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I want to take my 13-year old granddaughter on trip in August. Apparently she is too young via airline regs to travel alone unless I pay a special rate. I’d like to economize as much as possible. Here’s the details. Hoping for input on best ways to make the trip.
Me: leaving from Las Vegas
Gk: leaving from Dallas
Destination: family wedding in Baltimore and then take in Washington DC and New York City sights
I would meet her in Dallas so she can travel with me.
Should we arrive in Baltimore, then take bus or train to Newark for a hotel there for a couple of days and then fly out of Newark. Or return to Baltimore to return home?
Should I book myself 2 seperate round trip tickets LAS-DFW. DFW/Baltimore or look for flights that connect in Dallas?
Any tips on where to stay in Balimore or for the NYC sight-seeing trip?
Usual advice is to keep it on a single ticket as much as possible because of how airlines handle single vs. multiple tickets in the event of flight delays. The minor situation makes it hard- their system is set up to catch and charge for UMs.
Can you stay with family in Dallas for a night? I'd probably do a standalone cheap flight (Southwest is useful here) the day before to allow for any delays, then go onward to Baltimore the next day on a different round trip/open jaw ticket that has both of you on the PNR (passenger name record) so she isn't pushed into unaccompanied minor status. Then Baltimore/Newark back to Dallas for the other part of the round trip/open jaw ticket, at least an eight hour buffer, and a cheap one way back to Vegas on a different ticket.
Coming home from Baltimore vs Newark- your call on whether any price savings are worth backtracking by land. Use 'advanced search' in the airline search engines to see how the open jaw or multi-city options compare to the round trip options.
For NYC I would advise staying in the Long Island City, Queens which is close to Midtown Manhattan with 24/7 access to the NYC subway system. Also there are 2 major airports in Queens - LGA & JFK as alternate to EWR to depart the area.
From Baltimore to NYC one can take Amtrak directly to Penn Station in Manhattan (& one can return this way if you want to fly out via Baltimore). There is nothing in particular to see in Newark so no real reason to go via Newark IMHO.
For NYC I would advise staying in the Long Island City, Queens which is close to Midtown Manhattan with 24/7 access to the NYC subway system. Also there are 2 major airports in Queens - LGA & JFK as alternate to EWR to depart the area.
From Baltimore to NYC one can take Amtrak directly to Penn Station in Manhattan (& one can return this way if you want to fly out via Baltimore). There is nothing in particular to see in Newark so no real reason to go via Newark IMHO.
thanks much! I did book myself & gkid tickets into LGA and out of Washington DC; so we’ll need to take a bus or train to Baltimore.
I want to take my 13-year old granddaughter on trip in August. Apparently she is too young via airline regs to travel alone unless I pay a special rate. I’d like to economize as much as possible. Here’s the details. Hoping for input on best ways to make the trip.
Me: leaving from Las Vegas
Gk: leaving from Dallas
Destination: family wedding in Baltimore and then take in Washington DC and New York City sights
I would meet her in Dallas so she can travel with me.
Should we arrive in Baltimore, then take bus or train to Newark for a hotel there for a couple of days and then fly out of Newark. Or return to Baltimore to return home?
Should I book myself 2 seperate round trip tickets LAS-DFW. DFW/Baltimore or look for flights that connect in Dallas?
Any tips on where to stay in Balimore or for the NYC sight-seeing trip?
Where in the Baltimore area is the wedding? I imagine you would want to stay as close to the venue as possible.
Is this your first time in NYC? If so, Midtown would be ideal. You said nothing about a budget, but if you want to save money, anywhere in the southern part of Manhattan, from 59th Street down to the Battery would be fine.
Where in the Baltimore area is the wedding? I imagine you would want to stay as close to the venue as possible.
Is this your first time in NYC? If so, Midtown would be ideal. You said nothing about a budget, but if you want to save money, anywhere in the southern part of Manhattan, from 59th Street down to the Battery would be fine.
That's where the most expensive hotels in NYC are located. If you are flying in and out of LGA, then follow Chava's advice and stay in Long Island City or some part of northern queens. Take the subway into Manhattan for sightseeing. If you had been flying in/out of Newark, then it would have been a good idea to stay in NJ and then take the train out of Penn Station to Baltimore or a bus from Port Authority. From Queens, the transportation to Baltimore is a little longer, but it's doable. You can probably take a boltbus.
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