Traveling to New England -- need to rent a car?

16th November 2006, 02:03 PM

Hi everyone,

We're thinking of traveling to New England next year, and we want to
hit both Boston and NYC, but I was wondering if a car is needed if we
decide to stick to the cities and take the train between Boston and
NYC. Also, as for staying in either town, any suggestions? We won't
have too much luggage, but I want to stay someplace with an airport
shuttle.

Thanks for any insight on this.

Alex

16th November 2006, 02:56 PM

I cant see any reason to get a car........and also NYC is not new
england......

Chuck

16th November 2006, 03:14 PM

samalex wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> We're thinking of traveling to New England next year, and we want to
> hit both Boston and NYC, but I was wondering if a car is needed if we
> decide to stick to the cities and take the train between Boston and
> NYC. Also, as for staying in either town, any suggestions? We won't
> have too much luggage, but I want to stay someplace with an airport
> shuttle.
>
> Thanks for any insight on this.
>
> Alex

A car is actually bad to have in either city. It's easy to take public
transport in both cities, even from the airport. No need to deal with
a shuttle. Best way to travel between NYC and Boston is the Chinatown
bus.

And, as the other repliy says, NYC is not New England.

16th November 2006, 04:44 PM

> Best way to travel between NYC and Boston is the Chinatown
> bus.

How are the accident rates on those things? Seems every year they are
involved in 2 or 3 major crashes....I was beside one the other day
w/out passengers aboard and I would SWEAR the driver was taking a bump
of cocaine.....he was parked in the bus area at foxwoods casino.....and
2 other people in the car thought the exact same thing.....

Chuck

16th November 2006, 05:41 PM

garciyalater@m wrote:
> > Best way to travel between NYC and Boston is the Chinatown
> > bus.
>
>
>
> How are the accident rates on those things? Seems every year they are
> involved in 2 or 3 major crashes....I was beside one the other day
> w/out passengers aboard and I would SWEAR the driver was taking a bump
> of cocaine.....he was parked in the bus area at foxwoods casino.....and
> 2 other people in the car thought the exact same thing.....
>
>
> Chuck

They are licensed, so if that's the case then you should immediately
report that to the authorities. Or maybe the guy just had a cold.

The NYC to Boston route makes only one stop, at a lunch spot along the
way. They don't go to the casinos. Those are different buses.

16th November 2006, 06:28 PM

"samalex" <samalex@> wrote in message
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> Hi everyone,
>
> We're thinking of traveling to New England next year, and we want to
> hit both Boston and NYC, but I was wondering if a car is needed if we
> decide to stick to the cities and take the train between Boston and
> NYC. Also, as for staying in either town, any suggestions? We won't
> have too much luggage, but I want to stay someplace with an airport
> shuttle.
>
> Thanks for any insight on this.
>
> Alex
>
When we travel between Boston and New York we take the train. You can even
take the Acela, an express train that's very fast. I'm not sure what I
would do with a car in those cities. Traffic looks pretty chaotic, and the
public transit is wonderful.

16th November 2006, 07:19 PM

I agree. The train is so convenient, the idea of taking a bus would never
occur to me.

Bob Gardner

"Cathy Kearns" <cathy_kearnsm> wrote in message
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>
> "samalex" <samalex@> wrote in message
> news:1163703815.346737.320570@m73g2000cwd. o...
>> Hi everyone,
>>
>> We're thinking of traveling to New England next year, and we want to
>> hit both Boston and NYC, but I was wondering if a car is needed if we
>> decide to stick to the cities and take the train between Boston and
>> NYC. Also, as for staying in either town, any suggestions? We won't
>> have too much luggage, but I want to stay someplace with an airport
>> shuttle.
>>
>> Thanks for any insight on this.
>>
>> Alex
>>
> When we travel between Boston and New York we take the train. You can
> even
> take the Acela, an express train that's very fast. I'm not sure what I
> would do with a car in those cities. Traffic looks pretty chaotic, and
> the
> public transit is wonderful.
>
>

16th November 2006, 07:49 PM

The Chinatown buses have been having a bad couple of years. One burned to
toast in Connecticut last year, and there have been other accidents more
recently in Mass. I know that Fung Wah just paid a hefty fine for many
safety violations.

I'd take the train anyhow. It's faster and far more comfortable. Of
course, if money is important, the Chinatown buses are certainly
inexpensive.

Keith

"PeterL" <po.ning@> wrote in message
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>
> garciyalater@m wrote:
>> > Best way to travel between NYC and Boston is the Chinatown
>> > bus.
>>
>>
>>
>> How are the accident rates on those things? Seems every year they are
>> involved in 2 or 3 major crashes....I was beside one the other day
>> w/out passengers aboard and I would SWEAR the driver was taking a bump
>> of cocaine.....he was parked in the bus area at foxwoods casino.....and
>> 2 other people in the car thought the exact same thing.....
>>
>>
>> Chuck
>
> They are licensed, so if that's the case then you should immediately
> report that to the authorities. Or maybe the guy just had a cold.
>
> The NYC to Boston route makes only one stop, at a lunch spot along the
> way. They don't go to the casinos. Those are different buses.
>

16th November 2006, 08:09 PM

On Thu, 16 Nov 2006 23:28:00 GMT, "Cathy Kearns"
<cathy_kearnsm> wrote:

>
>"samalex" <samalex@> wrote in message
>news:1163703815.346737.320570@m73g2000cwd.googleg ro...
>> Hi everyone,
>>
>> We're thinking of traveling to New England next year, and we want to
>> hit both Boston and NYC, but I was wondering if a car is needed if we
>> decide to stick to the cities and take the train between Boston and
>> NYC. Also, as for staying in either town, any suggestions? We won't
>> have too much luggage, but I want to stay someplace with an airport
>> shuttle.
>>
>> Thanks for any insight on this.
>>
>> Alex
>>
>When we travel between Boston and New York we take the train. You can even
>take the Acela, an express train that's very fast. I'm not sure what I
>would do with a car in those cities. Traffic looks pretty chaotic, and the
>public transit is wonderful.

What you would do with a car would be to park it at considerable
expense and end up taking public transit and walking. Best and only
sane way to see both cities.
>

Rik Brown · 18th November 2006, 01:24 PM

One of the biggest mistakes of my life was driving into Manhattan on a Saturday night. We spent a great part of our time stuck in traffic and never did find any place to park near the places we went to visit. We ended up going back to our hotel nearby Newark Airport and calling it a night.

As for Boston, you can get around fine in a rental car. But as others have said, there is very good public transportion in both cities.

- Rik