Boston Transportation Tips by jessicadf

'Mode': TO
Category: Airplane
Getting TO/AROUND: If you can catch a cheap eFare, go for it! After taxes, this trips airfare cost $289.50, round trip from San Francisco. Mmm hmm... yes!

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'Mode': AROUND
Category: Car/Motor Home
Getting TO/AROUND: We had a good experience with Dollar Rental car. Their shuttle service to and from the airport was very, very prompt and friendly. The man behind the desk, Ron, was very friendly and helpful, even at 6:45 on a Sunday morning. We paid for a compact car but got a mini-van, because... well... there aren't very many cars in the lot on a Sunday morning -- so it's a good day for an upgrade. If you can call a mini-van an upgrade. ;-)

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Phone: 617-634-0006
Other Contact: 800-800-1000

'Mode': AROUND
Category: Car/Motor Home
Getting TO/AROUND: Yes, I'd read plenty about this in warnings here on VT, and heard it by word of mouth over the years. But with needing to go to Stow and Weymouth Heights, we really did need to drive. So... there we were. Why does driving stink so much? Street signs that tell you one thing and then disappear for miles at a time... if you stop to ask for directions, people call streets different names than they're labeled (if they're labeled)... traffic, even on a Sunday, can be bad... Oh, and toll roads. Yikes! We went through the Ted Williams Tunnel 3 TIMES in one day, paying $4.50 each time. Ouch!!

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'Mode': AROUND
Category: Subway/Metro
Getting TO/AROUND: In a town where there is no grid pattern to the layout of the streets, drivers are routinely called "massholes" and streets are terribly marked, if at all, taking the T (subway) is one of the sanest transportation choices you can make. The underground stations are warm on a cold day, too. :-)

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