travel questions on school holidays

Knockknock10
Sat, 16 Jul 2011 12:25:27 +0000

Freshman year, pretty much everyone at Rose Hill, including Gabelli students, are taking core requirements and they cross matriculate. Exam schedules are given out fairly early by most professors. The campus empties out as exams complete and that varies from student to student. Honors students often have late exams and papers due.

For Thanksgiving, it depends on class schedules, but most have classes on the Monday and Tuesday before Thanksgiving and depart immediately after their last class, packed and ready to go. (Do some skip to make a flight? Yes. But be wary of doing that.)

The RamVan works on a set schedule and with sign ups. If all else fails, take the Metro North to Grand Central and then get a taxi, but that is expensive. Most kids do just fine with the RamVan. It can take up to an hour to get to LaGuardia depending on time of day, from what I know. Others may have more helpful advice. You also want to consider the security lines at LaGuardia to avoid any last minute stress and missing flights.

For now, its okay to just relax, as kids will work this out when they arrive on campus and get the scuttlebutt. Fares rise and fall and often good deals can be found on the internet. Also check JFK and Newark for comparison shopping. Sometimes boyfriends and girlfriends from the immediate community help out a lot with free rides to the airport and picking up! :-> So if that happens, don’t hesitate to ask. RamVan is very reliable. They don’t do pickups at LaGuardia, so you have to take a taxi either direct to Fordham, or into Grand Central and then hop the train.

Its all good!