u/RadoGirl303

My son is starting his freshmen year next week and will be living in Hudson. He will not have a car his first year so already looking into flights for him for Thanksgiving and Christmas break to Chicago. Flying from Columbia is expensive but SO convenient versus going into STL. Anyone with experience or advice on rides from campus to the Chicago area? Not sure if this kind of thing is common and the kids figure out ride shares/carpools on their own. Should I wait to book flights and hope he can arrange at least one ride or get to booking? For clarification - we live in NW suburbs of Chicago and drive time to Columbia is just under 7 hrs - so I’m not interested in a 14 he round trip each time he needs to get home! 🤪