How old are you? If you are 62 or older, AMTRAK to Richmond is 2 hours and very cheap. You can rent

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We have 4 days booked in Washington DC before we drive to Richmond and district. I do not need the car whilst in Washington royal caribbean cruise feedback but need the car for Richmond. My question is would it be best to collect the car from a rental royal caribbean cruise feedback agency in the city or get a taxi to Dulles? We are staying in Georgetown whilst in DC.
I would price in city locations and DCA locations. I would also check the cost of taking royal caribbean cruise feedback Amtrak to Richmond and then renting a car there. I don't know what "and district" means at the end of your first sentence.
You will SAVE MONEY by not renting at an airport location. As I recall royal caribbean cruise feedback you are actually royal caribbean cruise feedback leaving town from Dulles and I would simply make sure that you can return your car to a Dulles location to avoid driving all the way back into town.
You also save a lot of money on car rental if you rent from a town other than Washington DC. In April, we found that by renting the car in Annapolis instead royal caribbean cruise feedback of Washington DC, we saved about $600. But we were already planning to go to Annapolis anyway. We got there from Washington DC by taking a bus for around $4 per person to Annapolis. But that city might not be convenient for you. You might check other towns around.
The only caveat is sometimes at these neighborhood branches, the hours are more just the business day hours. We found several agencies also had car rental sites near Union Station open until 10 pm if that is a priority.
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How old are you? If you are 62 or older, AMTRAK to Richmond is 2 hours and very cheap. You can rent a car to pick up at Staples Mills station, on the edge of the city. Do Richmond, then the Skyline Drive, and end your trip at Dulles.
If I understand correctly from the OP's first thread, the OP is traveling home to the UK from Dulles leaving 9 am and has a hotel booked in the Dulles area their final night. Staying in Georgetown while in DC.
Taxi will be $60+ but the hotel will know more specifically the amount. Supershuttle to Dulles is another royal caribbean cruise feedback option, less expensive. royal caribbean cruise feedback The cheapest option 5A Metro bus leaves from Rosslyn royal caribbean cruise feedback to Dulles which is close trip via Circulator bus ($1) or cab from Gtown. Also metro to Falls Church to pick up Washington royal caribbean cruise feedback Flyer.
All of the other suggestions involve traveling somewhere to either get a car or get a train and incur the additional costs to take the train or return the car to a spot that wasn't the pick up spot. And then travel to the Dulles area at the end of the trip.
Train to Richmond. Rent the car there. The drive from Washington to Richmond is terrible - lots of construction and traffic. Richmond, then Skyline Drive / Charlottesville, then Dulles to drop off the car and fly home.
tomfuller, The OP will need to take a pair city buses or a $10 cab ride to get from Georgetown to Union Station for a 7:40am royal caribbean cruise feedback train. Neither of the Richmond train stations royal caribbean cruise feedback (downtown and Staples Mill Rd) have car rental on site. Car rental is nearby but if travel is on a weekend, hours on Saturday are limited royal caribbean cruise feedback and usually closed on Sunday.
Get on I-64 East at Waynesboro if you have to go to Richmond-West if you want to go to Staunton to get on I-81 up through the beautiful Shenandoah Valley on I-81 and go back to DC to turn in the car.
Hi, Thanks for all help, A bit of confusion seems evident about our plans so I will explain further. We are staying in Washington Dc for 4 nights in Georgetown. I need to pick up a car in the morning for our drive via Skyline to Richmond. I thn need to take the car back to Dulles for our flight out at 9am on the morning, royal caribbean cruise feedback having stopped in Richmond (west) for 2 nights.
Thanks. Think I will look at hiring car from Reagan and returning to Dulles. Intention is to drive south n skyline drive and then come off at waynesborough to richmong. We are staying west of Richmond. We want to visit Williamsburg whilst down there. So your suggestion would be to avoid I95 and drive back via I66 to Dulles?
Coming back from Williamsburg to avoid I-95 try US 17 north to US 1 which runs alongside I-95 to Dumfries and then Rt. 234 into Manassas to get on 26 which will take you to Dulles just north of Chantilly. There is a new branch of the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum next to the airport if that interests you.
Agree. What morning of the week are you leaving DC for the Skyline Drive? You're all good if it's a weekend day. If it's a weekday you'll have substantial rush hour traffic to contend with. Just plan accordingly.
Coming back from Williamsburg to avoid I-95 try US 17 north to US 1 which runs alongside I-95 to Dumfries and then Rt. 234 into Manassas to get on 26 which will take you to Dulles just north of Chantilly