Northwestern vs Cornell

monydad
Sun, 12 Apr 2015 18:16:43 +0000

I’ve never done it, but if anybody cares, FWIW this is what I gleen are the most common approaches for getting to Ithaca if your trip involves plane flight:

Fly to Ithaca airport, or Syracuse airport then some sort of taxi/limo/car service. From the vast preponderance of departure points this will require a connecting flight. Ithaca airport has few flights per day, which are expensive typically. Syracuse has lots more but is not JFK (or O'Hare) either. In such circumstances, bad weather cancellations/delays can cause real problems. So these are best booked for Spring/summer/early fall IMO.

-Fly to LGA or JFK, taxi to Manhattan then take the Cornell Campus-to campus bus from Manhattan right to the campus in Ithaca. Short Lines is cheaper, but takes longer.

If you are already a student: arrange with whichever of your friends are driving up from (NJ, NYC, Philly), fly there and drive up with them.

Someone who can/will rent a car would fly direct to [LGA, JFK, Newark, Philly}, rent the car there, then drive up. Or fly direct into Rochester or Buffalo and do same, if that is an option from where you live.

Though some people who you’d think would fly may not fly there. Some guy posted he takes Amtrak to Syracuse.