How Are You Planning the Summer Tour Trip?

[Number27]

I'm all excited since everyone is planning their summer tour trips already. I know several good friends of mine from the boards are meeting up at Gorge and in other venues.

What is everyone using to book their flights and plan their trips? I'm going to use Cheaptickets.com and either Warehouse or Ticketmaster for tickets.

[kas141]

Orbitz seems to have some really good deals, and i always use expedia for my hotels.

As far as the flights go, I have 3 free tickets coming to me, so it's not a problem.... :D

[evrydayangel40]

you should definately check out Southwest.......as of right now you can't check out flights on the computer for that far in advance....but if you call, they've got tickets for Sea/Tac at $99 each way if you book far enough in advance.

i love southwest :) cheap and always a direct flight (99% of the time)

[thegreatr1]

I'm planning on trying to scrounge up money for tickets...I'm broke!

[brydro]

Since I am NE I am gonna checkout all the shows within a 5 hour drive..hershey..darien...nissan VA...Jersey..Hartford...And my one flight might just be the gorge this year...Being a huge fan and seeing the band at many great venues already..and hearing so many good things about the gorge...I have to go! What do you guys think Gorge? or fly elsewhere? I am leaning gorge just so I can say I went to the gorge too...everyone always tells me how great a venue it is...I believe them just wanna experience it too...

[ShamrockinGirl]

I'm planning on trying to scrounge up money for tickets...I'm broke!
Ditto!!

[number4one]

i am hitting 3 shows this far...

1. AmSouth
2. the NC shows

i will be driving to each.

[ericvol]

IF i come up with the cash, leave knoxville and go to the beach in fl for a few days hitting up ATl and the 3 FL shows, maybe hit up anticoch on the way back.

[drty snchz]

well now that capshaw :devil elected to take away the venue that is 20 minutes from my house i guess im only going to the meadows :(

[GoLdpHiShDMB]

I'll get my tix on ticketmaster.. Any last minute choices will be made on Ebay.

[JonTheRvelator]

I get my ticekts from the boards, and I will most likely camp out for tickets at Alpine.

I will drive down to noblesville, and fly to gorge. :)

[il bacio dolce]

I'm planning to hit at least one night in Pittsburgh, which is near the begining of the tour, and then head out to the Gorge on Labor Day weekend. My mom will be pissed that I'm spending so much money but you only live once. :D I won't get another chance to hit the Gorge if I don't do it this year.

[2stepsoright]

Anyone else planning on reading the Sticky just put up by Matt?

[bohazo]

I am thinking about just driving everywhere. Pittsburg (9 hours), Hershey (4 hours), Meadows (walk out of where I work). I am really looking forward to a nicg long roadtrip. I am trying real hard to spread the shows out a bit this year.

[uofmjess]

hopefully driving to nashville, atlanta, st louis, maybe cincinnati, and flying to the gorge...it's the summer of dave my friends!

[sullydmb41]

I get my ticekts from the boards, and I will most likely camp out for tickets at Alpine.

Have you checked yet at Alpine to see if they do it by lottery, if the box office will be open, etc... I thought I saw somewhere it was only open on days of shows, and is the box office you would buy tickets at in East Troy, or is it in Milwaukee or something? I know for Deer Creek theres a box office in an actual part of Noblesville, and it said on the site they do it by lottery. I'll give Alpine a call about it, but I figured if you knew already, I might as well ask you.

[tunatime]

I'm going to Albaquerque/Phoenix/San diego(home)/Carson both/Marysville/poss SFRAN:)/and hopefully the gorge for 3 nights. Anyone wanna come? Lets get to know each other and i plan on possibly renting rv for partying :)!!!!!!!!!!!!

[magnumdan]

This will be my fist major concert trip. I have done amusement park road trips before but this is a little different. I live in Cleveland and I am hitting all the shows in Indiana, Columbus, Pitsburgh and back in Cleveland. Then I plan on hitting Darien, Hershey and Cinncy. If I could get good seats for the Chicago show I will add that to the list too. I am driving to all of the shows. The stretch of 8 shows in a row is going to be a blast. I am doing all of the shows solo and just leaving my house and driving. I am just going to look for local hotels after the shows. I'm excited becuse I have had a rough winter personally and I need this trip. I can't wait to eat, drink, and be merry and enjoy the shows and meet new people. Any advice from people would be great!

[tunatime]

Cedar Point and Dave Matthews... what else do you need!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Memories I worked there in the summer of 87. What a great summer~!!!!!!!!!!:)

[magnumdan]

I worked there this past summer on the Magnum. Where did you work?

[JimiThing3403]

-Drivng an Hour and a Half for Hershey my 6th straight year.

-Driving To The Show in Columbia Maryland-Bout 80 or so miles from me.

-Going to both nights at camden, which is about a half hour from my house.

-If all goes well, i hope to head to VA beach for the 3rd time.


IM PISSED THAT NISSAN IS THE DAY AFTER HERSHEY!

[The J2H]

I'm waiting to see if I get tickets before I do any planning....call me a skeptic, I guess