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I'm thinking about going to visit a friend in Bridgeport CT at the end of March. I am thinking we might fly into NYC late on a Thursday night and spend the night and the next day in the city. Then rent a car and drive to Bridgeport and spend the weekend with them and then return the car to the airport when we fly out Monday.
I know it's probably cheaper to rent a car at the airport, and I'm willing to drive in the city, but I don't know about parking a car overnight. Anyone have any thoughts about the best way to do this?
It might not be cheaper to rent a car at the airport. My understanding is that the San Francisco boston red sox discounted tickets Airport rental boston red sox discounted tickets agencies add a stiff fee to rentals, a fee that is not imposed on city rentals. NY airports may have a similar fee.
In addition you will have to pay for parking in the city, unless you are staying in the outer boroughs. I recommend that you find a rental agency on the west side and take the west side highway boston red sox discounted tickets up to the Sawmill River Parkway to the Cross-county Expressway to get out of the Manhattan.
Thanks to everyone who answered. I never thought about the fact that it might be cheaper in the city as I know cars from the city are expensive, but you all may be right that it will still be less than airport cars with airport fees.
J62, I have to have a car. Yes, I know there's a train from NYC proper to Bridgeport, but I will need a car while there, and it's a whole lot easier to drive directly back to the airport rather than taking boston red sox discounted tickets the train then transferring to a cab especially with a 3 year old and a car seat.
Unless you are renting during the off-season DURING THE WEEK ONLY the airport is usually boston red sox discounted tickets cheaper. Weekend rentals in the city are phenomenally expensive (over $100 a day sometimes), but weekday rentals can be much cheaper, as can Enterprise, which usually runs out of cars every weekend. You have to price everything out to see which works best for you because season really varies, and late March is still not going-to-the-country season, so you may get good results from either the airport boston red sox discounted tickets or an in-city rental.
If it were me, I'd take the commuter train Metro North to Stamford boston red sox discounted tickets and rent a car there. It will be a lot cheaper than renting in NYC (and probably cheaper than renting at the airport), you won't have to go back to the airport to pick up a car, and you won't have to deal with having it in the city, paying boston red sox discounted tickets both rental boston red sox discounted tickets and parking charges. boston red sox discounted tickets You can also rent at New Haven and drive back to Bridgeport, but I don't think the rates will be any cheaper there, and the car-rental office in the train station there is unpleasant and busy.
I didn't think of this initially, but if you do want to drive the car back to the airport, boston red sox discounted tickets then renting at Stamford may not work after all. There may be a big drop-off charge because you are crossing state lines. Price everything out to see what works best.
There is no need to par in the city. Just don't rent the car until the day you are leaving to go to CT - and be sure when renting to price with an airport drop off. For many agencies boston red sox discounted tickets this is no ore expensive but some do charge extra for this.
Best offices - since you will have to cab to the agency with your luggage are near either the FDR or the west side highway boston red sox discounted tickets - since then it's a straight shot out of the city on the parkway and least time on city streets.
I will have a car seat with me. We've traveled a lot and I think it's too much to take a cab to grand central then train to CT then rent a car. Much easier to have a car either straight from the airport or renting it close to our hotel.
boston red sox discounted tickets Don't know if this would be convenient.. but there is a Courtyard by Marriott boston red sox discounted tickets on East 92nd street near York Avenue. York ave leads right into the FDR at 96th St. In the same block as the hotel.. but two blocks down on 90th street there are both Avis and Hertz rental places. Again, easy access to FDR.
The 86th St. crosstown runs over to West End Avenue. The M31 runs down York to 57th Street and then West to 11th Avenue. Also, if you want to go Downtown boston red sox discounted tickets cabs usually take the FDR.. which makes for a fast trip.
I get why you might want to rent the car in the city, so just find a car rental office near your hotel. They are all over the city. I don't necessarily agree with you, even though you have explained your reasoning, but I get it.
I still can't recommend you rent at the airport because that's really silly and just costs you hundreds boston red sox discounted tickets of dollars for no purpose. It will be the most expensive airport transfer in the entire universe. But renting in the city can be done. Book as far in advance as possible .. as in just the moment you settle on a hotel or even now.
So do that. Look for a garage near your hotel (within 2 or 3 blocks is fine, but realize that avenues counts as 2 or 3 blocks themselves). Icon parking operates the largest number of garages in the city; Imperial ( ipark.com ) is often cheaper. Hotels offer some of the highest parking rates in town, so definitely book the parking yourself to save (all but the largest boston red sox discounted tickets hotels put your car in a nearby garage anyway rather than their own). Times Square has the city's highest parking rates, but you can save by booking something ahead, and there are coupons boston red sox discounted tickets available.
Change of plans, we are going to arrive a bit earlier and go straight to Bridgeport. Then one of those days, my friend and I are going to go into the city together and leave our boys at home with babysitters.