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| Subject: Re: NYC, DC, Boston, Portland Trip Advice
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Posted on: Wed, 21 Sep 2005 09:21:53 CDT
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schander wrote:
> Hi all,
> I was wondering if we could get some advice on our scheduled trip to
> the US mid October. We're going to be there for about 9 day. We have
> friends in both Boston and Portland MA.
> We have the following trip in mind:
> Day 1 - Land JFK from London, mid morning. Do some site seeing rest of
> the day
> Day 2 - More site seeing in NYC
> Day 3 - More NYC pick up hire car drive to DC
Why not wait to get the car until after DC. The car in DC will be a
nuisance.
> Day 4 - Site seeing in DC
> Day 5 - Skyline Drive onto Philly
You are going the wrong way on the Skyline Drive.
> Day 6 - Philly to Boston
Again, it may be better done by flying or train.
> Day 7 - Boston site seeing
> Day 8 - onto Portland Maine
> Day 9 - back to JFK late evening & fly back to London
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> What do you guys think?
> Too much time in NYC not enough??? Is the trip down to DC worth it??
>
> There are a couple questions that we have:
> What are the best places to see in each location, NYC, DC, Philly,
> Boston & Portland?
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> Is Skyline drive worth going to see? As, if we do, do it then it means
> that we'll have to stay over in Philly for a night as trying to do
> Skyline and driving to Boston in the same day is impossible, I think,
> they reckon that Skyline should be done in a day. Plus it'll take us a
> while to get there from DC anyway.
Personally, I would skip it. It is a nice drive & has interesting views
but not worth the strain it will generate given your schedule.
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> Were thinking about pre-booking a hotel in NYC but not for DC and
> Philly, do these places have good cheapish accomodation available??
Look at the on line coupon sites for ideas.
http://www.travelcoupons.com/
http://www.roomsaver.com/roomsaver/search.asp
> What would happen if we decided to crash out in the car is this against
> the law? where would be the best (safest) place to park up??
Probably illegal in that area. Car sleeping is more a western thing.
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> We would like to goto an outlet mall at some point but alas I don't
> think this schedule will allow for it. Are there any other places on
> our route that might be worth a look for cheap shopping?
>
> Thanks
> Satpal & Dave
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