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Hi,
We drive down to visit with family in CT for a Sat am and lunch event. We then fly out west and want to leave the family event as late as possible on Sat (hopefully we will get in some of the lunch. We have booked a 4.15 pm domestic flight from JFK on Sat in May for a family of 3 and return 8 days later.
Please help with options to get to JFK and timing.
I have thought of renting a car. Where do we leave our car (do you know if the rental places keep a car safe) in CT and what routing do we take into JFK? or do we drive into JFK with our own car and park - Any recommendations regarding 8 day parking at JFK?
If there are traffic jams please help with routes and alternative routes. What is it like to return a rental car at JFK - how much time should we leave for the drive in and car drop off or long term parking?
Another idea I had was to book a hotel park and fly at JFK and stay there on our return. We return at around 8 pm Sunday to JFK so this would be helpful to sleep over. Has anyone got experience with a park first and sleep on the return. I emailed one hotel and they have not replied. Any recommendations and how long to drive in, book into the hotel and get the hotel shuttle to JFK etc.
Another alternative is to take a shuttle from CT and try and leave our car with family- I have read spotty reports on the quality of service and reliability of service and the cost for the three of us might be prohibitive.
We will travel with carry on bags - do we consider public transport- then where do we leave our car for 8 days? On our return on the Sunday we will sleep somewhere cost effective and then on the Monday make our way home (northern NY State)
I've driven family/friends to JFK and that seems to be the least hectic for the traveler. Getting somebody to drive down and back will be the hard part. I wouldn't use mass transit because that would be a long haul, although doable. There's no easy way to drive down regardless -- take 95 or the Merritt/Hutch to the Whitestone or Throgs Neck, then Van Wyck Expressway or the Cross Island, whichever has less traffic, to JFK. And you might have to miss lunch.
I would leave no later than 1pm. There is going to be traffic delays on the van wyck approaching JFK, no way around it. Long term parking is at Lefferts Blvd, where then you take the tram to the terminals. Its about $25/day. Follow the signs for long term parking.
Hire a car/driver from an airport/limousine service. That's the only real way. Renting a car is a logistical nightmare, with lots of paperwork and time wasted. Public transportation is out of the question unless you want to spend hours. Just spring for a car service to pick you up where you're staying and drop you off at your terminal.
Thanks for the info
Seems we should either drive ourselves or get a shuttle/limo - how do you know which has the least traffic blockages or is there only one route into JFK? Does traffic updates get posted on the highway or do you use your GPS for traffic info and alternative routes.
If we get a shuttle/limo. which companies are most reliable (or ones to avoid).
Aim to leave by 12.45 - will get some starters and food to go.
Hire a car/driver from an airport/limousine service. That's the only real way. Renting a car is a logistical nightmare, with lots of paperwork and time wasted. Public transportation is out of the question unless you want to spend hours. Just spring for a car service to pick you up where you're staying and drop you off at your terminal.
Agree with this. CT Limo is one of the cheaper options.
Thanks for the info
Seems we should either drive ourselves or get a shuttle/limo - how do you know which has the least traffic blockages or is there only one route into JFK? Does traffic updates get posted on the highway or do you use your GPS for traffic info and alternative routes.
If we get a shuttle/limo. which companies are most reliable (or ones to avoid).
Aim to leave by 12.45 - will get some starters and food to go.
It's probably cheaper to hire a car to take you to the airport and back than it would be to park the car there for 2 weeks. And who knows how safe the car would be there while you were gone. I think driving yourself to that airport is a bad idea.
We are there 8 days for parking but i get the drift.
Has anyone had experience with hotel park and fly? On our return we will need to stay in lodging somewhere. We could consider staying at a JFK airport hotel with a park and fly package.
Not sure about the park and fly.
Parking at Lefferts is perfectly safe. I use it all the time, lots of security in place, guards, cameras, fenced in. CT Limo also good option as mentioned
Any highway or route into JFK will a be a traffic nightmare on a Saturday afternoon. The Van wyck will be backed up a few miles before the airport beginning a little past Citi Field. Either sit in traffic in your car or the limo.
How long do you think it will take to drive in on a Sat afternoon - for a 4 pm flight - so need to be at the JFK no later than 3pm. If we leave Fairfield at 12.45 and check into a hotel and do a shuttle or park in the long term parking can we do it or must we leave earlier? How much earlier do you recon?
Waiting to hear about the cost of limo for 3.
Anyone used the parking - how much per day or for our 8 days
Thanks
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