No arguing your point. Maine is beautiful but Jamaica is really beautiful and as you said from Philly you're looking at a really long road trip and with the price of gas you've practically paid your plane ticket. I live most times in CT and for me it's a 425 mile ride to my property (about 8 hours) in Maine, if I fly to JA I have to deal with NYC airports, most often a stop over in Miami and the trip from MoBay to Negril or wherever (Kingston) which turns out to be a really long day. Airfare has been pretty steep recently too. I figure I have to spend at least a week to ten days to make it practical to fly to JA.