What would the 'Home Alone' Paris trip cost today We did the math.

It’s been more than 30 years since the Christmas classic “Home Alone” debuted, and watching it today feels like opening up a time capsule. It’s a travel relic, before the Transportation Security Administration was established and smartphones were invented. Those developments fix most of the plot points that led to 8-year-old Kevin McCallister getting left behind while his family goes to Paris. For example, the McCallisters of 2023 would likely have their boarding passes on their phones, so spilled milk wouldn’t have led to Kevin’s ticket being tossed in the trash. And because most of us use our phones as alarms, a neighborhood power outage wouldn’t have impacted the departure plan. And even if they had missed their wake-up call, they would have never made their flight. As Uncle Frank mentions, they left the house with 45 minutes until takeoff. The 21-mile drive between the McCallisters’ home in the Chicago suburb of Winnetka and O’Hare International can take roughly 26 to 45 minutes. Between drop-off, unloading the bounty of luggage, checking bags and clearing airport security, they had zero chance. Sure, the logistics of the disasters don’t add up anymore, but the trip could still happen — if you have a wealthy benefactor. In case you need a refresher: Peter McCallister’s brother, Rob, transferred to Paris but “missed the whole family,” as Kevin’s mom Kate explains in the beginning of the movie, so “he’s giving us all this trip to Paris for the holidays so we can be together.”As we re-watched the film this year, we wondered how much the trip would cost now for a group of 15, which includes airport transfers, first-class tickets and then emergency fights home to retrieve the kid you left behind. Three travel experts gave us their best calculations. The plan, according to Uncle Frank the night before, was to leave by “8 a.m. on the button.” On the morning of the trip, two Airport Express vans pull up, but the whole house is fast asleep, thanks to that power outage. The family scrambles into the shuttles after doing one last (incorrect) head count. I did a quick search of Chicagoland airport transfers and called M&M Buses for a quote. How much would it cost to take 15 people to the airport from the McCallisters’ house in Winnetka to O’Hare on Dec. 21? The customer service rep told me it’d be $264 total for a bus that fit 24 people and 24 pieces of luggage. Experts are torn on how the price compares to 1990 standards. Peter Vlitas, an executive vice president at Internova Travel Group, wagers it would be about double today, citing fuel prices and other general rising costs. Scott Keyes, founder of the cheap flight booking site Going, thinks it would be about the same. While he says labor is costlier today, there’s more competition to drive the price down. Against the odds, the McCallisters make it in time for their direct flight to Paris. All data is taken from the source: http://washingtonpost.com Article Link: https://www.washingtonpost.com/travel/2023... #airport #newsfox #newstodayfox #bbcnewsworld #usnewsworldreport#newstodayupdate #