Travel

If you travel light, the T may be your best option. Although it requires changing trains twice, it's a fairly reliable 35-45 minute trip for $1.75-2.00! To get to Logan from Harvard, take the Red Line Inbound to Park Street. There, transfer to the Green Line and go one stop Outbound toward Lechmere. At Government Center, transfer to the Blue Line going Outbound toward Wonderland. After four stops you are at the Airport T Station. Exit and take a free Massport shuttle bus directly to your terminal. (Careful! There are two different buses serving different terminals.)

T.F. Green Airport, Providence The recent arrival of Southwest Airlines at T.F Green Airport in Providence, Rhode Island, makes it possible to save money by flying to and from Providence instead of Boston. It's a bit harder to get there, but worth it. Peter Pan Lines runs hourly service from South Station on the Red Line to T.F. Green for $18 ($32 round trip). Southwest Airlines also serves Manchester, NH, reachable mainly by car.

Cape Cod and the Islands
Join the crowds headed to Cape Cod and the Islands of Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket for an enjoyable visit. Ferry service to Provincetown at the tip of Cape Cod operates from Boston, and this is probably your best bet to get to that part of the Cape. You can also take a bus to a ferry terminal (Woods Hole for Martha's Vineyard; Hyannis for Nantucket) and catch a boat to one the islands. Rent a bike on the island and spend a wonderful day or weekend touring. Most ferries do allow automobiles and bikes for a fee, and with reservations, if you would rather bring your own transportation. Virtually everyone who has visited the islands agrees, however, that it is best to leave your car behind.

New York City
A popular vacation destination for Boston residents is New York City. You can get there by plane, train, or automobile for five hours at the most, with bus being the cheapest (if not the most pleasant) option. Both Greyhound and Peter Pan run frequent service from the bus terminal adjacent to South Station to the Port Authority in New York. If you want to go to Manhattan, taking a plane lengthens your trip because of the time it takes to get to and from the airport. There is hourly shuttle service to La Guardia (Delta and U.S. Airways) and Newark (Continental) Airports, with scheduled service from many other airlines to all three New York airports as well. Amtrak runs frequent service between Boston's South Station and Connecticut or New York. The Northeast Corridor, as the line is called, is probably the busiest passenger rail route in the country and can be a pleasant way to travel. However fun and convenient, you probably won't save much money by taking the train since ticket prices are comparable to those of airplane flights.

For those true money-savers out there, there is also a small bus service from Boston's Chinatown to New York's.