Travel Info

YaleGradandDad
Thu, 05 Apr 2012 19:35:31 +0000

The Study is the nicest hotel close to campus but it is priced accordingly. The Omni is my choice #2 and is only a few more blocks away. LGA is a great option going to campus but I would not recommend using public transportation through Grand Central Station to a high school student (and you certainly don’t need your parents at BDD). Even traveling with a parent this is a more complicated route to save the cost of the CT Limo or GO airport shuttles. Bradley is the closest airport with frequent flights but considerably more costly than LGA/JFK. Westchester County Airport (HPN) is easy to navigate and has cheaper car rentals but prices out similar to Hartford flights and has poorer public transportation options than the others. New Haven has a handful of deprtures daily requiring a connection which adds one more thing to go wrong with travel plans. If going in with a parent who can rent a car, traveling to PVD might make sense since the car rental will be cheaper than from a NY airport but understand no students would typically travel that route. Hopefully the New Haven airport will start offerring more non-stop flights and they have been talking about this for years.