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I've been offered a week working as a rep for a British group in Stowe this winter. I'll need to hire a car an drive to the resort before the group get there, and I'm looking for advice on anything I need to be aware of. Are the hire cars generally kitted out for the driving conditions? Any particularly good or bad airports to fly into? Montreal looks like a good option with a 2.5 hour drive although that includes crossing the US/Canadian border in a hire car. Boston isn't too bad at 3.5h, I'm not sure I could do the 6h from NYC though.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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@thelem, we have driven up or Stowe from Boston airport two or three times, in a hire car, and the drive was fine, once we had got out of the airport car park. We also drove down from Montreal airport once. No hassle taking no the hire car, but I do recall it being an amazingly boring drive.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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A boring 2.5 hour drive sounds great to me, certainly much better then a drive up twisty snow-covered roads like you might find in the alps.
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| thelem wrote: |
| I've been offered a week working as a rep for a British group in Stowe this winter. I'll need to hire a car an drive to the resort before the group get there, and I'm looking for advice on anything I need to be aware of. |
If your receiving paid remuneration for your services I'd make fully sure that the insurance offered by the hire company cover this, or if you need to declare it as a 'business trip' rather than pleasure ........
Taking hire cars across international borders can often be a no-no, so I'd fly to the USA. Logan is about the closest, but depending on when you land Boston can be an utter nightmare to get out of .......
I'd also double check about the tires fitted ........
JMO
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Boston isn't the "closest". Burlington is closer. But it doesn't have many international flights like Logan.
So, if you can fly direct into Boston, yes, that's a good option. But, if you have to change plane to get to Boston, I'd change plane to go straight to Burlington. Drive from Burlington to Stowe is only about an hour.
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| abc wrote: |
| Boston isn't the "closest". Burlington is closer. But it doesn't have many international flights like Logan. |
So, a bit moot then, in reality ...... I'd guess there's an airport close to Stowe itself, but getting an Airbus or 777 to land there might be a bit, well .......
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