Is there anything more convenient than the ardy cape?

I just finished Dragon Slayer II for the first time and was absolutely hyped to finally get the mythical cape which was my goal and the reason why I grinded hard to complete that quest. The thing is, I just realized that it's pretty cool to have a free bank teleport, but the spirit tree feels like about the same distance as the ardy cloak one and the myth cape is missing a fairy circle in it's vicinity. I was pretty happy to finally have something different than my trusty ardy cape after 600 hours but it seems like you can't beat the convenience of having a spirit tree and a fairy circle in a close vicinity to one another. Are there any upgrades to that sans the construction cape and a maxed out POH?

And while I'm on that topic, what is the fastest way to your POH sans having the 99 cape? I'm currently using Xerics and its working ok. Are there better options?