Fall getaway: 4 ways to travel to orlando on a budget

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They say getting there is half the fun. That may depend on your mode of travel. If you’re planning an early-fall getaway, you need to consider not just the cost but also your time. We


crunched the numbers for planes, trains and automobiles (plus buses) for round-trip travel to the popular vacation destination Orlando, Florida, from three U.S. cities. Here’s what we found.


Getty Images CAR About $300 in gas round trip, 20 hours driving each way About $200 in gas round trip, 15 hours driving each way About $875 in gas round trip, 44 hours driving each way MBI


/ Alamy Stock Photo TRAIN $372, about 27 to 28 hours each way, transfer in New York $388, about 52 to 55 hours each way, transfers in Chicago and Washington $584, about 94 to 102 hours each


way, transfers in Chicago and Washington Getty Images BUS $276, about 28 to 29 hours each way, with transfers in two cities $226, about 22½ hours each way, with a transfer in Atlanta $377,


about 63 to 68 hours each way, with three transfers outbound, five transfers returning Getty Images PLANE $178, nonstop, on Spirit Airlines, about three hours each way $194, nonstop, on 


Frontier  Airlines, about 2½ hours each way $438, nonstop, outbound: Alaska Airlines; returning: United Airlines; about 5½ hours each way