaccompanied minors (if your airline allows this). Obviously that is fraught with problems to.

OH was ill once and potentially unable to fly home, airline said DS2 could fly home alone - he was 14 at the time. Problem was that DS2 could only fly home if drugged up with valium at that age (prescription valium due to his fear of flying). Insurance said they weren't sure if they would cover him to stay with us or not. Luckily 24 hours more of antibiotics had OH in a stage where he felt he could fly.

I would make a decision based on whether you feel well enough to fly, goes above and beyond to worry about the other passengers, plenty people fly when not at full strength and potentially infectious.